Mister Ian's Weblog

Category: Kuwait

  • Three possible post-surge scenarios for Iraq

    … things will likely go in one of three directions—one good, two bad.

    Three possible post-surge scenarios for Iraq. – By Fred Kaplan – Slate Magazine

    Hmm, what is the end effect on Kuwait?!

  • Cricket in the park

    We played a bit on Thursday before the rainy Friday came. Click image below for a slideshow.
    cricket

  • World map country size by oil reserves

    oil map

    See Kuwait isn’t so small!

    Via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

  • The Canadian Dollar is still too strong

    Or in other words, the US dollar is too weak and the Dinar is still too linked to it.

    Sunday, December 16, 2007
    Currency names United Kingdom Pound Canadian Dollar Euro US Dollar Kuwaiti Dinar
    United Kingdom Pound 1.0000 0.4868 0.7147 0.4955 1.7935
    Canadian Dollar 2.0512 1.0000 1.4667 1.0168 3.6807
    Euro 1.3972 0.6807 1.0000 0.6928 2.5078
    US Dollar 2.0173 0.9825 1.4424 1.0000 3.6198
    Kuwaiti Dinar 0.5512 0.2685 0.3942 0.2733 1.0000
    Currency Exchange Rates provided by OANDA, the currency site.

  • I took Savitri to her piano lesson and took a walk around the area with cameras and tripod to see what I could shoot.

    It was just by the water and her lesson was from 4:15 to 5:00 so the light could be interesting. It was near the sea so I went first to the seaside.

    seaside

    The ball with the spike on top is for dispensing drinking water.

    Then I looked around for more things to take pictures of.

    Well I decided to get a bit abstract as the seascape wasn’t very interesting.
    globe
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  • Rooster and Islam and waking me up at night

    rooster crowing in daylight

    There is a rooster in the house across the road and another one nearby. It crows at ridiculous times of night, like 1:00 am or 3:00 am. It is piercing and wakes us all up often. I wear ear plugs now at night. Even Wikipedia claims that “In a recent USDA study, researchers decided that the crow of the rooster in the morning may have long-term effects on the hearing of infants, whose ears are not yet accustomed to such sounds.”

    I was mentioning this to a Kuwaiti, and he said that Muslims believe that roosters can see the good angels whereas donkeys and wolves see the bad angels. Roosters are also not monogamous.

    This site claims that “In Islam, the rooster enjoys a particular veneration. The Prophet himself asserts that the white rooster is his friend because it announces the presence of the Angel. Moreover, the Prophet is said to prohibit cursing the rooster, which calls to prayer.”