As usual, I checked Engadget and saw a line that took my attention… WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3 IS FINALLY OFFICIALLY OUT!!!!! =D

Time to try it out =D… Download it directly from here

I was close enough on going to Caribou FTZ (Free Trading Zone as my friend eLeeT said once). But I changed my mind and thought of giving “The Hangout” a shot… It’s been a while since I last time went there (2 years maybe). It’s somewhere in Salmiya, close to AUK (American University of Kuwait).

I’m writing this post after having a good day over there…

Prices:
* IT COSTS ALOT!!! I paid almost 5KD for a cappuccino and some club sandwich… Well the taste is awesome but still COSTS ALOT!!!

Space:
* It’s as large as any Starbucks… Good seats… Good tables… Got TVs (which is something so uncommon for coffee houses and stuff).
* There’s that spot thats mostly reserved, which is a good place if you want to have a little bit of freedom with your date or something =P.
* Parkings aren’t enough, C’mon it’s Salmiya after all.

Quality:
* Go for the drinks and all… The food aren’t that special. Though I like their Pioneer Sandwich which costs like 2.900KD WHICH IS ALOT!
* Their “Hangout special cappuccino” taste good. Well not too good to me, lack of sweetness… I love sugar =P.

Atmosphere:
* Modern Indian style decoration. Liked the lightning.
* There are few TVs in there.
* Good taste of music… I love it… Mostly Oriental stuff (like Oriental Jazz and maybe little Latino songs).
* It’s so good for dating. Actually, I knew its a good spot for dating… I felt weird going there alone (thank god some friends arrived =P).
* It’s abit dark… Reddish colored… Has electricity sockets everywhere (Good for laptopers)… Various WiFi Access points (use the “Get Connected” WiFi access point… It’s free but abit slow).
* They light little candles on few tables… I LOVE THAT!!!

Notes:
If you want to have a nice date with a girl (or boy… who knows maybe the person who’s reading is a girl… or gay =P… hehehe) stuff your wallet with some cash and go there… It worth the price… And, try to bring your own Wnet or e-Go connection… The public internet in here is as fast as 32KBps download.

Conclusion:
I’d only come here when I got over-moneyed =P… I remember that their chocolate stuff were so AMAZING!!! I mean, so amazing that I’d go for their chocolated stuff again and again!!!… I might update you all with more details IF I go there again =P.

I’ve been trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 in my Flash Disk without success for 2 days.

I boot my CD, let it format my Flash Drive ENTIRELY, let it write GRUB on /sdb… DOESN’T WORK!!!

I edited GRUB’s menu.lst and changed (hd1,0) to (hd0,0) and it worked till the log in screen. It just HANGS after I log in.

I don’t know what to do now… Any help? Any one???

I’m considering installing Xubuntu since my laptop’s hardwares sucks…

My website design started to bore me. So I thought of giving it a new life

I’d like to ask whoever visits my blog to give me suggestions, recommend a template they have or used, work on a design they have or something similar or whatever. Just help me out changing the design and layout… please.

I passed by Dunkin’ Donuts near AL-Fanar to have that TANK OF COFFEE. I hate the place now… I seriously do.

OK, It’s cheap and their coffee is so bitter (which I kinda like), but it got a little messy.

For a start, the rest room; People go there to answer nature calls, so it gotta be clean.
The guys who work there are trying hard to keep it clean and I really appreciate it. BUT THE PEOPLE THERE ARE NASTY!!!

I mean, I have to clean the toilet’s seat if I wanted to use it. I don’t work there but I want to use clean facilities. And I don’t answer the call in a nasty way, I AIM AND PUT EFFORTS ON AIMING SO I WOULDN’T MESS THINGS OUT!!!!!

And then the people who comes here, I don’t have anything against Philipinoes at all. They’re nice, waaaaay too nice.
But, What the hell do you explain full of Philipinoes hanging around with desperate men (Americans, foreigners and even Kuwaities)? … I mean c’mon I can let that restroom cleaning thingy aside, but its annoying to wait standing for 10 minutes to actually order my coffee (which is usually served in 30 seconds) so that desperate guy flirts with the Philipino girl who works there (and she’s playing along…) while putting his arm around the Philipino girl who came along with him. I’m not pointing at the decent Philipinoes because I don’t mind’em at all (in fact, I sometimes work with’em and get things done pretty quick because we know how to deal with each others). THEY WERE THE GOLD DIGGER TYPE!!!

When I look around, they’re all Philipino gold diggers!

Now the smokers; I like the smell of donuts and bitter coffee (even when it gets cold). But sometimes I smell something annoying… CIGS!! I turn around and see this guy smoking and the “Smoking Area” sign with an arrow pointing to the upper floor is right infront of his eyes!! GO UPSTAIRS AND SMOKE THE SHIT YOU’RE SMOKING!!!! I ALREADY HAVE LUNG INFECTION AND I DONT SMOKE!! THANKS TO YOU SMOKERS!!!

Do I have to go and tell’em to stop smoking or go upstairs to smoke? well I did and they got a little pissed but they went upstairs forcefully (the staff made’em… thanks for the support). Just go upstairs and smoke whatever you want! Just don’t force me to be a 2nd hand smoker!

This place starts giving me the creeps!!! I think I’ll switch to Caribou Coffee at the Free Trading Zone.

I was at Marina Mall Crescent’s Starbucks while I was browsing XKCD’s comics. And found out this funny comic about American History:

So I laughed and everything. Googled “Jimmy Carter attacked by a swimming rabbit” and found out that it actually happened!!!

Here’s what Wikipedia wrote:

Dubbed the “killer rabbit” attack by the media, the Jimmy Carter rabbit incident involved a swamp rabbit that caught press imagination after furiously trying to board then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s fishing boat on April 20, 1979.

Carter had gone on a solo fishing expedition in his hometown of Plains, Georgia when the rabbit approached his boat, “hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared and making straight for the president”,[1] trying desperately to enter the boat, causing Carter to flail at the swimming creature with the oars from his boat.

Upon returning to his office, Carter found his staff disbelieving of his story, insisting that rabbits couldn’t swim, or that they would never approach a person threateningly[2]. However, it was later confirmed that a White House photographer had in fact captured the incident on-camera.[3]

Press Secretary Jody Powell mentioned the event to Associated Press correspondent Brooks Jackson on August 28, 1979, who filed the story with the wire service the following day. The story “President Attacked by Rabbit” was carried across the front page of The Washington Post, though the White House’s refusal to release the photograph resulted in the newspaper using a cartoon parody of the Jaws poster labeled “PAWS” as its illustration.[1] The White House still refused to release the photograph of the incident to the media, until it turned up during the Reagan administration and the story saw another revival.
Carter shooing away the rabbit, at far right
Carter shooing away the rabbit, at far right

In Press Secretary Powell’s 1986 book The Other Side of the Story, he recounted the story as follows:

Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a rabbit. Not one of your cutesy, Easter Bunny-type rabbits, but one of those big splay-footed things that we called swamp rabbits when I was growing up.

The animal was clearly in distress, or perhaps berserk. The President confessed to having had limited experience with enraged rabbits. He was unable to reach a definite conclusion about its state of mind. What was obvious, however, was that this large, wet animal, making strange hissing noises and gnashing its teeth, was intent upon climbing into the Presidential boat.

The incident with the rabbit became fodder for those illustrating Carter’s presidency as hapless and enfeebled.[4]

Folk musician Tom Paxton retold the incident in the song “I Don’t Want a Bunny-Wunny.”

Boy, RABBITS ARE EVIL!!

Well I’ve been taking pictures for a while and uploading’em to my gallery.

And since there isn’t alot of people that checks my gallery (maybe because its kinda hidden or my website’s layout isn’t that good) I thought of telling whoever reads my blog (and this post) that I hate a pictures gallery.

Feel free to flame my pictures, say I’m a total n00B in photography or whatever you say. I just enjoy taking pictures and I’m trying to progress. Hints, tips and criticism are welcome =D

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I remember I passed by some website called “Best website in the universe” so I gave it a shot.

I love that guy. He’s so offensive in criticizing that he made me laugh…

Anyways, He wrote an article about spotting a pedophile from his\her\it smile… CLICK HERE to check it out.

I think i couldn’t wait for that service pack to be fully released so I downloaded the beta one.

Had hard time installing it, hard time using my WindowsXP (specially hardware issues… couldn’t use my WiFi neither my Sierra Aircard) and hard time uninstalling it.

I don’t recommend Service Pack 3 yet. Wait for it till its fully released (and wait for a little while for booby traps to be stepped on by others :P)

EVERYONE is complaining that Kuwait sucks and all… But little amount of people thought of putting efforts on changing things.

So I thought of asking anyone who visits this blog (I’m sure rarely) what would you change in Kuwait? who knows maybe someone will read things in here and actually be able to change something?

So, how would you like to change Kuwait to a better country?