Qurtoba

Earlier last month, Barrak Al-Babtain of Re:Kuwait wrote a post about the “heartbreaking” state of Qortoba: an area that is outgrowing its population density limits. He goes on to say that this is very much comparable to cities of Madrid, Florence, and London except that we don’t have proper courtyards, gardens or parking space to gain any of the dense urbanism advantages.

A highly recommended read. Click to go to his article or check out his other architectural rants.

Best Electronics Shop opens in Hawally

Best Electronics celebrated the launch of their new store in Hawalli; included a big Gundam figure!

Funny Animal Talk

The BBC has a hilarious TV Show called, Walk on the Wild Side where documentary footage of animals are dubbed with silly voices. This video got me laughing really hard so I had to share…

Khawatir 5

Season 5 of Khawatir (خواطر), a TV show airing on MBC this Ramadan, has been highlighting several interesting aspects of Japan.

Al-Yousifi (Panasonic) Scam

Many months ago, I purchased a Midea air purifier from Al-Yousifi. It’s an impressive device and I couldn’t have been happier with it, until it required a filter replacement…

Word of the Day

Synergy:

“the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts.”