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Painting of Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for 285,000 Dirhams
Tuesday, 1 Jul, 2008 – 14:28 | One Comment
Painting of Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for 285,000 Dirhams

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Just got an email about a painting of Dubai’s ruler Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum available for purchase..here is what the seller(s) have to say about this piece of art.
Illustration with Sheikh Mohammad Ben Rashed Âl Maktoom’s picture.
Gold and Gouache technique
Above- mentioned work has created by using from 24 Karat [...]

Gentlemen: What women do in front of mirror?
Saturday, 31 May, 2008 – 3:00 | 3 Comments
Gentlemen: What women do in front of mirror?

If you have women around house…wife, sister, GF, mumsy…then you are well aware of their endless, shameless, infinite sit-n-stare-n-do something routine in front of the mirror. This ‘do something’ has always sort of amazed and puzzled me. Well apart from the fact that its a self-righteous, self-assessing, self-self task of admiring, this do something is [...]

30 something? Now what?!
Sunday, 25 May, 2008 – 14:47 | No Comment
30 something? Now what?!

I have recently been promoted to 30 something club. Call it God’s will or Nature’s cycleomania. I feel blessed. Not many people achieve this but I am here healthy, happy and moving ahead. Thanks Allah, God, Christ, Bhagwan….
Are you one of my club-mates? If you are then you may understand some of what is coming [...]

Someone needs a lecture in history!
Thursday, 1 May, 2008 – 7:52 | No Comment
Someone needs a lecture in history!

..wonder how long before the authorities realize the blunder on this car, and take some action.

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Tayseer Al-Hamad a brilliant Kuwaiti photographer
Thursday, 17 Apr, 2008 – 10:10 | 2 Comments
Tayseer Al-Hamad a brilliant Kuwaiti photographer

Meet Tayseer Al-Hamad, a hardcore techi who manages networks and communications department of one of the largest energy sector companies in Kuwait. Well this is how I was introduced to Tayseer 3 years back. Fast forward 3 years..yesterday we met at an event, and I saw him sporting a fancy SLR camera, and being a [...]

Prophet Mohammed’s [PBUH] family tree
Tuesday, 25 Mar, 2008 – 19:31 | 12 Comments
Prophet Mohammed’s [PBUH] family tree

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Google Doodles: How are they drawn? Master Doodler explains
Saturday, 8 Mar, 2008 – 3:45 | No Comment
Google Doodles: How are they drawn? Master Doodler explains

We have all seen doodles on Google or as they say Google Doodles, which appear every now and then commemorating some occasion or personality or event on Google.com
Google Doodles are those small alterations that are made on the Google logos. They are drawn by the Google Webmaster aka Master Doodler Dennis Hwang. Here is a [...]

Why do they play ‘Faith of Islam’ during athan/prayer time on FM stations?
Friday, 7 Mar, 2008 – 20:31 | 4 Comments
Why do they play ‘Faith of Islam’ during athan/prayer time on FM stations?

During the Athaan [prayer call] time, if you are tuned into any FM station in Kuwait apart from BBC, they all play Faith of Islam by Maurice Jarre from the movie ‘The Message‘. Why cant they play the Athaan itself? I mean there has to be some logical reason for this, so any ideas drop [...]

Jack Welch seminar Dubai: April 20-22: Registration information
Tuesday, 4 Mar, 2008 – 15:10 | 3 Comments
Jack Welch seminar Dubai: April 20-22: Registration information

Jack Welch the former CEO of GM, and considered as the Management guru of this era, will be conducting a workshop/seminar in Dubai from April 21-22, 2008. This seminar is not for the faint hearted, as it costs whopping US$ 10,000 [yes TEN THOUSAND] per person, and is restricted to 150 participants only.
Venue for the [...]

US$ 14.3 million buys you what? No. 1 ofcourse..
Monday, 18 Feb, 2008 – 13:34 | 2 Comments
US$ 14.3 million buys you what? No. 1 ofcourse..

Meet Mr. Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri rather meet No. 1 first..
Mr. Khouri a businessman from Abu Dhabi became the lucky owner of this unique number plate, winning it an auction in Abu Dhabi, after bidding a World record staggering amount of US$ 14.3 million! Yep you heard it right..
Now we need something of this sort [...]

I love the smell of sand in the morning..
Friday, 15 Feb, 2008 – 13:41 | 2 Comments
I love the smell of sand in the morning..

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If Robert Duval had been in Kuwait..his famous one liner in Apocalypse Now would be something like this..
You smell that? Do you smell that? Sand son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of sand in the morning.
..Say hello to spring Kuwaiti style!

Download registration forms for Dr Stephen Covey symposium on March 2nd in Kuwait
Thursday, 31 Jan, 2008 – 12:11 | 4 Comments
Download registration forms for Dr Stephen Covey symposium on March 2nd in Kuwait

There will be a symposium on Managing Change in the Face of Crisis by Dr Stephen R. Covey on March 2nd, at Arraya Ballroom. Download the registration forms from the link below. Two pricing structures are available KD 299/- for regular seat and KD 399/- for VIP seat [in front].
The forms are in both [...]

RIP: Heath Ledger dead at 28
Wednesday, 23 Jan, 2008 – 7:42 | No Comment
RIP: Heath Ledger dead at 28

April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008
Australian born actor, Oscar nominated star of recent movies like Brokeback Mountain died last night. An apparent sleeping pills dosage with his health condition [pneumonia] was the cause. His death has been classified as accidental.
His last role would be as The Joker in the upcoming movie The Dark Knight [...]

Male grooming in Kuwait
Tuesday, 15 Jan, 2008 – 14:41 | 2 Comments
Male grooming in Kuwait

A good shave and haircut is now part and parcel of a healthy lifestyle for men. Not everyone sports a beard, goatee, or a mustache, so shaving may not be a cumbersome task every morning. I sport a trimmed goatee so I have to make that extra effort to maintain its right look and [...]