Ok I don’t know how long this will last, but finally after two months of being away I am posting! What happened was there was a major security update on the system at work that blocked a lot of sites, including mine and almost all other blogs.  I even tried bringing in my personal laptop, and ended up being hit with a warning because of that.  So I was out of touch and unable to post or update my blog.  And for those who told me to post in the afternoon, well I never do cos I am rarely ever home to post anyway, so that wasn’t gonna happen.  Been out of touch for over two months so I am feeling a little rusty.  Today, for some reason, my blog and wordpress are not blocked anymore so am taking advantage of that.  Gonna try getting back into it, although I kind of got used to not blogging anymore, but I have to admit I miss it.

Got back two days ago from my Eid trip to Dubai and Lebanon.  During my stay in Dubai, I had planned to visit Dubai Mall and Atlantis Hotel, but only managed the mall.  I spent hours in that mall, and was nowhere close to getting started, damn its huge.  Irrespective, all malls are alike.  But the Dubai Mall had the famous acquarium, which I heard so much about.  At first we walked around it checking it out from the outside and there was a flood of people standing outside watching.  Took this video to show you what am talking about.

There are three ways of getting in, 15, 25, and 50 dirhams.  With the 15 and 25, you have to wait in line for an hour or so to walk into the tunnel; but getting the 50 will allow you access to the discovery area upstairs and then get to go into the acquarium tunnel without waiting in line. Finally walked through the tunnel and I must say, after being inside the aquarium, this walk has to be the best trip ever!

Flying in a few hours to Dubai with my friends to spend a pleasant weekend of fun.  After the past never ending week at work, I can’t wait till I set foot there.  Plan is see to walk around, dine out, party, and see a lot of old friends.  Its just a weekend thing then heading to Lebanon from there to spend Eid with the family.  Last time I spent Eid with the family was two years ago so am looking forward to relive the family tradition.  Enjoy the weekend people and will try posting from Dubai.

Abmaster sent me this email with a pic he took in Bahrain saying “came across an interesting outdoor creative. It looks like a big shark (jazeera airways) is eating up what looks like a school of fish (Bahrain Air fish)”.  Although it doesn’t say “Bahrain Air” anywhere on the ad, the idea behind it is pretty obvious, and I think its genius! Pretty funny too.

Was looking for the closest Al Ghanim to Marina Mall, and Steve told me they were opening one in Marina Mall in place of Game Works, facing Virgin.  I gave it a shot and luckily, they had been open for only two days! The place was packed with people. I went for a tour inside and loved the decoration of the place, the setup, the display, and the employees working there were all trained well.

Its not as big as their other stores, like the one in Tunis Street, but it had a big diveristy of items from plasmas, LCDs, laptops, camera, phones, DVDs, gaemes, and loads of accessories.

Got me some stuff from there including the mini-laptop Acer Aspire One cos am sick of carrying around my big Toshiba.  They are having a 20% sale on all items right now.

Jazeera Airways improved the homepage of their website.  I prefer this one, looks more professional and easier to manuever around.  Other booking pages are pretty much still the same. {Check it out}

We wanted to eat light so decided to go for a salad for dinner few days ago.  After asking around, the best option sounded like Salad Creations, plus I haven’t tried it before.  I was under the impression it is a cozy place, but when I got there I found it to be the total opposite.  Nothing cozy about it, looked like a subway from far with the glass fridges and the wooden tables and chairs.  Not saying it was bad, just not what I expected.  The place was pretty empty so we were greeted with these big smiles by all the employees.  The design of the place and the way of service was a typical Subway.

You first choose if you want the small bowl or the big one, which they call the infinite one cos you can put as much as you want as long as it fits.  The bowl is a stainless one.  Then you pick what kind of lettuce as a base, then you have at least 2 dozen ingredients to add to your salad.  After you put in all the stuff you want, you choose the combination of sauce toppings to go with it.

Then they get some weird looking utensil and cut up all the ingredients into small pieces.  You then carry the bowl as is and go sit on the table and eat.  Btw, you’re not allowed to smoke anywhere in the place, they are sticking to a “healthy” theme which I understand.  I could make this place a weekly visit.

Note: Forgot to mention it is located in Baytak Tower next to ABK in Kuwait City, on the ground floor.  Their phone number is 222 579 16

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If you booked your number, then you probably got a message yesterday instructing you to pass by VIVA at Marina.  I passed by yesterday and there were at least 100 people.  You first have to wait in line, show your civil ID, and then take a number. I got number 21 and was shocked i am so close, turned out the counter resets after every 200 people

So took my number and disappeared for an hour and came back to find it at 17.  They made it very clear if I missed my turn, I have to stand in line all over again.  Once my  number is called, it takes a few minutes to pick up your line and walk out.  Once you get it, you call 102 to have your line activated.  The event was well organized.  They are accepting people from 10:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. although they say 10:00 p.m.  They are located in what used to be the perfume/cosmetics store next to Awtar.  I asked about the pricing and options, they said I will see all the info I need in the newspapers and TV ads, seemed pretty unprofessional that they couldn’t give me an answer there and then.

BREAKING NEWS: Just got this message from Kuwait.me that His Highness the Amir has accepted the resignation of the government and reappointed Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah as prime minister.  There is no reference I can link to this except for the Kuwait.me discussion board going on.

UPDATE: Link to article on Al-Arabiya

This is where I do most of my shopping since it’s close to where I live, and when they closed it down a few months ago for renuvations, I drove to Sultan in Salmiya each time cos don’t like the other co-ops in the area.  And finally, two weeks ago, they re-opened and I actually enjoyed walking around and checking out their new setup.  From the outside not much has changed, but the inside is completely different and makes you wanna shop.  For starter, the corridors are much wider and you don’t trip on stuff.

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