Monthly Archives: January 2006

bookofjoe: World’s smallest fish discovered in Indonesia

Yes that is a fish on the finger! I read about this on another blog and now Joe blogs it: bookofjoe: World’s smallest fish discovered in Indonesia

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The kids are here

Above you can almost see the small lemon trees in the top and on the right are lots of oregano plants. Both pictures are taken from the roof. I want to make the roof into a sort of patio for … Continue reading

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Marja’s first bigger grocery trip

We went to the Wholesale Center which is also owned by the Sultan Center. I see the Wholesale Centre as like the Superstore of Kuwait. Huge range of vegetables. A bit chaotic but this is the busiest day. We had … Continue reading

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What was it like moving in to the house here

In answer to this question: It was cold, we’ve added heaters. It seems we are at the end of the cold season and it is warming up. The house is large and everyone is happy that way. Surya got a … Continue reading

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Mattress shopping

Shopping can be lots of work. Navigation is a challenge as the map doesn’t show all the streets. It took some driving around until we found the mattress shops we were looking for. We were looking for 90 x 200 … Continue reading

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To the pool

Now I joined up everyone at the Hilton Club and I took the kids swimming. The weather wasn’t too nice but the pool was warm. The wind was howling with big waves on the beach. We had the pool to … Continue reading

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Shipment Arrival

I went in the morning to the airport to clear the shipment through customs. Six crates worth! I met the agent with Gulf Agency Company (GAC) there. The customs inspector looked randomly into the boxes and saw the desktop computer, … Continue reading

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First longer shopping trip

We all squeezed into the car and went towards Ikea and also some car dealers. I always get confused on the directions as it is hard to navigate with the added responsiblity of passengers and also drive in the roads … Continue reading

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Shipment Arrival

Well, the shipment is here and for customs they need a copy of my Civil ID. Well in fact, you need to give a copy of it for almost anything here! So I signed a declaration saying that the shipment … Continue reading

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Relaxed dogs

There is no doubt at all that Cleo and Boo are relaxed with each other. Here’s proof:

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