Sat 21 Apr 2007
Is it just me or does this news item make you sad?
Is the Avenues mall all we have to show off nowadays??
It’s nice and new, but its a mall …. just a shopping center with lots of starbucks cafes and clothing stores!! Why would government officials invite a visiting delegation, and our Prime Minister taking Bahrain’s Prime Minister to see how great our country is advancing by building another mall!!
If we built a state of the art hospital, I would understand and encourage taking them to visit it…..if it was a state of the art university, I would be proud too and would want others to see it!
….. a mall.
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April 21st, 2007 at 10:25 am
e wala , o 7ita rob3a makhalas.. madri eshbisawon ba3dain
April 21st, 2007 at 10:51 am
That’s all there is, isn’t there? Doesn’t seem like there’s much for show..
April 21st, 2007 at 11:01 am
هكذا وصل الحال، والقادم اسوأ
على هذا المنوال، اعتقد لما يخلصون مستشفى جنوب السرة يمكن يحطونة على العملة او على شعار لوزارة الصحة!
April 21st, 2007 at 11:03 am
knowing kuwait way of thinking
the diplomat wanted to see it ( hey its new thing , can’t blame him )
but he can’t go alone ? can he ?
so you can’t send a low level offical with him
you need someone as high as him
and when you send someone as high as him
you send 20-30 officals with him
and when 30-40 officals are in a mall
one of them is the prime minister
it become news
April 21st, 2007 at 11:04 am
exactly!!!
April 21st, 2007 at 12:03 pm
what else to show them? anything possible to show them..
don’t forget that it is becoming hot these days.. an airconditioned placed is a must i guess…
add to that.. i feel pity for the people who need those people in this delegation and all of their papers and mo3amalat to be approved and signed! and they get this line from el wizarat: “the manager is in a meeting(achino) outside of the premis!”
April 21st, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Well its either that or the aquarium it seems
April 21st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
That’s true, and they used to show off the Scientific Center to the president of Iraq when he visited Kuwait a while ago. We have new hospitals and tremendous projects in Kuwait, but they didn’t show any of them to any officials when they visited Kuwait, simply because the ones who decide what to show off are simple minded, and there are always business and financial reasons that effect what they decide to show to the ones who visit Kuwait, this for example is a propaganda for The Avenues.
April 21st, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Did he at least buy something?
Did he remark on how many of the shops there are also available in Bahrain and the rest of the GCC?
Did he trip over a Starbucks frappucino?
Sad
April 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
ليش مو برج التحرير ؟؟
ليش مو مشروع الحكومة الالكترونية ؟
ليش مو فندق المارينا والواجهة البحرية ؟
ليش مو المشاريع اللي بالفحيحيل ؟
ليش مو مبنى جامعة الكويت الجديد ؟
ليش مو الجامعات الخاصة ؟
ليش مو القواعد العسكرية ؟
ليش مو المشاريع الساحلية ؟
ليش مو المنطقة الحرة ؟
او يمكن هو طلب يزور الافنيو ؟؟؟!!
April 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
ليش مو برج التحرير ؟؟
ليش مو مشروع الحكومة الالكترونية ؟
ليش مو فندق المارينا والواجهة البحرية ؟
ليش مو المشاريع اللي بالفحيحيل ؟
ليش مو مبنى جامعة الكويت الجديد ؟
ليش مو الجامعات الخاصة ؟
ليش مو القواعد العسكرية ؟
ليش مو المشاريع الساحلية ؟
ليش مو المنطقة الحرة ؟
او يمكن هو طلب يزور الافنيو ؟؟؟!!
April 21st, 2007 at 3:13 pm
عزيزي كيو
هذا مو مجرد “مول” كما ذكرت بل هو “المول” الوحيد بالكويت اللي متروس مغربيااااااااات .. وااااااااو وين ماتطالع وين ماتفتر كله مغربيات والملاعين متنكرين على شكل مصريات
هنئا للشباب الكويتي .. الحين تقدرون تتسوقون للمغربيات
April 21st, 2007 at 3:26 pm
جان زين دافعينله
April 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pm
it’s a reflection of our Consumerism culture, just buy, spend and spend… no productivity what so ever..no vision of a futrue, and when we aspire we just aspire for malls and buildings (like Dubai) isn’t that why 90% of Kuwaitis like Dubai? Have any of us spoke of the State of the Art transportation system (metro, etc) Dubai is building? ofcourse no, it’s beneath our consuming brain to share transportations.
Q.. You are right, it’s very very sad? I think your post compliment your dad’s column today.. you are on fire these days
April 21st, 2007 at 4:11 pm
it is a shame.
the amir of bahrain went to their new financial harbour, the amir of qatar celebrated their new energy city,… and the amir of kuwait went shopping at the avenues…….
and it aint even that special, or complete, or that big, even when it is finished.
not only is it a sad reflection on the consumerism culture here, its a sad reflection on the ruler,…. but then maybe he knows that a new mall is all that he needs to shut people up for a while. perhaps he knows his own countrymen better than we think
April 21st, 2007 at 4:43 pm
نعم مغربيات…. وغدا روسيات…افتتاح مول…وغدا منتجعات بحريه في فيلكا…
مستشفيات؟؟؟ انسى!!!
جامعات؟؟؟؟ انسى!!!
April 21st, 2007 at 5:59 pm
a mall! a mall!
But exactly what did u expect? The whole country went crazy for opening a new shopping center! It’s not the full mall opened! This mall will provide a great work out routine for the many Kuwaitis who practice the sport of marching marina mall ray7een raddeeen.
We tried to go IKEA and failed for few times, since its too crowded to breath in that area now! We decided to wait for few months until people buy all the casual wear they need and drink all the sugar and caffeine they can.
4 starbux? Four?
April 21st, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Gez! It’s something every visitor has to experience.
April 21st, 2007 at 6:12 pm
I would’ve taken him to Jam3iyat i’Dhahia, then to Mahmood in Shwaikh for a kebab double.
April 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Q….
Make sure I visit this mall with my delegation when I arrive in Q8!
Better yet…Ill come when the next mall gets built…. Starbucks!! The more the merrier!!
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:22 am
Yes, others have museums, Opera houses, symphony halls, Theaters…..etc
For us, we have malls !! They should have taken him to a very famous street in Kuwait… Share3 alma6a3em
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:08 am
عاد اليوم جمعيتهم العمومية, يالله عاد
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:23 am
هذا مو مول هذا سوبر مول إلي الأمير مفتتحة
بيني و بينكم و سر عندكم بالأمان
يقولون إن رئيس الوزرة ضاعت جنطتة فرايح يشتريلة بجامة
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 am
للأسف خذتنا ماية دبي ذات الحضارة الكرتونية والعمارات والمجمعات
كان من الاولى زيارة المراكز الثقافية والعلمية ذات الوجه الحضاري
بس الظاهر اهتمامات رئيس الوزراء البحريني هي اللي حددت الزيارة
April 29th, 2007 at 11:25 am
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April 29th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I am sure you will not feel any better now that even Mrs.Blair was draged to the Avenues & Marina Mall.She is hear on a charity mission & we take her to see the High Class mall.They should have showed her the Sulaybia slums so she realizes we need MORE charity than we can GIVE !!!!
April 29th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
It is really the show of Power of Individuals,,,,may be Naser Al=Khourafi is getting out of favour & now it is the Era of Mohammed Al-Shaye3
Cheers