Entries from February 2009

February 25, 2009

How this National day went

25th and 26th February are eagerly awaited as an opportunity of Holidays. Actually, the 25th is the National Day of Kuwait and 26th the day, it got liberated from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
This year, the morning started slightly dusty but a slight drizzle was enough to clear whatever dust was left in the weather after yesterdays [...]

February 21, 2009

Possibility of elderly parents of expats…

An article in the local daily Arab Times indicated that officials are considering banning the issuing of visas to expatriates’ parents, saying that doing so will reduce pressure on local hospitals.
Well, well… I don’t have hospital figures but this is something interesting… mind you that the proposal is made by the Ministry of Interior to [...]

February 20, 2009

How to survive in this crisis ( part one)

When I first heard of the present financial crisis…never thought that one day…things would come crashing down all around….after all, the thoughts were what have we to do with banks problems, half a world away…
Well as we tighten our belts, I am going to list ways in which to pull through in different blog postings: