Q8 Pics - A Photo Blog by webOJ

Happy Eid

2011-11-06T22:39:00.002+03:00

Ikea joins in the celebrations

Baaaaad day for the sheep!

2011-11-06T22:33:00.001+03:00

Sheep being taken to be sold (for Bakri Eid)

Bus stop

2011-11-03T10:42:00.000+03:00

To let!

2011-09-13T11:05:00.001+03:00

Couldn't help but click this one!

Greenery

2011-06-01T11:25:00.004+03:00

Friday Market

2011-04-14T09:32:00.000+03:00

At the Friday Market

2011-04-13T09:35:00.001+03:00

Friday Market

2011-04-12T10:35:00.001+03:00

Another visit to the Friday market. This little chap must have been one expensive buy!! :-)

Kuwait City

2011-01-19T12:26:00.000+03:00

The Friday Market

2011-01-18T10:39:00.000+03:00

Desert Camp 1

2010-11-29T07:42:00.003+03:00

A lot of camping going on once the weather changes. This is my Company camp site where we can go with our family (it's free of cost) and spend the day. A lot of games for kids (volleyball, basketball, a common room with a television and foosball and the best thing... a huge trampoline.

Also, for minimal charges, a short horse ride, donkey ride, sand buggy ride or dirt biking.

Sacrificial Lamb

2010-11-23T13:07:00.003+03:00

Muslim's celebrated "Bakri Eid". This sheep was killed on the morning of Eid (just as Abraham killed a lamb instead of his son thus obeying God's word)

Show me the way to go home!

2010-10-21T13:31:00.000+03:00

Who says Kuwait is a desert?

2010-10-20T10:03:00.001+03:00

Sacrificial Lamb!

2010-10-19T11:44:00.002+03:00

Souk Al-Harraj

2010-09-20T12:32:00.002+03:00

The Friday Market

The promise!

2010-09-02T10:01:00.001+03:00

The biggest aquarium inside a Mall in Kuwait!! (Under construction)

Caution

2010-08-31T13:30:00.003+03:00

Caution : Driving is like chocolate. Enjoy it slooooooooooooowly!

Shopping area in Fahaheel

2010-08-30T13:24:00.000+03:00

Let there be light!

2010-08-29T09:58:00.001+03:00

Our Lady of Arabia Church (Ahmedi)

2010-08-26T14:05:00.001+03:00

The faithful attending Mass

Sleeping beauty

2010-08-25T14:02:00.000+03:00

At 51 deg. Cent. he's still managing a cat nap. Phew!

Call me Bob and call me often!

2010-08-24T11:15:00.001+03:00

Welcome to Kuwait

2010-08-22T13:36:00.000+03:00

... From inside the aircraft.

Shawerma

2010-08-17T14:20:00.002+03:00

Chicken from the spit ... called shawerma. Sandwiches (a la hot dogs) with a little salad.

Happy Feast

2010-08-16T13:00:00.004+03:00

The Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mother Mary. This is the Grotto decorated for the day at the Church in the area of Ahmedi.

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August 15th is also India's Independence day, so I dressed up my daughter in an Indian costume.

India - Happy Independence day

2010-08-15T12:49:00.006+03:00

India celebrates her 63rd Independence day today. We bow in respect and gratitude to our freedom fighters and martyrs.

Pics of the Indian Independence day celebration at the Indian Embassy in Kuwait.

Indian embassy in Kuwait celebrated Independence day by unfurling of the National Flag by the Ambassador of India, His Excellency Mr. Ajai Malhotra which was followed by singing of the National Anthem.
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Ramadan Kareem

2010-08-12T14:12:00.001+03:00

The start of the Holy Month of Ramadan

The Fisherman

2010-08-11T09:41:00.001+03:00

Fish Market

2010-08-05T07:40:00.003+03:00

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Setting Sails

2010-07-28T12:47:00.000+03:00

Kuwait City

2010-07-26T07:42:00.005+03:00

An ariel view of a section of Kuwait city. The big building is a mini mall. The pic's hazy because it was a dusty day.

Beautiful Mosque

2010-07-21T13:10:00.000+03:00

Al-Kout Pier

2010-07-20T08:09:00.003+03:00

In the background are some arches, a picture of which is posted below.

Location : Fahaheel

I have many dates!

2010-07-19T13:50:00.000+03:00

Shopping

2010-07-18T20:23:00.004+03:00

Most items available from 100fils to 300fils (Less than 1US$)

(Above) Refrigerator magnates [Notice the small, cute Nescafe bottles at the bottom)

(Above) Bath massage thing

Approaching Kuwait City (Capital)

2010-07-15T07:39:00.002+03:00

Soor Street

Water Dispenser

2010-07-14T19:55:00.001+03:00

The Fish Market Restaurant

2010-07-13T08:05:00.009+03:00

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This restaurant is in the area known as Abu Halifa (lining the Beach road.) The food, although a little expensive, was extremely tasty. You get to select the fish, prawns, lobsters or crabs before your meal and then you have a choice of grilled, fried, steamed etc. The ambiance was good, the food, as I mentioned, was extremely tasty but the Fillipina girl serving us was a little grumpy. Maybe she was ill or something???!!! All in all, it was a good treat and we definitely recommend the place.

Monkey business

2010-07-12T08:43:00.002+03:00

The monkey on the toy train

51 deg. Cent. in Kuwait

2010-06-14T10:30:00.003+03:00

Beautiful architecture

2010-03-30T09:26:00.003+03:00

The Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS)
www.pifss.gov.kw
Insurance, pension schemes etc. for Kuwaiti Nationals.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

The wheels of the bus go round and round.....

2010-03-28T12:34:00.002+03:00

A public transport bus in the area known as Salmiya.

Recharge your Cell

2010-03-24T07:46:00.002+03:00

Kiosk machines to buy cards to recharge your cell phone.
Zain and Wataniya are the big players in Kuwait.

PIFSS Dome

2010-03-22T14:16:00.003+03:00

http://www.pifss.gov.kw/

And the view from the underground parking

... and a view of the walkway in the underground parking

(The dome is just above me)

Postbox

2009-10-26T14:17:00.003+03:00

One can rarely see Postboxes in Kuwait now. I doubt anybody risks posting letters in this one!

Perfume Shop

2009-06-26T13:02:00.002+03:00

A perfume shop located in the Scientific Centre.

Kuwait Church

2009-04-27T13:40:00.001+03:00

The Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Doggie Style

2009-03-20T09:19:00.004+03:00

A dustbin at the Kuwait Zoo.

Villas in Kuwait

2009-03-02T22:22:00.002+03:00

As I had mentioned in an old post, each villa belongs to just one family.
I wonder why the middle villa has those 3 huge funnels? Must have thought of creating a replica of the famous water tankers.

* Clicked whilst driving 100kms per hour!

Ikea

2009-02-28T13:55:00.001+03:00

Needs no explaination. It's huge on the outside and inside.

Those men n their machines

2009-02-28T00:43:00.002+03:00

Summer's upon us and those cool dudes and their mean machines are out on the roads.

Vive La Kuwait

2009-02-27T00:09:00.005+03:00

The flags are out for Kuwait's National Day (Feb. 25th) and Liberation Day (from Iraq) (Feb. 26th). All the streets are decorated with the National flag and buildings, trees, lamp posts and even many homes have fancy lights on them. Public holidays, so it's a loooooong weekend for us. (Wed., Thur, Fri, Sat.) VIVE LA KUWAIT!

PIFSS underground parking

2009-02-16T12:02:00.002+03:00

This is one part of the underground parking of the Public Institution for Social Security. On the right side of the wall you can see 63" Plasma telivisions. On the left and ahead on the right you can see the sliding walking path. Just stand and arrive! The parking has a Basement 2, Basement 1, Ground, First floor, Second Floor and Third floor. The way to the parking (underground) is really beautiful. (Solar energy is used for the lights)

http://www.pifss.gov.kw/

The base of the tower

2009-02-13T14:57:00.006+03:00

This is the base of the Ministry of Communications tower, a picture of which I had posted previously.

Link (Please Right Click and "Open Link in new Tab or Window".)

Ol' brown eyes!

2009-02-12T09:45:00.001+03:00

(The Blue Monkey at the Kuwait Zoo)
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes; I'll never love blue eyes no moreeeeeeeeee!

Dust storm

2009-02-11T15:06:00.007+03:00

Bad dust storm today. They left us an hour early at the office. Yippeee!

I clicked this pic from my 1st floor balcony at 2:45 p.m. Will try and click the same view another day, same time when it's clearer.

This a way, that a way!

2009-02-10T11:59:00.002+03:00

How `bout dancing with the wolves?

India's national bird

2009-02-07T18:11:00.003+03:00

The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen. The male peacock flares out its feathers when it is trying to get the female's attention. They are omnivorous and eat ticks, termites, ants, locusts, mice, plant parts, flower petals, seed heads, scorpions and other arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock

My long lost brother

2009-02-07T18:04:00.001+03:00

It was a sentimental reunion!

Kuwait Zoo entrance

2009-02-07T12:20:00.003+03:00

It was a pleasant morning!

Round Door

2008-08-24T12:22:00.002+03:00

Loved that door! Cesare Paciotti luxury brand for shoes, bags, belts, eyewear, jewels.

Just a street

2008-08-19T10:10:00.002+03:00

This is the pic of a street in a place called Abu Halifa. Abu means "Dad", so I guess that means Father of Halifa.

The Number Game

2008-08-14T09:08:00.005+03:00

New design car plates have been introduced in Kuwait and these old ones were lying outside the Hawally Office (where we go to transfer our cars to a new owner or renew the car papers yearly after it has been passed by the inspectors.)

Peeping Toms??

2008-06-25T11:35:00.006+03:00

Unfortunately, I was not in Kuwait and so couldn't add pics. Thank you all for your comments and best wishes.

These are the window cleaners outside my 9th floor office window. Not a job for you if you have Vertigo.

... And not related to the window cleaners, here's my poppet, all of 5 months old!

She's as cute as her Maama! Really! ;-)

The reason for my absence.

2008-02-23T18:21:00.003+03:00

Welcome to this world Baby Olivia Dulcett, born on Jan 10th. I hope to get back to blogging, in serious, some time in April. Miss you all!

New Building

2008-01-13T12:28:00.000+03:00

This is the building you can see from the other side of the Plane Bridge that I had posted on Jan 9th. Kerri thought it's the air traffic controller building :-). It's just a building with shops on the ground floor and offices above.

Port Building

2008-01-11T11:48:00.000+03:00

The Shuwaikh Sea Port building. Although it was just 4:30 p.m., it was getting dark pretty fast. Had to cut short our walk as it started raining too. The rainy season in Kuwait is December, January and February.

Goodbye old building

2008-01-10T14:33:00.000+03:00

Many buildings in the city are being demolished to make way for new, fancy sky scrapers. This is one building I chanced upon. Can still see clothes drying in a couple of flats which means the entire building is not empty yet.

Plane Bridge

2008-01-09T09:34:00.001+03:00

On my way to work, there's this footbridge that looks like the body of an airplane. (Stretched airplane) :-) Looks that way to me atleast. What do you think?

Sale

2008-01-08T12:34:00.000+03:00

I didn't see a single customer in the shop!!

Kd.20

2008-01-07T21:51:00.000+03:00

Kuwait's money is the Kuwaiti Dinar. (KD). The small change is called, "Fils". (Pronounced, "Fills".) Notes come in denominations of Quarter Kd., Half Kd., One Kd., Five Kd., 10 Kd. and 20 Kd.

Kd.1 = US$3.66 / GBP 1.86 / Indian Rs. 144

Kuwait is one of the few major capital-exporting countries. i.e. The State has more income at its disposal than it spends, and this surplus money is invested overseas or lent to the international banking sector. (Source : National Economics Encyclopedia)

My Kuwaiti friend tells me that there is no restriction to the amount of money you bring into Kuwait or take out (even if it's filled in suitcases!!!) Before you try it, please check with official authorities!

Yes! Yes! We do get our money's worth in Kuwait!!!

Dinner anyone?

2008-01-06T08:34:00.000+03:00

It surprised me that a fancy restaurant would advertise with such a basic lamp post ad.

No barbacue

2008-01-05T13:45:00.000+03:00

A sign at the beach which states, "No barbacueing". Doesn't stop people from doing it though!

Bread Talk

2008-01-03T11:21:00.000+03:00

Bread talk has different types of flavoured bread ... cinnamon, sesame, mango etc. It also sells pastries, cakes, donuts etc. The building houses mostly Westerners and there's 24 hour strict security for this building.

So close

2008-01-01T20:29:00.000+03:00

A close-up of one of the spheres of the Kuwait Tower.

Wishing you all a Very Happy & Blessed New Year.

Kuwait Scene

2007-12-31T17:44:00.000+03:00

Here's another painting done on a box like room. I had posted one before in October. My Kuwaiti friend tells me, these indeed house Electricity Metres. Like the water dispensers of Kuwait, these paintings too are a standard feature in Kuwait.

Ship at sea

2007-12-30T10:19:00.000+03:00

This is the place we go to for our evening walk. It's near the Shuwaikh Port. Chanced upon a cargo ship passing by and clicked a pic with my cousins cell phone.

Learn English

2007-12-29T13:21:00.000+03:00

Arabic is the national language and most Arabs don't speak English very well. The Government too works in Arabic. Many offer English learning classes to Arabs and people of all communities who want to learn English.

At the Petrol Pump

2007-12-28T14:04:00.000+03:00

Stopped to fill Petrol/Gas. Rarely will you find pumps that are too crowded. Petrol is 0.60 fils per litre. That comes to US$. 0.219 / UK GBP 0.109 / Indian Rs.8.70. Yup! It's pretty cheap in the land of black gold!

Chicken Shop

2007-12-27T08:42:00.000+03:00

This is the outside of the Chicken Shop that I had posted yesterday.

Chicken & Duck

2007-12-26T12:45:00.000+03:00

The Chicken seller was delighted when I requested he pose for the pic. I also saw a lonely duck among the chickens.

Happy B'day, Baby Jesus

2007-12-25T17:21:00.000+03:00

This is the crib of the Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait.
Happy Christmas to you and your loved ones.

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, dear Baby Jesus,
Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Christmas ~ 2007

2007-12-24T19:28:00.000+03:00

HAPPY CHRISTMAS, ALL MY ONLINE FRIENDS

Baby Nikita, enjoying her first Christmas Eve

Happy Eid Al-Adhaa

2007-12-20T13:45:00.000+03:00

We have 6 days holidays for Eid Al-Adhaa. In India, we call this Eid the, "Bakri Eid", literally meaning, "Goat Eid".

Celebrated yesterday in Kuwait, this Eid is for the memory of prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to the Christians) who, for the love of God, was willing to sacrifice his son when a voice from heaven stopped him and permitted him to sacrifice a ram instead.

The feast re-enacts Ibrahim's obedience by sacrificing, usually sheep, but also camels, cows, and goats. The family eats about a third of the meal and donates the rest to the poor.

Needless to say, Mutton costs a BOMB this week!

Fruit Sellers

2007-12-17T13:44:00.001+03:00

This is a summer photograph. Fruit sellers selling mangoes from India in the city. If they see cops coming, they pack up in record time and disappear. This photograph wasn't clicked by me. It was clicked by a visiting consultant in the office. (I've forgotten his name!) If you, Mr. Kuwait-Visitor-who's-name-I-have-forgotten sees this, please email me and I'll credit you for the pic.

All that glitters

2007-12-15T19:46:00.000+03:00

Visited the gold souk (market) in the city to buy a small gift for a friend. This huge gold set with a very Indian design caught my eye. It must be costing a bomb. Most probably, a bride to be would buy it.

Mosque

2007-12-14T17:45:00.001+03:00

A mosque near the Minstry of Chambers (I had posted yesterday). There are many, many... many,...... many Mosques in Kuwait. Infact every 800 meters you will find a Mosque. Some are really beautiful.

5 times a day the Mosques call the faithful for prayers. When you are new to Kuwait it's very disturbing (especially at 4 am!) but you get used to it evenually.

Al-Tijari is the Commercial Bank of Kuwait. This board tells us if we go left we'll get to a branch of the Commercial Bank.

Ministry of Chambers

2007-12-13T21:52:00.000+03:00

The Ministry of Chambers and many private offices are in this building. I don't know what that orange thing sticking out from the top is.

Junior!

2007-12-12T09:29:00.000+03:00

Here's another water dispenser that looks like the Water Tanks, a picture of which I had posted on Friday.

Liberation Tower

2007-12-11T10:29:00.000+03:00

The Liberation Tower is the tallest structure in Kuwait and the 10th tallest tower in the world.

Construction of the tower commenced before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and construction resumed after Saddam's forces were expelled. Upon completion in 1993, the tower was renamed the Liberation Tower, symbolizing Kuwait's liberation from Iraq.

The tower contains a revolving restaurant and observation platform (in the first disc-shaped pod; now closed to the public for security reasons), and also houses radio and other telecommunications offices. The structure stands at 1,221 ft at its pinnacle.

Kuwait City

2007-12-10T09:26:00.000+03:00

This is Kuwait City.

X'mas fun for kids

2007-12-09T08:57:00.000+03:00

Little children (6 to 8 year olds) presented a cultural program on the occassion of Christmas in the Catholic Church, Kuwait. That's Mother Mary in blue and St. Joseph in brown. Cute, aren't they?

His Lordship, Bishop Camillo Ballin, MCCJ, the Bishop of Kuwait, wishing 8 year olds at the Christmas Cultural Program held for them.

Water tanks

2007-12-07T06:09:00.000+03:00

Water tanks in Kuwait. Clicked on a mobile phone. Driving at 100 kmph, a little difficult to juggle the steering wheel and the mobile phone! At night, blue lights light them up. There are many like this all over Kuwait.

Kitty, kitty coming

2007-12-04T13:07:00.000+03:00

Master of all I survey! Kuwait is filled with cats. You will rarely, if never, see a dog, but you will always see a few stray cats checking you out.

Tiny black dots

2007-12-03T10:21:00.000+03:00

Look! Look! Those tiny black dots are actually sheep.

Microsoft Error

2007-12-02T08:35:00.001+03:00

This is a government building with a big electronic board on it that used to show us the temperature. It now shows us the total electric & water consumption of Kuwait, updated constantly. But, look! Microsoft did it's thing here too! Heh! Heh! They did solve it in 5 minutes, but I was lucky I chanced upon it to click it.

3 horses

2007-11-29T07:55:00.001+03:00

There were 3 horses in the Chalet. We couldn't ride them and were too afraid to pet them. The white one, the caretaker told us, is quite crazy. Yet, he looked saner than my ex-boss. (That's another blog post in itself!)

When I aimed to click this pic, he stomped his feet, swished his tail at a frantic pace, and flared his nostrils (in this instance, the horse, not the ex-boss. The similarities, though, were astounding!). Quite rude of him to show me his behind. Obviously I'm not his type! Methinks he needs a training course on how to treat a dishy lady (if I say so myself!) with a camera!

To eat or not!

2007-11-27T08:50:00.000+03:00

On the way to the Chalet, we came across these boards. My Kuwaiti friend explained that the green area is allowed for the camels to graze and it is not allowed in the red area. I guess they may have put green and red boards or flags around. I'm not sure. We see a lot of cows on Indian roads but it's really fascinating to see camels, with that proud and mighty smirk on their faces, grazing like the world belonged to them!

Well, do you know why camels have that proud look? My brother once told me, that it is said, Allah has 100 names but man knows only 99. The camel, it seems knows the 100th name. That's why that superior, know-it-all look!

Portico

2007-11-26T09:06:00.000+03:00

This is the portico of the Chalet (I had posted yesterday). It was pleasant sitting there in the morning with a hot cup of coffee. The air was pretty nippy. This portico is an extension of the living room.

This is the path to the right of the portico leading to the beach. The guy is the caretaker of the Chalet. He had 4 or 5 cats constantly following him.