As usual i’m a little bit late to watch a movie.. but “better late than never”. two days ago I watched “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with GS and HJ, I believe the 3 of us agreed that the movie was pretty damn good. my only complain about the movie was it’s length but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s an amazing movie and it’s must be watched at least ones.
The movie revolves around the life story of Benjamin Button, who was born on the day the war ended and was abandoned by his father because he was born with the characteristics of an old man. later they realized that Benjamin is aging backwards. during his life Benjamin falls in love and it shows you how his extra ordinary life goes .. and what happens through out the backward moving years of his.
I received an email from an reader today about IKEA’s 25th anniversary in Kuwait, and this is part of it:
In the month of April this year, IKEA, Kuwait’s first ‘Super Brand’ celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary. The celebration consisted of a plethora of events organized over a span of 25 days; the culmination of which was a grand celebration on the 24th of April.Creativity has always been IKEA’s unique selling point, and this occasion was to be no exception.
We are The Eth, a team of two young, talented and smart individuals who both have media and art-based backgrounds and an ever-burning passion for creativity. With an eye for beauty in design, and sturdy resources, we feel like the sky is our limit! When we learned of IKEA’s 25th celebration our mind started to bubble over with ideas of how we would love to contribute to the celebration.
We approached the Marketing Manager, Mr. Waqar Bhutta with an idea of building a mural designed exquisitely for IKEA and decided to make it out of IKEA’s damaged and waste products. Since the core idea in building the mural was redesigning waste material into something significant and beautiful; we decided to follow a “Junk Art” theme. We set about making the mural with the support of our diversified, artistic and technically brilliant team and the backing of Midnite Hooters.
However, a glorious occasion of this kind needs a fitting commemoration!
Therefore we decided to pay tribute to IKEA’s journey in Kuwait by designing 25 important iconic symbols from its history here. 25 pieces were crafted using the waste, to depict a story of how IKEA started from Sweden and traveled into Kuwait and into the hearts of its people. But this mural needed to be unique and special – as special as the occasion it was to be displayed in. that’s when the idea of the optical illusion came to us.
The mural was designed in a way that it appeared to be a normal exhibit of a set of elements supported on wooden stands; but as one walked 25 steps away from it the stands would overlap each other and a giant “25” would come into view!
Congratulations to IKEA for a successful 25 years in kuwait and to making our live much better with their furniture and accessories.
Stop by IKEA, buy something, and take a look at this beautiful mural.
note: thanks Mansha for contacting me and letting me know about this :)
When my car was at the shop I rented a Hyundai Accent from national rental at the airport, the reason I went with them was obvious, I was looking to rent the cheapest vehicle that moves me from point A to B, and it was this little beast you see. the cost of this car for the week was 72 BHD + 3 BHD for gas. not bad considering how much we used it.
I’m not sure if they have replaced the old eggs “i don’t think they did” but I tell you what, those new Kinder Joy are amazing and alot better than the old egg! they taste so good, and the packaging is 100 times better than the old foil.
I don’t like the little gifts from the 4 or 5 that we have had the other day. I miss the old little cars with gears.
Few weeks ago Xeco and I where hanging out at the apartment and we were hungry. so we walked down to the super market across the street and pick up the 3 Cheese Tortellini and some Ricotta sauce and made this amazing looking pasta. it takes a total of 12-15 minutes to make, it serves at least 4, and it taste absolutely amazing !
The project has finally started, Last week I installed the rear diffuser at Salmaniya garage, the guys at the garage are really friendly and they know what they are doing. if you ever need a paint job or a you want to do any body work they are the right people to go to ( I also heard garage Al-hassan is a good one).
I called them up to schedule a day and they gave me a weekend (because I asked for one) and when I arrived there it took less than 30 minutes and I was on my way out with the diffuser on.
I have been meaning to post about this dish for the longest time I just never got around to doing so. this is the wasabi popcorn shrimp from Merai, its the best popcorn shrimp you will ever “in your life” have…! when ever you are in Merai make sure you order at least 2 of those.
Since the summer is approaching I think it’s time to start buying hats.. and more importantly, cool looking ones like the one I bought from a gas station in Saudi when my self and HJ drove to Kuwait (i should post about it). I think this link will get HJ’s attention and Bin3agul.
