Saturday, December 24, 2005

When are you getting Married X 1000

It is very frustrating how most of the things that everyone talks about these days are marriage & relationships. Just because one is not married, does not justify being bombarded with those classic questions / comments from family members or family friends:

"Your friend Bu-Shama got married recently, come on get your act together and follow his footsteps, what do you think of the following girl ....."

"Inshallah next year, we see you with your wife when you come visit us!!"

"What are you waiting for, just tell us which girl you like and we will hook you up!!"

Why cant they just let nature take its course? What if the person has a plan in his mind but does not want to share it? What if the guy already has a girlfriend / potential wife, who is not ready to get married yet?

Why put single men and women who are eligible for marriage into so much pressure?!

It would be nice to live your day without worrying too much about relationships, drink your cup of coffee without having to waste the caffeine on answering the mundane questions you get, and sleep at night without trying to find a way for people to just leave you alone!!!

Monday, December 19, 2005

Marina's Inventions

I have been looking for this device but I do not think it has been invented yet, or maybe I am not looking hard enough.

I want a Bluetooth enabled storage device - preferably 60 GB or more.

I think it will be so cool to have such a device, where I can simply enable blue tooth whenever I want and exchange files wirelessly. I will not need a USB, and I will be able to transfer documents from my phone directly to the storage device without having the computer be the middle man.
If anyone has stumbled across what I am talking about, please post a comment.


Speaking of inventions, over the past month or so Marnia FM, a local Kuwaiti Radio Station, has been asking people about their ideas for new inventions. You would think that the listeners must have some imagination and think of things that are really amazing or interesting atleast to actually share with other radio listeners, but sadly this is what I have heard so far - A flying car, A car than can park on its own, A car that goes wherever I tell it to ... And the list goes on and on with these boring, car oriented inventions!!!!

Once the car inventions cooled off, I started hearing those food related ones - I want a fridge that prepares food for me, I want a device that prepares Kuwaiti food in a touch of a button !!!!

In conclusion - the listener's creativity is limited to both cars & food !!! Oh wait that sums a big part of Kuwaiti life !!!! Sad, but to a large extent true :(