…………………… Get your buz right here!
February 16, 2012 6 Comments
In this new version, there’s a lady singing. She appears twice in the video, which in my opinion is a much better version than the “all men” one we saw a week ago. I didn’t like that version very much.
Kool effort Zain.
February 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
Zain is having a photography competition, in celebration of our national holidays. The prizes are very cool, winners will get a MacBook Air 11″ and DSLR cameras!
I’ve been eyeing the 11″ MacAir for quite sometime now. Unfortunately for me, I’m not that good in photography, so I probably won’t be winning this competition. That means you chance in winning just got a little better. Make sure to check out Zain’s Facebook page for all the rules and regulations.
The competition is about showing our love to our beloved country Kuwait. To participate, take a picture that have a heart shape and the use of the four colors of the Kuwaiti flag. Use your imagination and show your love through creativity.
• Participants should have an Instagram Account and follow @ZainKuwait in order to participate.
• Originality of the picture is a must, Picture taken from a website or stolen will be disqualified.
• Pictures must not contain any text, signature, name or watermark.
• All pictures should be sent to the following email : Instagram.kw@kw.zain.com
• Every participant got the right to participate with one picture only.
• Zain have the right to disqualify any inappropriate or stolen image. Without any prior notice.
• All pictures will be uploaded on the 21st of Febreuary 2012.
• @ZainKuwait Account will be shifted from (Public) to (Private) During the 5 days of the voting phase.
• Submissions will start today, and last day for receiving pictures is the 20th of February 2012, Any picture after that will be void.
• Voting will start on the 21st and will end on the 26th by midnight.
• Highest three winners in likes will win valuable prizes.
• The email must provide Name, Mobile number and your instagram account.
• The first winner will get Apple MacBook Air 11”
• Second and third winners will get Canon EOS 550D Camera
February 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
Zain achieved a net profit of $1.03 Billion for the 2011 fiscal year, vs. $1.02 billion in fiscal 2010. Despite Zain’s inability to positively increase its profits for last year, a billion dollars is still a billion dollars. It’s a super major achievement in these terrible economic times. Way to go Zain, Congratulations.
Word is Zain intends on distributing cash dividends of 65 fils per share, so congratulations to all Zain shareholders.
February 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
Kuwait tv band, for traditional kuwaiti singing and dancing, did a great job at AlKout mall. They sang a few old kuwaiti songs, danced the old traditional way, and even got the audience to try dancing too.
Special thanks goes to the Commercial Bank of Kuwait for sponsoring this lovely work, it’s part of their huge “يا زين تراثنا” campaign.
January 29, 2012 Leave a Comment
I know I should’ve posted this a couple of days ago, when the news came out. But I gota to be honest here, I ain’t the happiest NBK investor, not even by a long shot. I bought me a few more shares, costing me some KD 1.260-280 last summer.
Ok, kool, and super awesome, that NBK are giving me back 40 fils and some 10% bonus shares. But to be honest here, I’m still down a good 10-15%, since I bought the shares this last summer…. Which is pretty damn sad, considering that NBK WAS one of the best local investment opportunities of 2011.
Anyways. Hip Hip Hurray NBK. Way to go our lovely Kuwaiti camel. Might all Kuwaiti companies follow your suit in profit distribution.
January 28, 2012 2 Comments
Ok guys and girls, get ready to get the best internet, phone, and data deals in Kuwait. Info Connect 2012 will start this tomorrtow Jan 29th, in Mishref fairgrounds, and last till Feb 4th. All internet and mobile telecom companies will be participating in it, so expect to catch some pretty cool bargains during this tech fair. Try not to miss it.
January 28, 2012 Leave a Comment
Nokia was hit with a €1.2 billion lose for fiscal 2011, vs. a profit of €1.8 billion last fiscal year. This is Nokia’s first lose since 1993, i.e. in almost 20 years!
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January 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
… the Colorado-based firm has announced that their full-year revenue will surpass the $1 billion mark for the first time.
January 13, 2012 2 Comments
Remember that awesome power car competition by VIVA? The one for the super charged Audi R8? And how you could win it with VIVA’s Passion for Life Competition? [link for the answer to all these questions].
Well, guess what. A super lucky passionate Kuwaiti called AbdulAziz Al-Suraei3 won it!!! With his passion for photography.
Alf Mabrook dude. إنت تستاهل السيارة و السيارة تستاهلك
December 23, 2011 4 Comments
One Final More Important Update:
I received an email a few days ago from youtube telling me that someone has reported me for violating their privacy rules regarding a few videos of Fahad Al-Butairi. This became an awkward thing to sort out, mainly because I had took all of Fahad’s videos offline the second I got a request from Fahd and Ibrahim to do so [check link here].
I thought the matter was settled then and there, with me taking the vids in question offline. So you can just imagine my annoyed and unpleasant surprise when youtube informed me of the reported complaint!!
I responded back to youtube, assuring them that no privacy violation has taken place from my side. I feel fairly comfortable that my reply to them is sufficient enough to remove me from any violation penalties.
Having said that (and more importantly, taken the vids offline), I am hereby decaring that I officially and personally am putting the vids back online. If I had respected the personal (and not legally binding) request of Fahad and his team in taking the vids offline in the first place, I am equally very offended that they dared to report me to youtube, even after I had taken the vids offline. Since I can’t find any legal reason for reporting me to youtube, I equally can’t find any reason for me to feel bad to put the vids back online.
Enjoy Fahd Al-Butairi’s Comedy night at GUST Kuwait:
Important update:
I took the vids offline. Fahad and Ibrahim made the request, and I don’t feel comfortable keeping them online knowing they won’t like it. And like I told them, I wish they had said something when we were there; rather than let us shoot vids, put them online, just to have to take them offline later. Plus, no one likes to be told what to do, it would’ve been easier no to shoot right from the start.
Fahad Al-Butairi entertained us with his amazing standup comedy. He covered the famous Kuwaiti McChicken, Twitter investment, uniform fashions of khalejeyeen, a bit of politics, Kabat Ommi, and whole lot more stuff.
I should have said this at the beginning of this post: Fahad Al-Butairi was the main attraction at VIVA’s Comedy Night at GUST University last night. He just keeps getting better and better, his LayKather youtube show is a year old and each episode is now loyally watched by hundreds of thousands of fans.
This is my 2nd time seeing Fahad in real life standup comedy (click here to watch the first), and in both times he rocked. He never seizes to amaze in person. So if you thought he’s only funny when taping comedy shows, then think again. He is just plain all round funny guy.
There were two other Saudi funny guys with Fahad. Ibrahim Khayrallah is the temsa7 alligator guy from all those LayKather shows, he’s so funny, he actually ran for Arab Got Talent (but lost). The other guy is a young saudi named Fadi, who I swear looks so Kuwaiti on the outside, but is so saudi funny on the inside.
