Its yet another weekend and yet another dilemma- What do we do?? How to pass the time??
In Kuwait-It’s the time of the year when its so hot n humid that you think you are in hell before death and when its not humid its hot n windy like you are standing with the blow drier in your face, n if you are lucky it will not be that hot but that day there will be a massive sand storm. Today a sand storm is predicted by the weather lady :D
I’ve lived in Kuwait for most of my life and there is not one good thing here which has not been banned after sometime or was cancelled before time. It’s a great place with all the beaches, cheap gas and amazing food and even amazing shopping places.. If you have lived here and when you go to other places on short visits or vacations, you will be amazed how drastically different things are in kuwait and you will really appreciate the :
1. Nature- the flowing water, the lush green trees, monsoon, cool breeze and mountains. Coz all that you see here is some date palms n artificially grown grass…no wait, I had once heard that they do grow some cucumbers n tomatoes in a farm far far away .
2. Civilized Driving- the motorist here are more like Kamikazes (google it) on a mission. Here the, Highways (they’ve named it “Ring Roads” for some reason) are meant for car racing, bumper cars is not confined to the amusement parks, and round abouts are a place to look at other people in their cars with all the dighust your body can generate or you can race and over take his car to the next signal instead-thts being nice. I know my dad loves me a lot, when he just wont get me a driver’s license.
3. Good Customer Service- I cud almost kiss the feet of that man who did not charge me for an extra ketchup at a McDonalds in Dubai. Here its more like take it or leave it. I like to be treated with some politeness before I decide to pay for it. And am so glad that my philipino friends are really trying hard to hold the whole show on their own.
4. Decent Dating ways: Normally Stalking a girl all around the mall till a point where she is scared enough to give you her phone number is no way of asking her out. Or you talk to her dad when he talks to yours at the police station (maqfar). Also, standing outside whereva she goes without doing anything but staring at her will not impress her n only freak her out.
5. Non-Violent National Day Celebrations: Usually there is a parade or concerts in other countries, but in Kuwait they celebrate it by going out on the gulf road blocking the traffic and spraying foam onto other cars, n they do the same to u in revenge followed by honking. Yay!! – I used to like all this at a point in life, but alas!!
6. Anti-Smoking Rules- There r ristrictions and laws against anything remotely notorious dangerous or fun but if you are under 18 and you want to smoke your life away theres no one who can stop you from getting that damned pack of marlboro in Kuwait.
But I love Kuwait!! You just cannot get pufak, Sunkist n fatayer like here anywhere. N I love the fact that all the international brands are available here, in food, clothes shoes. N everything is so HALAAL!! There is no pollution here. I don’t have to worry about my electricity n water bills so much. Land line costs are almost nothing. And, No Taxation on my income (Eat your heart out, you other NRI’s)- yet am bored.
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