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Douchebags spray foam on pedestrians and passerby
Sunday, 16 Aug, 2009 – 10:11 | 2 Comments
Douchebags spray foam on pedestrians and passerby

Checkout this video of couple of guys driving around in Kuwait spraying foam on pedestrians and passerby whom they stop for asking directions to a bank.

Jahra wedding fire toll reaches 41 fatalities & nearly 80 casualties
Sunday, 16 Aug, 2009 – 8:35 | No Comment
Jahra wedding fire toll reaches 41 fatalities & nearly 80 casualties

Last night at a wedding congregation in the western suburb of Jahra, a huge fire caused massive fatalaties, one of the worst civilian accidents, so far in Kuwait’s history. Nearly 41 people were killed mostly women and children. The situation become worse with the stampede that ensued after the fire started. The congregation was taking [...]

Shops & grocery stores to close at midnight..yay
Thursday, 13 Aug, 2009 – 10:57 | One Comment
Shops & grocery stores to close at midnight..yay

Finally the Kuwait municipality is waking up to the fact that grocery stores and shops that run all night long are a nuisance to the general public. This is especially true for those who live in buildings where these shops take up space. Its a huge pain in the A__ especially with a restaurant and [...]

LBC TV offices shutdown in Saudi Arabia after the ’sexcapade’ episode
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 14:32 | No Comment
LBC TV offices shutdown in Saudi Arabia after the ’sexcapade’ episode

Mazen Abdul-Jawad single handedly brought down LBC [Lebanese Broadcasting Group] TV to its knees in Saudi today. Saudi officials have closed down the TV station and its offices, after LBC aired an interview from Mazen Abdul-Jawad bragging about his sexcapades. Saudi officials have stated the reason for shutdown as ‘immoral practices’ and ‘lack of valid [...]

Download free “Swine Flu Symptoms” chart for school, office, home
Wednesday, 5 Aug, 2009 – 10:06 | One Comment
Download free “Swine Flu Symptoms” chart for school, office, home

With the pandemic spread of SWINE FLU across the Globe everyone needs to be extra careful at school, office and home. The symptoms of swine flu can be easily be missed. Download a simple chart/poster that you can print and hang in your school, office and home which will help you in quickly identifying the [...]

Dear QualityNet: STOP spamming my inbox with your adverts
Monday, 27 Jul, 2009 – 13:12 | 2 Comments
Dear QualityNet: STOP spamming my inbox with your adverts

Seems QualityNet is trying really hard to push across its ‘Summer Promotion’ to everyone in Kuwait. I have been getting their emails for the offers at the rate of 2-3 every second day. To make matters worse they send one in English and another one in Arabic…ehmm Dear QualityNet, I can read English, I can [...]

26/11 Mumbai Attacks documentary: Never before seen footage and audio of terrorists
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 14:48 | 5 Comments
26/11 Mumbai Attacks documentary: Never before seen footage and audio of terrorists

This documentary follows the attackers who infiltrated Mumbai on 26/11 and inflicted unbelievable carnage on the streets, restaurants, hotels of Mumbai and brought India to its knees. The shameful act of this terrorism was well planned and while listening to the the audio clippings of conversations between the terrorists and commanders one cant believe how [...]

Police clearance certificate required for Kuwait visas from Aug 2nd
Thursday, 23 Jul, 2009 – 12:22 | 2 Comments
Police clearance certificate required for Kuwait visas from Aug 2nd

Attested Police clearance certificate will be required for nearly all types of visas for expatriates planning to travel to Kuwait. This requirement WILL NOT be for family visit visas, business /project visas, and student scholarship visas. Rest all type of visas will require a latest [upto 3 months old only] police clearance certificates. The certificates [...]

Watch the beautiful Solar eclipse of July 22
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 7:49 | No Comment
Watch the beautiful Solar eclipse of July 22

This video is from Varanasi, India which witnessed the total solar eclipse earlier today.

Brace for the Eclipse tomorrow believers & non-believers
Tuesday, 21 Jul, 2009 – 22:07 | No Comment
Brace for the Eclipse tomorrow believers & non-believers

So nearly everyone is on for the Celestial showdown tomorrow..the dance of Moon, Sun and Earth which will present an unprecedented experience to most of us,the most complete Solar Eclipse of the century. Yes this kind of eclipse will not take place in another 100 years and this should not be missed. I have witnessed [...]

Blackberry update from Etisalat UAE has spyware
Wednesday, 15 Jul, 2009 – 10:56 | No Comment
Blackberry update from Etisalat UAE has spyware

It seems a latest series of updates from Etisalat UAE to BlackBerry subscriber devices is riddled with spyware. Reverse engineering on the updates found out that the spyware is snooping on the messages sent from the devices and storing them on Etisalat servers. This is serious issue and so far no one from Etisalat, BlackBerry [...]

Michael Jackson suffers cardiac arrest [Reported dead]
Friday, 26 Jun, 2009 – 1:03 | No Comment
Michael Jackson suffers cardiac arrest [Reported dead]

Ok MJ fans…this is a big blow and shocker of a news. Michael Jackson had cardiac arrest and now major media outlets are reporting that he has died. This is totally unexpected…
TMZ report [LINK]

Arab Times Kuwait website blacklisted by Google
Tuesday, 23 Jun, 2009 – 12:24 | One Comment
Arab Times Kuwait website blacklisted by Google

Interesting blacklisting by Google…Arab Times newspaper’s site has been declared a no-go zone by the internet goliath. Here are the screenshots of the first warning and subsequent reasons for blacklisting. BTW this is via FireFox. and Google Chrome. Internet Explorer and Safari open the site properly.
Arab Times Kuwait [LINK]