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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Hug a Tree, Kuwait! Kuwait's Environmental Projects

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New National Motto: Come to Kuwait! We have no bush..... tee hee If Kuwait has plans to plant 1 million trees, why is the municipality cut...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Who's Down with OPP?

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I went to another fortune teller (cups, cards). FREAKY real; she gave exact names and described situations. Having said all that, she didn’t...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Massages

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I have been toying with the idea of writing a comparative article on massages in Kuwait. The only problem with this idea is that usually, mo...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Fashion Peeves

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When I used to work retail in the US of Hey, the merchandising rule was that if we only had one piece left of a particular item, we weren’t ...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

I saved a mall bird

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I saved a bird this weekend. I was in The Avenues and walked into a store where a little sparrow was darting around. The guy said it had b...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Moving to Kuwait

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I received the comment below today from someone and I really thought I should post it as others might be in the same boat as this gentleman....
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Ambassadors in the Fitting Room

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I wrote this right after I got back from my trip to the States. There was a little incident that I witnessed while in the States that pertur...
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My 50 KD drive to work

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So, I played bumper cars again this morning in traffic. DOINK! I was moving into a lane. A woman behind me in another lane decided she want...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Best places in Kuwait to have a fist fight

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The MALL , of course, Silly!!!! Al Watan: “Fights break out in Marina Mall: Marina Mall in Salmiya was the scene of a fierce fist fight on S...
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If I throw up, will you hold my hair?

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Yeah, it's like that. I am in the middle of a low-level depression; a funk if you will. It usually doesn’t last long with me, but it is ...
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Thursday, October 09, 2008

FMPs on the Cheap - Real Estate "Professionals"

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Slaperella wrote to me, all excited, this morning about a new shoe store chain coming to the Middle East in 2009 - courtesy of Al Shaya. I c...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Realtors Smokin Crack!

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I shit you not. I can't make this stuff up. I responded to an ad in the paper for a guy who showed me an apartment in Spanish Villas - ...
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News Commentary

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From today's papers. Story: Investors go to court to close bourse “KUWAIT: More than 20 Kuwaiti attorneys filed a case against His High...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

My cow is dead. Why do I need your bull?

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Let me begin with the good thing: I saw something nice on my way to work today: There is a grey-haired traffic policeman who stands at the U...
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Connections

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What is the connection between petty violence and larger acts of terrorism? A look at recent events in Kuwait (and you can check below in so...
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Sunday, October 05, 2008

Mayhem during Eid!

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Did Y'alls hear about the fights at the malls and public parks during Eid? OMG. Just as the Arab Times announces on the front page today...
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Friday, October 03, 2008

EYEraq the Vote

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So, I watched the vice presidential debate (4 am Kuwait time)... Here is what I am absolutely sick of – American politicians who can’t prono...
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Monday, September 29, 2008

Kuwait Employment Packages – What to ask for/What to Expect

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I’ve had so many questions on “What should I ask for and what should I expect?” when moving to Kuwait for a job that I thought I would write...
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

A Very Violent Ramadan: Since When Is Vehicular Homicide Halal?

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I am traumatized and disgusted. This has got to be THE most violent Ramadan I’ve ever witnessed in Kuwait. I’ve personally witnessed shoutin...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Weekend Humor

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I had a humorous weekend. How else can I describe it because the rest of it was just plain boring. The Romanian asked me to run a little s...
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