Category Archives: Rants

What Grind my Gears

Weekend Thoughts

21/5/2009 Forzaq8 4 Comments

* Why Am I following a problem at work more than my manager? When not solving the problem is good for me and bad for the manager if the other individuals who are involved in it go to Court…

* I hate it when I say something as a joke and it turn out to be true , I told a colleague that he is going to be investigated , we were all like ha-ha very funny , 20 minute later , he was …

* Why does everything have to be crammed into one day? 4 days of the week I have nothing at night but all recent event invitation is on the other 3 days…

* Why does work & assignment come either 20 minutes before the end of work day or before you leave your office

* Election over, I would have posted & followed it more but I was busy with my Personal life

* Is logic Importable? Can we Inject logic into people? Why I’m surrounded by illogicality everywhere

* There should be Anti-fad law in Kuwait , even election became a fad …

General, Rants

My Friend …I think…I hope

16/1/2009 Forzaq8 4 Comments

To my friend
Congrats on the happy news , its fantastic that i knew of happy news to you from the wife of another of my friends , make me wonder what type of friendship is that
also you didn’t replay to the SMS

Not to mention the other stuff

but for today a little haiku …
Congrats my friend on the good news
Why ignore me its not a TV interview
neither is dewaniya The TV show the view
If it wasn’t Haram i would drink me some brew

General, Kuwait, Political, Rants

Like we need Australian problems now …

13/1/2009 Forzaq8 10 Comments

Kuwait ordeal continues for Sydney family

I first read on Alaan news Site

While i don’t like Kuwaiti policemen I’ll have to side with them on them , full of falsity in the family telling of the story

And here are some of it

The family was on its first holiday in a decade and had already visited the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Syria when they arrived in Kuwait.

I’m sorry , i don’t believe anyone spend vacation in Kuwait , you went to the UAE first which is Kuwait + Alcohol with extra sand action

At this point her six brothers became involved and the family was soon surrounded by 35 police and airport guards

35 Guards ? are there even 20 policemen at the whole Kuwait Airport ? and also mention soon ?
even if there were 35 policemen there is no way you can gather 10 in less than an hour …

“(A guard) threw her passport on the ground and he stepped on it and he goes, ‘Who’s going to help you now? The emu or the kangaroo?'” she said.

Right , a Kuwaiti Policeman and he knows Emu , not believable

What i think happened which is mostly the logical thing
from the family name they have just got the Australian nationality and think they are Uber and no one can talk them ( seen many people with Canadian or American passport do that ) and they step the line , the Policeman call them on it ( because hey they look Arab from the picture ) they shout at him , thinking they have immunity , the policemen use the legal means they have

The mother start cussing left and right like a drunken sailor ( saw a Canadian nationality do that and she was from Syria ) and the second or third insult is always something about Kuwait and its Emir .

So yeah , i hope she rot in Jail , enjoy the Vacation , and let this be a lesson , if you got another country passport , you don’t need to come and try and flash it here

General, Kuwait, Political, Rants, Travel

Been a while ..

18/12/2008 Forzaq8 Leave a comment

It’s been a while since I wrote anything, two things make me less motivated to write

First thing work, I work in the government, and it’s getting depressing more and more lately,
between mistakes left and right , everyone trying to throw blame at others , work that delayed for some reason since 2007 and no one touched it ( and I’m suddenly supposed to do it now ) ..Etc

I did write couple of posts but didn’t post them, some may seem outdated and some maybe posted later

These are some of the posts titles

– Transparency protects us!
– Shia Bloggers, should we care?
– Elitist concerns part Four, Kuwait Stamps
– Rulers Sainthood

The other thing that making me less motivated to write is Kuwait , not the weather but the people , the more you read or interact with people the more you feel this country is like a bus driving to the cliff

And you can’t ignore them, if you don’t’ go to Dewaniya or read paper you will see them in blogs, switching off your TV wouldn’t work, you will see more idiots on your way to work, or at work

People you thought were rational speaking irrational stuff, people talking stupid

Stuff people say that I think is totally stupid

– If we remove National Assembly Kuwait will be back as the Perl of The Gulf

Wrong, 1986 – 1990 is a good proof, it was stable government with many veterans yet it failed to do anything

– We don’t need a Forth Refinery, we have Three

Wrong , we need it badly , the count of Refinery is Three , doesn’t mean they work as normal three , one of them is WAY outdated , and is slated to close at 2010 ( which was pushed back 3 times ) one keep on breaking , and the newest one isn’t in a better shape either

Not only we don’t’ have the capacity to produce Gas for Electricity (right now we are burning Crude for that) but they are having real problems fulfilling local needs right now
(Not to mention they do not meet environmental standard, if you are into that kind of stuff)

Where I know that? Friends working in the refinery, I don’t get news from newspapers, they are bad in Kuwait as I have said many times

– Dubai is brilliant they made everything without depending on oil

No , they didn’t , first they have oil ( abet limited but still ) also they depend on Abu Dhabi oil revenues as well ( and right now they will depend more on them for a bailout , read latest Newsweek )

I think a bit of Venting is good for the soul, I may vent more next week 🙂

Funny, Kuwait, Political, Rants

Kuwait Book Fair 2008

22/11/2008 Forzaq8 7 Comments

So i went to Kuwait Book Fair 2008 , as every year

Of course there is always talks about Book Butchery , and that because of that only Children , Cooking and religious books are in there these days

While there was certainly an abundance of these type of books , you can find interesting books if you want

One thing some people never think of

That’s what most people in Kuwait want to buy these days , it may sound shocking to some , but really , a visit to the Book Fair and you notice that , sections with Children , Cooking & religious Books are full of buyers and onlookers , while Sections with Political & history books are empty with no one even checking them out

I want to give a big shout out to Diamond Books , while i don’t read any of their books anymore ( for other reasons ) they are going the extra mile to sell their books