Best culture-jamming I have seen in kuwait so far.

Now it says something like “Raise your voice, be heard … but also keep your eyes open.”

Found somewhere on Gulf Road.

Rock the vote ladies.

Almost no guitars, very Bjork-y with lotsa beats and bleeps … sounds good for a first listen.

Download: Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Why do roommates (boys or girls) always assume that we have to do everything together. We are not a couple, you know? I tolerated it when it was a girl, it seemed natural but with a guy it’s seems a bit gay and annoying.

Any experiences or lessons to be learned from my fellow bloggers?

In the middle of looking through getty’s catalouge … I stopped here and I started drooling. She looks very average, I know, but there’s thing thing about her. I just have a thing a for real women.

Update: We fixed the link, you perverts!

We just got this from MTC’s (or I don’t know whose) obligatory service, Kuwaitna.

الوزير المعتوق: الأوقاف أول وزارة في الحكومة تطبق التراسل الإلكتروني.

Oh really? You guys just found out about email? and now you’re bragging about how ignorant you are?

I wonder what will they send to each other? Anybody up for a new Nancy Ajram video?

What the hell is happening (or not happening for that matter) with dunkin donuts? Aren’t they supposed to be open by now?

Here we go again, It’s been a long long time since the last time I commented on any MTC Ads. I just have to do it to this one, I’m itching to do it. Let’s go …

First of all, The guy with the dictionary. Why in hell he has to be kuwaiti? What do you think you’re saying with such image? Kuwaitis are ignorant bastards who can’t speak a word of english?

Now I’m not saying each and every kuwaiti knows english better than Shakespeare himself but I know that kuwaitis in general are educated enough to be on a level where portraying them in an ad like this is a crime.

I wouldn’t mind seeing that person wearing a jeans and a t-shirt, that would make him more generic and you can’t really tell his nationality. MTC had done it before why not now?

Somebody might defend MTC and say “Well, he could be in a foreign country”. If so then that’s even worse, because I can’t see a single clue to tell me he’s in a foreign country. No architectural clues in the background, nothing significant on the table and if anybody say a thing about that lousy hat I’m gonna shove it up his ass. NOOOO? He’s wearing a fake-ass cowboy’s hat, Ooooooh HE’S AMERICAAAAAN. Yeah, not only that … but he’s texan. Plus, How many kuwaitis do you know who wear dishdasha when they’re traveling? Get real.

Not a single one of those three sitting on the table looks really “foreign”. As a matter of fact even the supposedly kuwaiti guy doesn’t look kuwaiti at all, even with the half-assed beard. AND PLEASE OH PLEASE, Look at the way he’s wearing his ghutra and more importantly his E’Gaal (the black round ring-like thing). Kuwaitis don’t shove it AROUND their head, unless they’re Abdulaziz Al-Musalam. However, I have to admit, that e’gal shoving thing really works if they want to make the guy look like a total ass. Which reminds me of my first point, Why he has to be kuwaiti?

On a final note, did you notice how I wrote this whole post without mentioning the “Leb…” word? Quite an achievement, huh? Well, fuck that … I have to get it out of my chest. All the of models are lebanese, The ad was shot in lebanon and was produced by a lebanese agency in a lebanised kuwait. Thank you very much and god bless.

Note to the Copy Writer of that Ad: Check your spelling Yo!

I can’t believe a consultancy company that specialize in help existing businesses to improve their inner working structures has a logo this bad. Now I’m sure this is not a money-issue, They can afford a decent agency to do that job, It’s OBVIOUSLY the taste of the decision maker who have absolutely nothing to do with design.

Why do they think because they own the company they can do whatever they want? I would really respect a man who confessed his weaknesses in certain areas and handed the job to people who know how to handle it.

This logo on a scale of ten doesn’t even deserve 1. Unreadable, badly-designed, lines are too thin to be seen from a distance (best example, their billboard on gulf road) … and really what the hell they were thinking when they used the triangle ( the A if you must insist) instead of the alef.

Back with another post, It’s one of these laid-back and chilled out days at the agency. Been reading as many blogs as I can, kuwaiti blogs didn’t even make up 5% of that surfing journey. Every time I check Safat, I see the same old stuff … nothing interesting really. No offense my dear blogger friends, maybe it’s just me.

I remember having this conversation with the don’t-know-where-the-hell-is-she Gigi. We both confessed how became really dependent on blogs (especially kuwaiti ones) to stay informed and “in the know”. Well, I don’t think so anymore, not that I think I know it all and I’m better than anybody else but It’s just the signal to noise ratio is just scary. I don’t want to go through all these blogs and filter the contents and judge. I don’t have time for that.

Especially these days, with the elections and all that. In addition to the visual pollution in the streets I can safely say we have a contents-polluted blogosphere. However I’m proud of all the political initiatives associated with blogging and elections, really proud. I wish I can help with these things but work got me really busy recently.

For those who are curious to know what happened to the goatee, well, IT’S BACK! I was just dead curious to see what would I look like without facial hair. The cool thing I documented that change, including the Ron Jeremy look that lasted one day and a half. I’m gonna stay with this for another five years then see if I ant to change it.

I’m gaining weight and it’s not funny anymore.

Hilton’s pool is ziggaaan, never go there on a friday. Do people ever have a shower before stepping in the pool? You, Yes you with the tight-gay-speedo, fucking shower before you dip your dirty body in there and hey next time you decide to wear a speedo and strut your stuff around, have a heart and trim your pubes, we don’t need to see them to know you’re man.

On a sentimental note, I really miss Gigi.

“Will the white text stand out on the black background?”

God I love them

This is going to be one hell of a long post, so maybe you want to go refill that cup of cheap coffee you been sipping. Keep on mind there’s no order for things here, I will write things as they come to me.

So my sister gave birth to her first baby, a beautiful baby girl. I’m already an uncle, so nothing’s new, except I’m a ‘khaal’ now. :p

I had a very stupid accident with my new car. very stupid, if only I waited. Anyway, I’m fine but the car was just … uh. That was, like, few weeks ago. I received my car yesterday from the dealership’s garage and nobody could even tell If I had an accident.

I’ve been getting bored of the way I stylize my facial hair. So I decided to shave the goatee and I chickened out when it came to the ’stache. I was thinking “Dude, You’re gonna see your father tomorrow” and although dad was one of the early supporters of the ‘fro, I’m not really sure where he stands on the whole mustache issue So I kept it. I looked like Ron jeremy for few days.

Yesterday, I just thought “Fuck it” and I went ahead and started shaving it. I didn’t want to spoil the surprise element, So I turned my back to the mirror. I finish shaving, I turn to the mirror and I go “Woah!” … maybe “shit”. My roomie instantly approved the new look but he said my hair gotta be down like that (It was wet, I just got out of the shower). I’m not really keen on his taste. So I waited eagerly till next day. At the office, everybody was like “daaamn”. They all told me I like younger. I guess the goatee was the reason why a lot of chicks though I was thirty something.

I still don’t have a connection at home, that’s why I can’t post much lately.

Been listening to some good music lately. You guys gotta check out Diplo’s mixtape with M.I.A titled “Piracy Funds Terrorism” I know it’s soo last year but I just managed to give it a listen and I’m glad I did. Man Man is also good if you like noisy, school-band-like, frank-zappa-ash kind of music. Shacti is fucking amazing too.

I missed two bloggers meetings in a row. April’s because I was in duabi for a conference (more on that later, promise) and May’s because simply I forgot. However I made it to this month’s. The regulars, this is becoming almost like meeting the familiar faces of your friends. I’m always ready for a surprise though.

The communication zone been busy lately, from the beach spike to the KREA awards but I guess those two deserves posts on their own.

My t-shirts are getting some kind of recognition, people been posting about them ever since I put that picture in the last post.

Ok, so somebody stopped me from writing this post and it didn’t end up as long as I thought it’s gonna be. peace.