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 [...]

Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world at 800 meters high.  Base Jumping is a very dangerous sport that is considered illegal all over the world  but there are always those psychos who go for it anyway.  Burj Dubai is their latest target and to jump it, and definitely off limits to these [...]

The terrorist attack in Mumbai ended yesterday, Saturday the 29th of November 2008.  So far the count is 195 dead and almost 300 injured. After three days of fighting, the final battle was at the Taj Mahal hotel.  Imagine three days of non-stop fighting in this 105 year old hotel! There were bodies everywhere, and [...]

Well they are finally online and open to the public for reservations.  Their first flights start on February 8th, 2009.  So far their flights are only between Kuwait and Dubai twice a day, taking off from the Royal Aviation Terminal of Kuwait.  I checked out ONE way flights from Kuwait to Dubai on their first day [...]

After KSE opened its doors yesterday, some changes were witnessed, some positive and some negative.  Today most stocks are green!  NBK looks like they are coming back but you never know what could happen with this market.  I was thinking I should have bought NBK shares, but it still doesn’t look stable enough to invest [...]

What the hell are these idiots thinking hijacking a vessel three times the size of an aircraft carrier?  Somali pirates seized control of a Saudi tanker, called the “Sirius Star”, off the African coast on its way to the United States carrying more than a quarter of Saudi’s daily exports… 200 million barrels of oil [...]

Courts closed KSE since last Thursday for 4 days and today it will reopen.  I still believe that wasn’t the smartest move but lets wait and see how the stocks perform today.  Personally, I strongly believe we will be seeing red arrows next to most, if not all, stocks.  Don’t recommend anyone venturing into investments [...]

Gmail is getting better and better.  Now they got the voice and video chat option.  I already installed it and started using it.  Read more about it or just install it.
“Once you install the plugin, to start a video chat, just click on the “Video & more” menu at the bottom of your Gmail chat [...]

Cool article on Yahoo Movies that shows famous movie characters played by different stars.  Each actor adds something to the character giving it an edge.  Each actor plays the character in his own way.  So this article shows Yahoo team choosing which actor best played each of the characters:
1. James Bond: Sean Connery
2. Batman: Christian [...]

Dnata launched a new sport, Camel Polo, which is the Dubai version of the known Polo game, but with camels.  It happened at the Dubai Poli and Equestrian Club.  As creative as it is, I think it is a big failure.  For starters, none of the players were locals, so naturally they wouldn’t know how [...]