tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post5420940089012303754..comments2024-03-27T09:35:16.920+03:00Comments on Desert Girl on Kuwait: Moving to KuwaitDesert Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-13586913711297763042013-03-07T12:05:42.783+03:002013-03-07T12:05:42.783+03:00Kuwait has become a bigger s#$& hole than ever...Kuwait has become a bigger s#$& hole than ever in my 10yr here. They want to "raise the cost of healthcare for expats to represent the level of care"<br />ha ha ha, it should be free then ! They want expats to pay for housing and services at real world costs and pay tax, so gas will go up and food even higher ? Its over, don't come here, go anywhere else, the greed and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-63643119536440021242008-10-21T13:02:00.000+03:002008-10-21T13:02:00.000+03:00I am assuming the hazzles of setting up a private ...I am assuming the hazzles of setting up a private FM station must be mind boggling... otherwise for sure we would have had a Virgin FM or a Capitol Radio in Kuwait.. same goes with the English newspapers.. why don't these mainstream papers do a reader's survey to find out what people want rather than just cut and paste articles from International publications...<BR/>The layout in Arab Times can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-33960482052186425242008-10-21T09:25:00.000+03:002008-10-21T09:25:00.000+03:00Purple - Kuwait needs more private radio stations....Purple - Kuwait needs more private radio stations. Anything that the Ministry of Information produces is going to be low-budget. When you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Many of the DJs are not qualified/educated as such and I don't believe that they are even provided (written) guidelines. Obviously, being drunk on the air is a no-no, but beyond that.<BR/><BR/>Also, I don't believe that it is Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-35518552166999823702008-10-21T08:41:00.000+03:002008-10-21T08:41:00.000+03:00What do we have to do to get a decent FM station h...What do we have to do to get a decent FM station here..? Pretty sad when the DJ besides hosting the show also has to do the voice-over for the commercials that sponsor that show!!! <BR/>Dubai has around six reasonably good English FM stations. Wish one of them had pan GCC coverage! <BR/>Till that happens, I guess it is going to be BBC.. BBC.. VOA.. BBC.. VOA.. BBC..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-70417289469875001792008-10-21T02:55:00.000+03:002008-10-21T02:55:00.000+03:00First off I'd like to say I really really love you...First off I'd like to say I really really love your blog, I dont think I have ever commented before, but I read it and it really makes me laugh. <BR/>I think what you said is right,it is really hard moving from one place to another especially when its a completly different culture than what people are used to. In general I realized people in Kuwait are pretty friendly ( I may be biased bcuz I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-6896198106903853882008-10-20T15:01:00.000+03:002008-10-20T15:01:00.000+03:00That's why I pay the big bucks for the full covera...That's why I pay the big bucks for the full coverage insurance. They shout in my face to the point where I can count the fillings... and I smile my best F U smile and say, "Just gimme the accident report. Don't really care, my friend."<BR/><BR/>BADA BING!Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-53911075448764877492008-10-20T14:54:00.000+03:002008-10-20T14:54:00.000+03:00On a different topic! took the ghazali express as...On a different topic! took the ghazali express as usual to work! so traffic was hell as usual! anyway out of no where Madame X with a F%*#&@#$ GMC decided to hit me. not once ...not twice ! but 3 F#@#$cking times! Guess why...she apprently was too tired to see that she was Frigging hitting the accelerator instead of the brakeS! so 3 f$#%$#@ times. My toyota is F*#$@#$@! The F#@$#@$ bitch Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-7027467976148383582008-10-19T08:30:00.000+03:002008-10-19T08:30:00.000+03:00to sum up, i guess it is fair to say Q8...er.. ....to sum up, i guess it is fair to say Q8...er.. ..rocks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-66559091074640339222008-10-19T00:56:00.000+03:002008-10-19T00:56:00.000+03:00Wow! you are really have a great courage to start ...Wow! you are really have a great courage to start living on your own in a new country, I always I admire those who live by themselves! partly because I cant imagine myself away from home for 2 days :SLili3https://www.blogger.com/profile/12150868846136585465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-52196911918367434722008-10-18T10:40:00.000+03:002008-10-18T10:40:00.000+03:00Dear Stan and Caliboy - Thanks y'alls for coming t...Dear Stan and Caliboy - <BR/><BR/>Thanks y'alls for coming to my rescue. :) I have a feeling this person is female, however. I just sense an undertone of feminine.<BR/><BR/>Either way, he/she (shim) is the reason I added the comment disclaimer.Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-16857326127623698742008-10-17T23:54:00.000+03:002008-10-17T23:54:00.000+03:00Getter Done!!!!! Don't let this dude get you all f...Getter Done!!!!! Don't let this dude get you all fired up over nonsense - CaliboyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-14438856595687266172008-10-17T20:24:00.000+03:002008-10-17T20:24:00.000+03:00hey DG who is dis creep ???? post his comment onli...hey DG who is dis creep ???? post his comment online so we'll all jack him up together...these guys are just full of lame excuses..freaks blame others for their freakin short comings...just don't bother him much gal..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-49352387185373022522008-10-17T17:33:00.000+03:002008-10-17T17:33:00.000+03:00?????? Why don't you start your own blog so you c...?????? <BR/><BR/>Why don't you start your own blog so you can state your very obvious dislike of me - and other foreigners like me? Kuwait is democratic - go for it.Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-348471441390961162008-10-17T17:27:00.000+03:002008-10-17T17:27:00.000+03:00?????????? - I got your comment and I don't choos...?????????? - I got your comment and I don't choose to publish it. I don't cater to cowards. Like I said - take it offline.<BR/><BR/>amerab@gmail.comDesert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-4946358109470428672008-10-17T12:00:00.000+03:002008-10-17T12:00:00.000+03:00liliuokalani - Hey! Thanks for the holla. I real...liliuokalani - Hey! Thanks for the holla. <BR/><BR/>I really miss Rhode Island right now - especially in the Autumn when it is apple picking season and the air is turning crisp and cool. I miss going to the shore, standing near the marshes and smelling the salt air.<BR/><BR/>I went to Lincoln School in Providence, although I grew up as a teenager in Foster. (I was a bad girl so they sent me Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-79831456268616827232008-10-17T10:59:00.000+03:002008-10-17T10:59:00.000+03:00And another thing (yeah biotch has pissed me off t...And another thing (yeah biotch has pissed me off this morning prior to my coffee)...<BR/><BR/>I dress conservatively regardless of where I am. The last time I wore "hot pants" (and where the F do you come from - the 1950's????) I was 10 years old and it was at a family picnic.<BR/><BR/>I seriously doubt you've ever seen who is dressing slutty in the Avenues because it sounds like you haven't Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-19350222974451709702008-10-17T10:55:00.000+03:002008-10-17T10:55:00.000+03:00Oh - by the way - that same company in 1996 wouldn...Oh - by the way - that same company in 1996 wouldn't allow a woman (company wouldn't allow - NOT KUWAIT) to hold a position higher than the title of "Secretary". I was a Technical Writer by trade/salary, and when I CHOSE to work for the company, I became their highest paid "Administrative Assistant".<BR/><BR/>Discrimination is global, my dear: wake up and smell the chai 7alib.<BR/><BR/>My Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-9862060608400230912008-10-17T10:42:00.000+03:002008-10-17T10:42:00.000+03:00???? I'm guessing you are a little young and perh...???? <BR/><BR/>I'm guessing you are a little young and perhaps immature.<BR/><BR/>Kuwait is a democratic country. So what? Democracy has nothing to do with specific company policies in any country.<BR/><BR/>Unless you are actually ME and worked at the company and lived my life for the FIVE years I worked there, you can't really comment on MY life.<BR/><BR/>Like McDonald's (a US company) where Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-52661958415764580622008-10-17T07:26:00.000+03:002008-10-17T07:26:00.000+03:00Desert girl's blog rocks! ~salutations from Provid...Desert girl's blog rocks! ~salutations from Providence, Rhode Island :)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-28893128212609482792008-10-17T05:36:00.000+03:002008-10-17T05:36:00.000+03:00u where forced to wear a hejab ??? thats not true ...u where forced to wear a hejab ??? thats not true ... <BR/><BR/>there isn't any company in kuwait that forces women to wear hejab ... they have dress codes ... but no 1 can force anything on any 1...<BR/><BR/>kuwait is a democratic country .. u can do wat ever u want wear wat ever u want ... but we still have to respect the culture .... meaning wearing hot pants walking in the Avernus is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-55872953764850635982008-10-16T13:59:00.000+03:002008-10-16T13:59:00.000+03:00Hiya, I am an new yorker who lives in london and ...Hiya, I am an new yorker who lives in london and worked in Kuwait last year for 3-4 months as an architect on a construction site. Moving countries is not easy and i agree with everyone that you should visit before jumping. The environment is different but beautiful. I think you will have a culture shock, but that will happen no matter what - i was shocked when moving to london, and at least Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-34898116570646976722008-10-16T12:58:00.000+03:002008-10-16T12:58:00.000+03:00I hail from India and was working in Dubai for the...I hail from India and was working in Dubai for the last ten years. I recently moved to Kuwait. I am no party animal or a booze bucket so I do not miss that aspect of Dubai. That said, I get to spend some quality time with my family here as there is very little else to do (in a good way). My evenings in Dubai were spent in cars commuting between the office and home, at times it would take two Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-38576544032501841032008-10-16T07:09:00.000+03:002008-10-16T07:09:00.000+03:00Mike's reply (e-mail): Ok, will do. Thanks. I...Mike's reply (e-mail): Ok, will do. Thanks. I scared half to death... I'm a nice person and would never hurt anybody... In turn, I don't want to be hurt or driven off the road... I'm thinking about getting a Hummer (No Joke!). That's how freaked out I am! Do you know if you can buy them there? I looked around and couldn't find any information on the internet. What I did Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-23685949159347651182008-10-16T00:54:00.000+03:002008-10-16T00:54:00.000+03:00Bravo! I will come with open mind and arms... Like...Bravo! I will come with open mind and arms... Like the arms on my body, not guns! LoL I've already paved the path, now I must walk on it and not second guess myself. I will contact you upon my arrival! (My first request when I arrive: Where do you find the whiskey!)<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nice reply<BR/><BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-65723077526953320712008-10-15T22:16:00.000+03:002008-10-15T22:16:00.000+03:00Dude.. I just moved here probably 2 months ago and...Dude.. I just moved here probably 2 months ago and it is definitely a new experience. But you should definitely try visitng first. I didn't and started reading the blog b4 coming over here. Things have been pretty awesome here. yeah there is a little bit of culture shock and driving is a little fast but this place is pretty humorous in many ways. Just depends on how you look at it. Just go for itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com