Archive | November, 2005

Wednesday Evening Shopping

I made the trip to the city Wednesday evening, finally. It is about a 30 km drive.

I went in between the traffic. It gets thicker as you get near the city. Not too bad though.

It brought back memories. I went by the Sheraton where there is the complicated roundabout. I stayed at at the Sheraton while in Kuwait with Telvent. Then I drove onward to the City Center.

I arrived there and went into the car wash. I figured I should get a wash as the car was very dirty. It collects a lot of dust and I’ve only been cleaning the windows. The car wash is a large area for about 50 cars. I got Number 11 and went to the stall where they jacked it up and washed it underneath, inside and outside including vacuum and hand dry.

Then I went into the market. It was at the busy time buzzing with people, mostly Indians. They have a huge selection from appliances to vegetables. I didn’t make it to the vege section. It was too much and I’m not buying vegetables anyhow.

I did buy a cheap Chinese made electric hair clipper for the equivalent of about $12. Then this morning did a self-haircut.

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Picnic at Messila Beach

Photos of the picnic held on Saturday at Messila Beach.

Ian at Messila Beach

Click here to go to a gallery of all the images.

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Villa, What is Staying

Here is another view of the villa from the outside.

Villa

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Villa Contract Signed

I signed the contract today for the villa. Photos to follow tomorrow of what is staying behind. They will leave some furniture and drapes. Staying is:

We can always have it removed later on. It will make the initial moving in much easier.

Statistics are:

Lot size:

400 square meters (4305 square feet)

House size:

650 square meters (6996 square feet) (This doesn’t seem right though. I’d say by our standards bout 3500 square feet maximum. That is probably the external dimensions of the whole house, not counted as done in North America. Well, anyhow it is big enough.

Ceiling height:

9 feet 2 inches (seems a bit higher though).
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Qaruh Dives — 15, 16, 17

Deep Dive at the Qaruh Wreck
Down to 35.5 meters on 30% Nitrox.

This was my second dive of the SDI Deep Diver course. So now I’m a certified Deep Diver, to go to a maximum of 40 meters (130 feet). Of course the bottom time at this depth is only a few minutes though.

Dive 1

Wreck sketch
This sketch from the Kuwait Mantas site. Click here for their overview of dive sites in Kuwait. I went to one of their socials and decided that it wasn’t the group that I want to dive with now.

Reef Dive
Dive 2

Night Dive
First ever
Dive 3

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Qaruh Island Dives

Long Reef Dive
Did this on 34% Nitrox as I just finished my TDI Nitrox certification the night before. In fact the plan was to dive the wreck, but the water was too rough for the boat to anchor, so we did the reef. This was my longest dive to date.
Dive 1

Long Reef Dive
Dive 2

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Eid Weekend

Well, if it was announced tonight, we’d get Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off. But is wasn’t announced, so off to the office on Wednesday and only getting Saturday and Sunday off for a four day weekend. Remembe the weekend here is Thursday and Friday. So more diving days planned, Thursday and Saturday.

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The Villa is chosen

House
Well, I’m going for it. The Fintas 1, occupancy beginning January, 2006. Unfurnished, but good news, they will leave the stove and fridge/freezer.
See the previous posting for more information.

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