Mario’s World

I like these new catchy “check list” ads by Zain at the airport.
Hotel Booked
Car Rented
Cash Exchanged
Roam with Zain
Good to Go

On the other hand, these ads make more sense only on the way to the airport, not on the way back from there. Most people would have already booked their hotel, car and picked up cash! [...]

Well, I thought I already posted about this last week but since I didn’t, here it is.
The not-so-great InfoBiz exhibition took place last week. As usual, there were more cell phone companies than technology companies displaying their wares. And the most eye catching stand was the Wataniya one. They were probably the only ones who [...]

Well its not everyday you can really camp or party in the Kuwaiti desert but the climate was great and we had tickets so off we went. The “Institution of Engineers (India)” organised this event at a camp in the Multa desert. First off, whoever printed those tickets needs to re-take that engineers exam. Directions [...]

These KFC chaps have started wearing beige shirts to promote their new Panini. While I was at the counter some fellas got confused if they ordered from the right place and started arguing with the server. They wanted the cooks who were wearing red shirts to take their order.
Shows how small change in shirts can [...]

Well actually its disco lights mounted on a model Hummer. Saw this at Wildfire in Sharq. Its a pretty odd sight inside an Indian restaurant.

Can anyone guess where this is?

“Imported exclusively for you” …really!
Who would want to pay KD 6/- for US dates when the best of Kuwaiti and Saudi dates are available for less than KD 3/-
Sometimes I wonder if these people at Sultan Center are just mad!

Can this be true. Hummer is going eco-friendly and selling mean looking cycles!

The subject of this Carrefour newsletter read “Exciting Electronics Promotion up for grabs”. But when I opened the mail this is the image I saw. A box of oranges and detergent!!! So where do we plug in these?

That’s what this little gadget does. It counts people. Every time you pass by it, the counter goes up by one. I was # 130 to pass by that day.
Although I don’t see the point of using this gadget, its still a very nice little beeping thingy to have in a small shop.