#kuwait chronicles

Easy Taxi Dubai

I read a post on the easy taxi app from 7ajidudes blog back in Oct 2014 (here). I really liked the idea and remembered seeing it a while back when I was in Dubai. Well, I had a chance to use it twice during my recent visit and I find it super convenient, especially if you’re going to Dubai for a special event when you know it’s hard to find a cab.

It’s easy to install the app and register;…





I haven’t been that active on Instagram for a while now. I’m still not sure how I feel about Instagram in general. Sometimes I can spend hours on it and sometimes days go by when I don’t go near it. I get bored seeing monotonous posts and the same thing over and over. It’s very popular here in Kuwait though.





I’m thinking of updating it with travel posts or something. Even though I think…

Kuwait National and Liberation Days are around the corner. Everyone’s in that national spirit…..flags everywhere….families gathering…..and pride sprinkled all around.

This video was one of my favourites so far.

NOTE: feature image taken from here and flag taken from here. no copyright infringement intended.

Cafe Coco – Grand Avenues Mall – The Review continues

As quickly as this restaurant rose as one of our favourites , it came tumbling down even faster.

We passed by last week and were surprised to find out that their main dishes have been removed. The smoked salmon, chicken and meat dishes. What a shame, after such a long journey to find a place with a good salmon dish.

Seems some trouble was brewing in their kitchen. We did express our dismay of…

I’m a fan of talk radio shows, not all though, just the provocative ones that make me laugh. I enjoy listening to Howard Stern the most – the old and the new stuff. I haven’t come across anyone like him in the arab world. There’s an okay talk show during the afternoon drive on Marina FM 88.8 with a bunch of young guys called who call their show “the Diwaniya”. They can be ok sometimes, when they…

Never have I come across just a unique band. I wasn’t sure of what I was hearing when the first track played.

Ekova was a French-based musical trio, headed by American-born Dierdre Dubois, who originated the name. “Its roots are in echo, and ova, signifying the feminine side,” she explains. “But it’s not supposed to have a literal meaning, just a beautiful sound. I wanted a word I’d never heard…

Q-tips, should we or should we not use them?

I went on a q-tip diet recently, when I didn’t use’m my ears would fill with flakey wax – almost to the point of overflow; a mini snow storm on my lapels. When I switch back to the fluffy sticks I notice my ears the next day getting irritated – like i’m on a permanent plane ride. Then again when I abandon them, I find myself unconsciously burying a…