Articles in the Annoyances Category
Got an email from Jazeera…seems they have dropped a bomb in the travellers bag to Indian sub-continent. Jazeera has effectively canceled all flights to and from Mumbai Intl airport effective January 3rd. No reasons given so far. I did ask the rep over the phone if this is short-term or long-term, and the reply was [...]
Got the above email today [look above], and from first look it seemed like genuine NBK / Watani correspondence. The sender email is ‘webmaster [at] nbk.com’, so GMAIL failed to detect it as SPAM. But when you click on the links in the email it will take you to a ‘fake’ site where hackers have [...]
Lately the phone networks specifically the mobile operators in Kuwait are giving subscribers a huge headache with their ‘Network Busy’ service. It seems like a guessing game, when dialing any mobile number from landlines, as to when your call might get connected. Even calling from Wataniya to Zain to Viva is a headache. Rumors are [...]
Its that time of the year when you least expect to be disrupted while working. But seems all major IT companies are hell bent on release dates close to each other to ward of competition. I use OSX [Apple Mac] as my primary system and I have 3 virtual machines running simultaneously on it. Yep [...]
Petrolheads around the World get ready for the “Made in China” tag on your beloved Hummers. The loss making unit of Hummer [due to poor sales and over cautious US govt policies on bailouts, and economic downturn] Hummer brand has been sold to an unheard of Chinese firm Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corp. and [...]
tch tch tch..NBK Kuwait’s premiere bank is going through a bad depression phase when it comes to their online services. The site is more often down than up. And this could happen at any hour of the day, weekday or weekend, holiday or no holiday. And the scripted answer you get from the customer service [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
