Kan youm aswad o man7oos, the day we decided to “go on a date” as Dear Nanny called it – thinking of it now I think she might have been the one to jinx the whole setting!

You see, Since Pregnancy and needless to say akeed, every since delivery I have not been to the movie theater because of my sacrifice (LOL) and having no time for me and honestly speaking, we didn’t like what was showing so we opted to wait for [ Sherlock Holmes ] specially after the 1st part and I still remember how excited we were even after leaving the cinema. Since CinescapeQ8 have a Twitter account [ HERE ], I though I would ask because I was confused about the booking date. We wanted to go on a Friday and our booking was after 12 Am. They didn’t reply…

I dress up, take kid over to grandparents and ensure all house chores are done. At 11 PM, man & I head to the Avenue – I originally wanted to go to 360 but I swear to God I stayed on their stupid iPhone application more than 2 hours trying to book and it kept giving me an error message and I am stupid I didn’t snap that to keep as evidence! Even booking online was equally disgusting! 1. Couldn’t access my account!!! 2. Didn’t show vacant seats! So we ended up going to Mohallab to use the kiosk machine – ALSO SPENT LIKE 15 MINUTES because it just kept logging off! Let me stay on track here:

Again, 11 PM we head to the Avenue in spite the fact that we were an hour early but we wanted to avoid traffic, lines at their snacks bar  and most importantly be there first to watch the ads. After we bought everything I wanted to use the toilet before entering the movie and that security guy (Who happens to be Egyptian) advised us to wait… OK I WILL HOLD IT! After like half an hour I tell da man I need to go! I head towards the same guy and I go like: “3am, I really need to use the bathroom!” <– He looks at me, lets me in! ALTHOUGGGGGH we are god damn entitled to stay in the lobby – area if he takes the tickets! WTH! We pay so much for a censored movie and over priced snacks and we don’t get to use the lu! El mohem, I returned to the man and we saw the que forming to enter the movie so we stood. We are now like 5 seconds away for being allowed to go in the area in front of the movie hall and the man (The Egyptian dude) looks at the ticket and goes like: “El film etlaga” <– movie was canceled!! 55555 freaking minutes before it starts! So I looked at him and went like: “You knew it was canceled, why didn’t you inform us!” because it doesn’t make since that he was just informed, we didn’t see anyone coming out of the hall and the whole thing was full of contradictions! Man got pissed off and they were gonna fist fight :/ but people managed to pull them off. As advised by one of their security I dunno dudes in dishdasha, we head to client service guys and people were enraged! Everybody wanted to exchange or redeem money as the guy told us but since we don’t get to go out alone that much we decided to watch anything… Adam Sandler’s movie Jack & Jill: a complete waste of time, money and mental stability! yukh!

2 guys were covering the angry crowd and they had such an attitude man, only thing left for them to do is start swearing at people or beat them up! They were very rude especially the dark one! la2222 not that only! He shouted at a customer in front of us and as I asked him if he needed money from us he misheard me and told the other guy: “Ge6lehom flooshom” ! <– Throw their money at’em ! MF ! …… 3aleik bas it is our fault that we are decent with you! #Etfouh !

1. We came to know movie was canceled 15 minutes earlier and we were not informed.

2. Dishdasha guy said that KNCC sent emails apologizing for the inconvenience and informing people about the cancellation which never happened.

3. Dishdasha dude said if you don’t use the tickets today, you can some other time as other theaters were informed and I think that’s one big fat lie since no one notified us online

4. Again I asked the Twitter person and there was NOTHING, NO REPLY and after some time they decided to tweet on what happened! maskhara! That person even is not into what’s happening. Only thing that person does is Retweet and announce movies release!

Toz! I am not going to go to watch a movie there again (and that’s for now who knows what will they be showing in the future) ! but what reallllllly pisses me off is their tweep – the dude handling their account either has ordered not to reply to inquiries which is stupid because you’re misusing your social media medium or doesn’t understand English… some have suggested that it’s a Robot! lol sending automated tweets but no, they retweet good feedback and neglect – block – delete the actual ones which could help them fix their services – shame, you cant take criticism!

On a more desperate and very angry note, I decided to call & file a complaint against that person’s neglect to tweets and the reply – attitude I got was really bad, as if they don’t give a shit about what people have to say.

As Kuwaiti’s say: “Elsharha mo 3aleikom” – “Shame on us – it’s our fault” for wasting money on your tickets, crappy smelly halls and overly priced popcorn which got me poisoned the next day making spend new year’s eve at Dar El Shifa hooked to an IV drip!

We called them for the address since the stupid GPS didnt include it’s address and it took like +20 minutes drive from the Marina to where it’s located but it was beautiful since it’s located next to the [ Shangri La Hotel ] and an old / modern souk called [ Souk Qaryat El Beri ] with it’s amazing designs and nice shops, sadly enough we arrived too late and we barely had enough time to eat and by the time we we’re done everything was closed.. a sign from God for me to keep my hands tight! eh

The fine rack of drinks ;p

knives knives knives = kill kill kill !

Inside seating area, which was ok but the outer one was nice if it wasn’t for the huge cockroaches and lizards outside hanging on top of us and I felt really bad / disgusted for the place since it’s big in Kuwait and I was edgy the rest of the night – looking for roaches yukh! oh, and the staff made fun of me for that lol!

The beetroot and chocolate bread – took a slice and that’s it! Not my favorite combo!

Mezze Platter which had calamari, prawns and beef fillet and some other thing that tasted weird! and we had 2 kinds of salads and NO I don’t get apples in a salad!

and of course the steak! I got the pepper coated 300 gms of Black Angus beef, medium well – pink from the inside cut with mushroom sauce – good..

My side order of sauteed mushrooms

Now that I tried it, I can honestly say that it’s “ok” so I dont get the hype about it on the other hand, I loved their friendly smiling, energetic staff! They are cute! and the birthday bashes and amazing I just wanted to get up and do the dance with them!

P.S: NOT CHEAP AT ALL !

1. Do not think of sticking to a certain lane, god forbid it’s too boring!

2. Totally ignore the fact that there’s something called “breaks” in your car – 3ady ya3ny!

3. Signal lights!? You kidding me?! PASS

4. Traffic lights are conjunctions we wait at while staring at each other eh!

I tried my best to stop this guy from zooming in and out between cars but he ended up half way in the street and he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about it and I don’t either because driving here is SICK!

I wonder what happens next! *SUSPENSE*

Banat Zayed blogged about this [ HERE ]

Swer wrote about it [ HERE ]

Anil & Swer confused – maybe Swer happy ;p

When I found out the basement was on fire, I went running from the 7th floor + Mezzanine, Ground Floor to go outside and stand with the crowd waiting to know the destiny of our cars ;/

I tried to ask one of the firemen but they were busy trying to control what’s going on inside and the smoke was disgusting to inhale

Smoke from inside B1 in Souk Al Kabeer

So what happened is that KRC decided to do maintenance on the building’s electricity and we were informed that this will take place on the 13th + 14th but after midnight so IT are informed to make sure backup is up n’ running. The new company they contracted with came in and did the job (god knows why they shifted work from the old one) which obviously suck at their job because they left some loose cables which with the load started a fire in the electricity room in the basement… 6ab3an since they don’t know or even bother to know about security procedures, the room was flaming by the time the fire squad got to the building!

Next, the firemen (I was told this) decided to use WATER to put down an electricity fire! <– I even know that’s a NO NO ! Instead of using foam they used water and now, they have to wait till the water dries up to be able to walk in the room and fix what generated the fire….

1. Ya stupid Kuwait Real Estate Company!! Haven’t you heard of generators!!! 3ama!

2. WTF! No fire alarms or water sprinkles in the basements which are actually operational!?! WTF

3. Fix the F’in* staircase! For us ladies it was disgusting to run up and down the stairs to evacuate office or go up to get our stuff

4. Speaking of evacuation plans… WHY THE HELL ISN’T THERE ONE! Why were we not informed of this! We had to find out ourselves!

5. If something would’ve happened to our cars, walla I would sued your ugly bums and yes for cash ;p

Shame on you!

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I tried searching for an email to contact FB administration and in spite of the numerous “report abuse” hits I’ve done since yesterday, the group is still up and the fans number is  increasing rapidly! These fans are also stupid because all they do is cuss that bastard!

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FACEBOOK! When it was about Israelis, you never hesitated to stop / shut down Muslim groups and you allowed them assholes to report abuse anyone trying to voice out concerns, dislikes or even THE TRUTH!

Or the other sick groups and do I need to mention them here and now!? I blogged about some of them bas all the sexual nature groups – Bisexual – transsexual – zeft pornographic shit and the remaining SHIT we see on FB, why the HELL CAN’T / WON’T they remove this one and end this NOW !

THIS GROUP HAS TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD!

I received tickets + coupons for this year’s event and I just find them cheesy… The execution of the movie wheel is bad but who am I to judge since it’s probably some barter deal with you know who :) (check sponsors and you’d know)

How would I know which one! All I see is a mutant FINGER!

Also lifting the movie wheel with a finger!

All our lovely friends

The whole concept behind this wheel is to have ONE coupon which entitles you to one free drink + one free pop corn at the theater - I am going there for Edo ;p

I just hope they do something different and better than last year’s planning – event management

God look at how huge that jpg is! Well, I wanted to emphasize on the fact that today is Watanyias 1st birthday – so after blowing all the candles and the jolly singing I want to talk about my terrible night or should I say morning trying to access their website to book a damn ticket although it’s only my second time. I usually book through Danata which are amazing when it comes to airfares and hotels but because of Wataniya’s [ Facebook group ], I went insane throughout yesterday morning and I couldn’t wait to book! I need a couple of days of you see to clear my head and meet the extended family again ;) but I guess no Wataniya up to now (I will call Danata) and I am going on Wataniya so help them god!

First of all I like Wataniya because it’s not as packed as Jazeera which I tried once and that’s not gonna happen again. Then their crew which is great and sweet so why do this!? Turn into another Jazeera! Keep your standards ya akhy and celebrate with clients who often travel with you by calling them or sending special cards or offers first! Diwan you say? uhaaa ok! They have our emails and contacts and we never heard from them.

Then comes their hotline- I ALWAYS GET AN ERROR TONE and if it goes through we stay on hold for a decent amount of time! EH

So we established 2 facts:

1. Hotline not working properly

2. Data center for their clients mafi

Why!? They are good! They are fancy! they are luxurious but we don’t have to feel like they are humiliating us for their tickets / flights! First time I tried their website currency of tickets were in US$ and when I got to the bank page and clicked to have it deducted I got the message that NBK doesn’t take dollars! which is crazy because I use my cards outside. Yesterday fares were in KD and when I FINALLY GOT SOMETHING, the amount KD 33.800 was deducted from my account THEN REIMBURSED! I totally gave up. I gave the guy-girl handling the group my ref# and nothing was done :)

Check the screen shot below: This is the message I kept getting from their website

My sister was with me online and from her computer she got this screen shot after the website finally started working and it shows that all promotional fares were sold out! How is that possible since the website crashed from 11:30 and it opened only before she took the shot o already sold out!?!! HOW DID THESE PEOPLE BOOK SO FAST!? EFFFF

So I skipped work today because I slept really late and I have a headache but all we got from them is this response :) Not valid at all and not a professional response at all and I never was as angry as I am right now with a public service provider. Mazen is not happy as well [ HERE ] bottom line, do not make online offers when you can’t handle it, leave that to Jazeera ;)

Watch Trailer [ HERE ]

1. We need another American hero to save the world and the entire species!

2. Will Smith should have been among the cast!

3. What ever happened to the Arabian Peninsula?!

4. Mayan people “warned us” !? eh! ok thanks in advance!

5. I didn’t know people go funny while dying and joke around!

6. More like Independence Day meets Mars Attacks or War of the Worlds minus the aliens!

7. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KA3BA!?!?!?!?!?!?!

8. I should save to buy tickets on the fleet *rolls eyes* !

9. Elephants and giraffes are very important to reproduce… I only saw one ghotra wearing dude (Arabic person that is) when they were packing the arks ! LOL

Hmmm…. all cons I know nevertheless, I liked the V/X and damn it people; be nice to mother earth!