life_is_fun
Indian expat in Kuwait
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Indian
Lives in Mahboula
Speaks English, no, Urdu
Registration: 25 October 2012
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Anyone ordered anything from Dealextreme? by Ribosom
Hello all, I'll give it a shot... I need some trinkets from Dealextreme but I am not sure if delivery will work to Kuwait. I know that the regular post deliveries from abroad just don't happen. They do offer an "expedited EMS" shipping option, but ...
Hey, I ordered some stuff online from dealextreme as it never made it to my Kuwait address.. Then I asked them to ship it to my India address and they sent it thr.. Now I do not order anything online in Kuwait (except from souq.com) Cheers! Read More
sky at the apartment, am I wasting my KD's by Jax55
Hi Everyone, I have asked someone to come and try to install Sky at the apartment as I miss all the UK programmes. The guy says I need a larger dish and that I would be able to use existing router and would not need a landline. He is charging ...
Hi Jackie ;-) Yeah, prices are a little steep in Q8 for getting another country's cable tv connections installed.. My tv guy charged me 50 KD for just fixing the huge dish on my terrace and setting my set-top box cable tv connection (which I paid ... Read More
Dubai Tourism VISA by sameh_fouad
HI All, Me and my wife are planning to celebrate our anniversary and my birthday in Dubai in EID holiday, I live in Kuwait with Kuwait Residency, and my wife is in Egypt. I already booked fight tickets and looking forward to book hotels but I need ...
We stayed at two hotels during our stay.. Its easy to get visa thru Sheraton, so we got it done through them n stayed thr for a couple of days before moving to The Address in downtown Dubai.. Read More
Dubai Tourism VISA by sameh_fouad
HI All, Me and my wife are planning to celebrate our anniversary and my birthday in Dubai in EID holiday, I live in Kuwait with Kuwait Residency, and my wife is in Egypt. I already booked fight tickets and looking forward to book hotels but I need ...
Hi, Its easy! All you need to do is to book a nice hotel and just ask them to arrange the visa for you n your wife. Most hotels do it for a charge, just make sure to confirm with them abt this before you book the hotel. My husband and I did the ... Read More
Learning Arabic by Jax55
Hello everyone, Wondered if anyone had info on resources in Kuwait for learning the lingo here. Any information on courses, home tutors , online learning that anyone has found useful would be most welcome. Thank you Jax
Hey, Thanx for your suggestions.. Book sounds like a good start till I find someone to teach me d language f2f.. Cheers! Read More
Learning Arabic by Jax55
Hello everyone, Wondered if anyone had info on resources in Kuwait for learning the lingo here. Any information on courses, home tutors , online learning that anyone has found useful would be most welcome. Thank you Jax
Hi Jax, My friends who went to Aware Centre told me that its not as good as they expected it to be. Not worth driving that far for a class with too many people studying in one batch n after a few classes they realised that it wasnt going anywhr and ... Read More
Learning Arabic by Jax55
Hello everyone, Wondered if anyone had info on resources in Kuwait for learning the lingo here. Any information on courses, home tutors , online learning that anyone has found useful would be most welcome. Thank you Jax
Hey, Me too looking for a good Arabic teacher (preferably in Mahboula/Mangaf/Fahaheel/Fintas area).. A couple of frnz tried learning Arabic by going to these classes at the Aware Centre, but they were not very happy about it and asked me not to go ... Read More
Taking electrical items from UK to Kuwait by Jax55
Hi Folks, Another question for you!!! Trying to decide what to take over to Kuwait from here and have been told we need receipts for all electrical items. We wanted to take things like our music systems, I have a fab juicer I practicaly live on ...
Hey, I moved to Q8 last sept, and I did bring along a few of my kitchen-related elec equipments, and it wasnt a problem at all.. wasnt reqd to show/carry any receipts for them.. n before coming here, I also couriered a huge pallet thru DHL with a ... Read More
Live Jazz In Kuwait! by GuestPoster501
Hey Everyone, Yesterday I went to Napket located in the Avenues phase three near pinkberry upstairs, they have a live Jazz night every Wednesday from 8:30-10:30 with intermission of course. There is no fee for the show however it is customary to ...
Sure.. PM me the site n events calendar.. any info regarding anything interesting happening here in this desert is more than welcome!! :P Thnx!! Read More
Live Jazz In Kuwait! by GuestPoster501
Hey Everyone, Yesterday I went to Napket located in the Avenues phase three near pinkberry upstairs, they have a live Jazz night every Wednesday from 8:30-10:30 with intermission of course. There is no fee for the show however it is customary to ...
Hey, This sounds interesting.. thanx for letting us know.. guess this makes Q8 a little less boring!! :p Hope to see ya Jazz lovers on Wednesday then :) Cheers!! Read More
Tell me more about being a single female in Kuwait! by KiwiTeacher
Hello! I'm seriously considering moving to Kuwait Jan 2014. I'm single and I'm female and the reason I'm saying that is it's my primary concern about living in a Mid-Eastern country. I hear things.. especially since my parents are originally from ...
Ur welcum! n yes, I teach kindergarten kids at a local Indian school here in Q8.. :) Read More
Tell me more about being a single female in Kuwait! by KiwiTeacher
Hello! I'm seriously considering moving to Kuwait Jan 2014. I'm single and I'm female and the reason I'm saying that is it's my primary concern about living in a Mid-Eastern country. I hear things.. especially since my parents are originally from ...
Hi, I've been living in Q8 since sept last yr and its not that strange a place afterall!! :p I live with my husband (who is mostly away for weeks on oil field related work, hence I am no different than a single woman living here) and it feels safe ... Read More
Any Lady Bookworms in Kuwait? Book Club for Women? by Viva Liban
Hello all, I have been looking for book clubs in Kuwait and came to the conclusion that it may be best to ask if anyone wanted to start a book club with me. We'd pick a book and in a month's time, we'd have it read so that we could meet up at a ...
Hi there! You can join us. We meet every fortnight. Find us on Facebook for further details: facebook.com/groups/kuwaitbibliophiles/ Cheers, JDHi, thanx.. just sent a request on fb.. :) cheers! Read More
New and looking for some friends by life_is_fun
Hi, I came to Kuwait last month, and its very boring staying at home doing nothing (I am married to an oil engg who is always on rigs). I am of Indian origin, and I was living in the UK for past couple of yrs. I am looking for some friends to ...
thanks Legacy.. yes, this is a gr8 website.. its a nice way to meet new ppl n get to know more abt activities happning here.. :) looking fwd to spending some nice time here :) Read More
New and looking for some friends by life_is_fun
Hi, I came to Kuwait last month, and its very boring staying at home doing nothing (I am married to an oil engg who is always on rigs). I am of Indian origin, and I was living in the UK for past couple of yrs. I am looking for some friends to ...
Welcome to kuwait and it would be a pleasure to know u better and hangoutthanks a lot.. :) Read More