Australian national soccer team ‘Socceroos’ have complained that Kuwait fans acted irresponsibly by shining lasers in players eyes during soccer match. They also feel that this might have caused them to under perform. This was during the Asian Cup Qualifier match. Authorities are investigating this incident.
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Rumors are abound that Jazeera Airways is getting acquired by Kuwait Airways…Now that would be a shame given the kind of doldrums Kuwait Airways service is in..

Finally Arab Times website gets a facelift…looks much better now
Arab Times [LINK]

Shivering cold rains are lashing Kuwait today..small video

Established & Sons [Britain] a premiere designer boutique had its opening in Shuwaikh today.  I was invited for the opening but couldn’t attend due to prior commitments. Will drive by over the weekend. Its located opposite BMW showroom on Route 55. Established & Sons caters for niche market of consumers. Several top end industrial designers  [...]

Well before we begin..say hello to our twin boys [pic]
Now lets go through the dozen or so things you as a parent will have to do to obtain Residency for your new born(s) in Kuwait. The residency [iqama] for your new born should be completed within 2 months of the birth-date. To ensure [...]

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 [...]

While we were in Sabah Maternity hospital last week, we found out that a series of documents were required, that have to be kept ready for all sorts of activites from admission to visit to discharge to birth certificate for the new born. There is a handy list of these documents printed and pasted on [...]

After an eventful week of welcoming our twin baby boys, countless well wishers & family & friends dropping by, and the reality of fatherhood is finally sinking in…With all the new experience, times have changed as far as shopping experience goes too. Its time to shop for the newcomers. And boy oh boy..what a shopping [...]

Dear all…by the grace of God we have been blessed with two boys today. It’s an overwhelming experience for both of us and still sinking in. Both the mother and babies are doing fine. Will share more updates soon…

Fasttelco is offering now a 3X promotion for residential ADSL service. The pricing is bit higher than regular offerings. This is how 3X speed works…Lets say you buy 512 Kbps package then:
Monday – Thursday : 8am – 5pm : 512 Kbps
Monday – Thursday : 5pm – 8am : 1.5 Mbps [3X slot]
Friday – Saturday : [...]

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 [...]

KOTRA Korea Trade Association will be conducting Korean cultural events next week in Kuwait. The events will be held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Korea-Kuwait relationship from next week(18th- 27th Oct ). The events will highlight Korean traditional musical, Korean calligraphy exhibition, Korean-Kuwaiti B-Boy, Samulnori performances and Korean Movies through this festival. All programs [...]