Mario’s World

Saw a huge plume of black smoke near the Sultan Wholesale Center in Dajeej today morning. It seems to be the carpet warehouse next door. Lots of fire trucks and some ambulances around the place. Hope no one was injured.
These big fires seem to be a common sight in Dajeej. Seems a lot of companies (including mine) [...]

Well everyone is cribbing about the extra hot summer we are having here in Kuwait. The people sitting in my office probably complain the most. Primarily cause our air conditioning sucks and its not been rectified for ages. To add to that we are on the ground floor facing the main road and every time [...]

Am I the only one who thinks this is a ridiculous idea …a job site with a classifieds section!!!
Can’t find a job? Why don’t you buy a wedding gown or a hummer instead.
This new section makes the site kinda “cheap” (for lack of a better word). Now potential employers will probably spend more [...]

If the chimneys at my office got their hands on these large size lighters they may never stop smoking.
On the other hand, these are a little more difficult to loose and they would probably spend less time hunting for lighters.

This time around, the “Salary Search” from Bayt.com is ridiculous. The figures are all there, but the presentation is terrible.
“Post your salary details anonymously to get FREE access to Bayt.com’s Salary Search”, but when you do post your info and try to access the salary search feature, you need to “Upgrade to Power Search” to [...]

Who says IT people aren’t creative. This is probably the most expensive table in the company …powered by 2 P4’s

This is one of the fastest “construction” jobs I’ve seen. These guys came into the office with some glue, a bunch of floor boards and some accessories and in 3 hours setup a raised floor in the IT room.
This kind of worries me caz now I know that I’m really standing on a bunch of sticks glues [...]

A lot of people have been asking me why the blog hasn’t had any new posts recently. Well, I’ve been busy.
Busy at work with multiple projects reaching deadline dates. Consultants coming into town to keep me occupied on the weekend. Colleagues all trying to pull me in to solve their issues.
Busy at Church [...]

Time to update my resume again. Seems my contract is at its end and I’m up for grabs again.
This means a new list of demands too. These seem very reasonable.

Big monthly salary (5 digits are nice, 4 will do)
Work timings from 10am to 2pm
Work days from Mon-Wed (half the companies in [...]

A window with a view. The beach, marina and a bunch of crazies racing down the street. When I changed jobs last year, this is office I didn’t pick!!! Met up with my buddy who did pick it and took this snap.
Oh well, I’ll keep telling myself that the big deserted construction pit I get [...]