Starbucks at Alghanim Showroom, Shuwaik

Last Thursday went shopping for Sofa's for the new place we would shift too and went to Alghanim's showroom in Shuwaik, Yah the same one which has the big car showroom, with the furniture and electronics showroom connected. They also have a starbucks branch in between the three showrooms. After long had come to starbucks and sis and parents were there. Parents wanted something hot. That was something I never tried in any coffee shop before. It was always the cold coffee's for me. Well I ended up getting help from the waiter there and ordered a Caffe Latte and a Caramel Macchiato for my folks. while my sis and me tried out the Frappuccino Ice Bleanded Cream and Frappuccino Ice Blended Tea (Rasberry flavoured). It tasted just like any rasberry juice mix :)) with a small tint of tea flavor to it. Got this leaflet from the branch which showed the most favorite of starbuck's drinks offered.

I like the coffee at starbucks, With the high price it commands, It is still number one in Kuwait!. Got to give the credits to the guys over there.

Americanpie 5 - The Longest Yard, Review

Americanpie - The Naked Yard was the fifth of the series of the famous Americanpie movies, Well one word for it... Hilarious!! Altough I was not able to get my hands on the 4rth part of the series that did'nt stop me from watching the naked yard :)

The movie was a commedy, which was hilarious throughout. It would be totally inappropriate to watch with others around (I mean with kids or parents.. Beware). The movie's storyline continues the same trend as the other past series(jokes based directly or indirectly to the sexual nature of humans (certainly not all I suppose)) which reflected around the fact that the act is to be accomplished at the end through whateva means. Be it playing along or finding out that the act is actually a natural step to true love. Hmmm.. saying that...raises a few questions. How can you quantify true love? Is it by been there for the other person? or giving the other person a good time? or is it understanding the other person? or is it working towards been able to provide the other person with his or her dreams or is it a combination of some or all of them? :) What all quantifies true love???.... Something for u guys to ponder over :)

Coming back to the movie, as with the other past series of Americanpie which recieved a huge fan following, the review of the movie would stick to a thumbs up review!!!

New Setup :)

Finally done finalizing for a new place to stay in. Will be pushing out of Sharq in a few days, Should say the new place is one level better than the present place of stay.

Not so good points for the new place

Location far from place of work

No more jogging in the beach side ever (well i did go a few times :))

No more beaches

No more late nights at Souk Sharq / Sultan Center

I have to start paying a portion of Rent!!!!!

Good points for the new place

Next to al the Car Showrooms

Next to biggest mall in Kuwait "Avenues"(just opened 2 days back)

Bigger House

Finally can get a 42" LCD

Finally a OWN room thats only mine :)

FREE swimming pool

FREE Squash Court

FREE Tennis Court

FREE Basketball Court

Guys!!! expect me getting thin in a few months, considering work does'nt stop me from using the FREE facilities!!!!!

Discrimination for Flats

Since we got had to shift out of our old flat (It was going to be demolished) by april end, we were busy searching for new flats in and around Kuwait City area. The other day my folks went to Hawally and cehcked out a few flats and while at one of the flats the "Bangladeshi" haris told my dad that "Indians and Pakistani's" are not allowed to take up residence in the building. Talk about discrimination!!! Well, Dad gave him a piece of his mind but alas the Bangladeshi haris was only doing what his "BOSS" wanted him to do. Anyway he was not the first one of them.. they were actually a few of them who actually had the same views. Considering the area was not the best in Kuwait with a lot of rude kids with no manners around, and the attitude of the people around that particular area, It was best decided to not stay there :)

Still can't believe what happened. Discrimination still exists... big time. Without a change to attitudes, there will never be constructive overall development to a human being. I believe only one thing comes out of discrimination, which is lack of respect for another human being which ends up with lack of respect for the discriminator :)

Let the decisions be made, and the consequences be felt........ WITHOUT ANY KIND OF DISCRIMINATION :)

Blahh

The door knob to my bedroom door was broken, well it happened a long time back when I tried opening the door, the knob just broke offf.. Whats that.. yah its my power hands that did it :) (One of the not needed powers that came upon me at the wrong time :)) Well the mistake here was not the fact that I broke it but the fact that I was not bothered to fix it sooner.

By sooner I meant before this happened:)

That was my Favorite Gap Shirt I had got from the states (Big Time Sale)

Moral: Something you can do today.. Just Do It TODAY!
Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

KFC - Mighty Zinger

KFC has got a new hamburger in stands known as the Mighty Zinger, Basically its a two in one zinger burger, Absolutely loved the stuff. I noticed the KFC outlet (Shouk Sharq) was rushing with customers for a change. :) The ones that I saw were ordering just the Mightly Zinger. :)

Here's a pic,

Mighty Zinger Thumbs Up!!! :)

Mint Aero

The other day went to Sultan Center (Shouk Sharq) for getting an Aero Bar (Yah just for that) and ended up with a pleasant suprise, I knew the Aero bar had a new look (cover) but a new flavor too... MINT!!!. Here's a peek

Well the mint flavor was just awesome!!!(for me atleast). For the public, I would say you guys would either HATE the flavor or you would just LOVE it :)


I give it a thumbs up review :)


Note: The bad part about it is that the flavored Aero is imported directly form UK, and is priced at 500 fils. There are other flavors too, like the caramel and hmm.. forgot the others. Mint beats them all :) You wouldn't find the same in Co-Operatives though. At least I could'nt :)


Try it out.

Review - Sony Ericsson W800i Mobile

It has been 1 year since I brought this mobile, Costed 155KD then, got it from a dealer much before it came to the retailers. When the mobile did come to the retailers some tens days after it costed 150KD (Alghanim). So it's like the 5 bucks which I paid could be classified as being a first user's value (in Kuwait)

Anyway getting to the review, the mobile as shown above has served me well (although I really never took care of it, I would say more like I had abused it, noticed from the scratches all over the mobile) But all that said and done, the mobile has managed to withstanbd my abusive handling and still serves me well.

The mobile features a 2 Mega pixel carama, has a 512mb memory card provided with it (that stores to around 150 songs) and has bluetooth and infra red. All of these services I have tried and tested and and served me well even after like the mobile fell 5 to 6 times off my hand. Another feature I had tried was the capability to control your computer or laptop using the bluetooth feature, First time I tried it was pretty exciting. Its proberly good for those situations where you would be presenting a power point presentation to a group of people through a projector using the laptop and could control the slides using the mobile :). I am sure half of you guys having the latest mobile have'nt tried this feature out :)

In fact I am so pleased with the mobile that I don't mind buying a new W800i to replace the damaged one I have. But keeping to my self imposed rule, I would be using it for another 4 years before I would change.

Sony W800i Thumbs Up!!!

Free online storage sites

Did you ever feel the need to buy another hard drive or an external drive so that you could save your music files or anything you needed. Well.. if you never knew, there are free online storage sites available. Here are six of them

1. box.net
2. DropBoks
3. eSnips
4. MediaMax
5. OmniDrive
6. openomy

I wouldnt suggest storing personal information although all of them provide security features.

For a complete analysis of the various storage websites you could check up on this link

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2098943,00.asp

Note: Yah my source of information was from extremetech.com

Dubai vs Abu Dhabi

Dubai
Its the Party Place ..Pronto
It's where you would find people you know living around (Plus and Minus Points for that),
Its the worst place to be driving with the congestion,
Don't expect to find a taxi when you need one,
You get anything that comes on your mind in Dubai!!.. I mean anything.

VS

Abu Dhabi
Parties... Whats that!!!
Taxis : Cars = 2:1 (good thing for visitors)
Whats that you thought..no you cant get that in Abu Dhabi
... can't think of anything for the place

Overall Dubai is the more liberalized place of the two which has its good and bad points. Abu Dhabi on the other hand is more strictly following the Islamic norm and I can say which is a good thing and a not so good thing too. :) I heard in Sharjah its worse. Where does Kuwait stand in comparison? Well I think its in between :)