Kuwait Trip – 2009

Aug 23 2009 Published by under Travels of the Cj

Finally uploaded all my Kuwait Trip Pics. Only 2 months late too hehe. I tried to take a picture (or bunch of pictures) for every day I was in Kuwait. So that I was making the best of being back home, and so I could remember every bit of it.

Click the Image below to see the Albums y’all. You might want to get nice and comfy in your chair first.

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Rani in Big Bazaar

Jul 30 2009 Published by under A Day in the Life

Holy wtf batman. They’re selling Rani in Big Bazaar here in Udupi.

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Ahh life is good.

For those of you who dont know wtf i’m talking about. Rani is a local canned drink back in Kuwait that was always there, always tasted great, and was a nice break from the usual Soda drinks.

The ones in Big Bazaar are way smaller than the actual Rani cans back home. But hey, atleast here’s one more thing I dont have to complain about anymore.

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Indian Movie Shot in Kuwait

Jun 14 2009 Published by under Cool Shizz

Apparently there’s an Indian Bollywood Movie called “Kahin na Kahin Milenge” that was shot in Kuwait and is about an Indian girl and her love for Kuwait.

Trailer below :

Eesh. We are so never going to live it down after this airs. As it is, we arnt exactly everyone’s favorite race of people here in Kuwait.

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An Evening of Coffee and Shesha

May 25 2009 Published by under A Day in the Life

Ah nothing like ending a tiring busy day with coffee and hanging with homieessss. After my crazy morning at the Kuwait Towers and Sharq mall, I was pooped. Luckily my ol’pal Sharad called me up later in the evening asking if I wanted to catch a cup of coffee. Yes please !

Coffee at Krispy Kreme

Ah Krispy Kreme. I think I love you.

Coffee at Krispy Kreme

We went to the Marina Mall Krispy Kreme outlet so we had a really nice view of the port while we recharged the ol’ batteries with some caffeine. I was reaaaally tempted to pick up some more donuts but managed to not do that. Guess I still have some will power after all heh.

Marina Mall port view

During our caffene session, another ol’pal of mine, Malak called up asking us what we were up to. Why nothing at all ! So we figured we’d head on over to a near by Shesha cafe (literally called the Shesha Cafe) to meetup and generally waste time.

Outside Marina Mall :

Outside Marina Mall

Random shot of Salmiya in action :

Random Shot of Salmiya

Near the Shesha Cafe :

Outside Marina Mall

We were going to check out this place called “7 Bars” but unfortch it was way too full at the time.

7 Bars Shesha Cafe

Also had some NOICE Harleys parked outside. This one in particular caught my attention.

Random Harley

Dayum I need to get me a ride in Kuwait while I’m here lol.

There a quite a few Shesha Cafes on that stretch of road. Some quite fancy lookin’.

Random Shesha Cafe

Eventually we ended up at the Shesha Cafe though.

At the Shesha Cafe

Pretty aite place. I personally dont do Shesha but it seemed like a nice place to chill out.

At the Shesha Cafe

At the Shesha Cafe

We three ended up talking so much (catching up after like 5 years) that before we knew it, it was 1am. Eesh.

Great way to spend an evening after a tiring day.

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389 Pictures

May 24 2009 Published by under Blog News, Travels of the Cj

Eeeeek Today I took 384 Pictures in just 4 short hours. At the rate I’m going I’m never going to be able to upload and blog about them !

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What series of incidents lead to this many images ?

Well simple. I went to the Kuwait Towers, which is basically a huge Tourist attraction here, and as usual I went picture crazy. My N82 became freakkin hot because I had GPS and the accelerometer constantly being used, along with the camera. Also the 50 Degree C Kuwaiti heat did not help things either.

Nonetheless the N82 lasted about 4 hours on that, with the backlight on maximum brightness. Gotta love that camera-phone.

Now I have to get on watermarking those pics and uploading them all up. Egads.

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And on the Twelfth Day, Teh Cj Rested

May 23 2009 Published by under Travels of the Cj

Egads. After days of running around, hanging out with friends, and generally being way too busy, I finally had absolutely nothing to do today haha.

So what did I do today then ? Well I slept.

The Bed

Ah and such a good sleep it was. I was so pooped from all the crazy fun I had in the last couple of days that I really needed a good “day of sleep”.

I swear my bed is way more comfortable than it looks btw.

Today I checked out Diet Pepsi here in Kuwait.

Diet Pepsi y'all

Why does the can have flowers and butterflies all over it ? I want MANLY DIET PEPSI thank you !

Diet Pepsi in Arabic

Meh. What can I say ? Tastes like Diet Pepsi would lol.

Also bought a Lion Bar.

Lion Bar

I used to love these when I was a kid. Dont quite know why, they dont taste that great lol.

Oooh and artsy picture of the day. Fils y’all :

Fils Please ?

The local coins of Kuwait. The picture didnt turn out anywhere as good as I hoped it’d be. I blame the lighting lol.

So there you have it. Finally a day of sweet nothingness. Of course I did step out with a couple pals to get some Pani Puri (is that how you spell it?) with them earlier in the evening. Funny how I’d rather die that eat that back in India, but here it’s aite :P Haha.

That’s all folks !

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First Morning in Kuwait..

May 13 2009 Published by under Blog News

…and I’m sitting here still smiling like a total retard.

Yes, I’m that glad to be back home. I caught dawn today. Kuwait hasnt actually changed as much as people told me.

Pictures should hopefully be up soon. Run into a bit of a snag, since apparently Nokia’s ovi share image service is not available in Kuwait. Hopefully get a Flickr Pro account soon.

Meh. Lets see.

Did I mention, I’m so facking glad to be back home ?

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Going Home…

May 10 2009 Published by under Random

Ah. Words cant explain how excited and happy I am. Come Tuesday the 12th of May, I’m outta here.

Tickets booked, Visas’s gotten.

Dont quite know if its going to be permanent or temporary yet. The uncertainty annoys me.

Still. Kuwait baabbiieee !

I’m going to take pictures of EVERYTHING. I’m not going to take, even a single second for granted while I’m there.

Its not so much about going on vacation than it is about going “Home” y’know ?

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