Comments on: I am still not the mayor http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Abdulaziz http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-407613 Abdulaziz Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:01:31 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-407613 :`( I Ate my first baskin robins there... i recall it was the minty green one o i was amazed at its color I Had my first sakhar computer o every cartridge from there I loved family book shop :`( WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY :`(

I Ate my first baskin robins there… i recall it was the minty green one o i was amazed at its color

I Had my first sakhar computer o every cartridge from there
I loved family book shop :`(

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

]]> By: Q80Warlock http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-407273 Q80Warlock Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:01:39 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-407273 The country is going Mall madness, I used to live in Fahaheel and man so many changes happened over the years...too bad I didn't have any pictures from those old bloody days. Now the same thing is happening to Salmiya, since they removed the tunnel which was really a great landmark of old Salmiya and the place was not the same. Alot of things will change, Fahad Al Salim Street in Deera will also have some buidlings removed...I just don't know when will it end like we have a dozen malls for a small country and what's bad about it is regular people like me and you can't even afford to have a shop in one of them !! Kuwait is turning into Richy Rich Town ! The country is going Mall madness, I used to live in Fahaheel and man so many changes happened over the years…too bad I didn’t have any pictures from those old bloody days. Now the same thing is happening to Salmiya, since they removed the tunnel which was really a great landmark of old Salmiya and the place was not the same.

Alot of things will change, Fahad Al Salim Street in Deera will also have some buidlings removed…I just don’t know when will it end like we have a dozen malls for a small country and what’s bad about it is regular people like me and you can’t even afford to have a shop in one of them !!

Kuwait is turning into Richy Rich Town !

]]> By: nancy http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406784 nancy Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:24:47 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406784 So sad....Kuwait is not what it used to be :( So sad….Kuwait is not what it used to be :(

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406715 Mark Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:36:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406715 Uturn I checked out the link, no where does it say the building will be preserved. It just says they are going to enclose the shopping experience.. ie: turn it into a mall Uturn I checked out the link, no where does it say the building will be preserved. It just says they are going to enclose the shopping experience.. ie: turn it into a mall

]]> By: Omar http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406699 Omar Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:51:31 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406699 man.. over here everybody is too intimidated by the weather and are afraid to build anything revolving walking outdoors if it isn't a beach resort or something.. it sucks.. i always thought before that building a super dome like umbrella thingy over a huge space would fix everything.. i still like to think that it would ^^ man.. over here everybody is too intimidated by the weather and are afraid to build anything revolving walking outdoors if it isn’t a beach resort or something.. it sucks.. i always thought before that building a super dome like umbrella thingy over a huge space would fix everything.. i still like to think that it would ^^

]]> By: Istiminkiliz http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406682 Istiminkiliz Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:05:54 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406682 If it was up to me, i wouldve renovated the whole street until the beginning of the 4th ring road, made it only for pedestrians and called it the 'Salmiyah Strip'. It would be an area of gatherings, retro shopping and cultural activities... and then, maybe just maybe Kuwait would manage to have a real touristic destination! If it was up to me, i wouldve renovated the whole street until the beginning of the 4th ring road, made it only for pedestrians and called it the ‘Salmiyah Strip’. It would be an area of gatherings, retro shopping and cultural activities…

and then, maybe just maybe Kuwait would manage to have a real touristic destination!

]]> By: uturn http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406454 uturn Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:55:06 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406454 http://www.sshic.com/commercial_and_retail_southsalmiyacommcomplex.htm the above is a brief about the project from the architect's website. From it we can conclude three points: 1- the same architects who designed the site in the 70's are designing the new one. 2- The old building is preserved. Similar to what happened in Al-Manshar in Fahaheel, it will enclose the original building against weather elements. 3- Research and learn about the new development before judging it. http://www.sshic.com/commercial_and_retail_southsalmiyacommcomplex.htm

the above is a brief about the project from the architect’s website. From it we can conclude three points:

1- the same architects who designed the site in the 70’s are designing the new one.

2- The old building is preserved. Similar to what happened in Al-Manshar in Fahaheel, it will enclose the original building against weather elements.

3- Research and learn about the new development before judging it.

]]> By: they said http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406384 they said Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:42:07 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406384 Does this mean the stores there are closing down for good? Do you happen to know if the famiy book shop is going to re-open? please update us with info regarding. thanks Does this mean the stores there are closing down for good? Do you happen to know if the famiy book shop is going to re-open? please update us with info regarding. thanks

]]> By: pearls http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406343 pearls Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:29:02 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406343 NO, how could they do that! NO, how could they do that!

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406295 Mark Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:10:56 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406295 Pi the tunnel where the shisha places were located and the music store Subway was the most disgusting thing ever. People pissed in it and it was always flooded, really gross. Pi the tunnel where the shisha places were located and the music store Subway was the most disgusting thing ever. People pissed in it and it was always flooded, really gross.

]]> By: Desert Girl http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406231 Desert Girl Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:56:29 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406231 In comparisson to you guys, I haven't been around here very long (first visit in 93 and then back from 96 till now), but it makes me sad too. I love Kuwait because of its unique flavor and it is getting lost. As my mom says, whenever a country tears down its quaint villages and then has to build new replica quaint villages to remind them how life used to be, it defeats the purpose. In comparisson to you guys, I haven’t been around here very long (first visit in 93 and then back from 96 till now), but it makes me sad too. I love Kuwait because of its unique flavor and it is getting lost. As my mom says, whenever a country tears down its quaint villages and then has to build new replica quaint villages to remind them how life used to be, it defeats the purpose.

]]> By: لمياء الحالمة http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406228 لمياء الحالمة Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:51:50 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406228 not the Waleed Toys, I still remember the microscope i bought from there years years back ... with my 3eedyaa why these people do that?, why destroying everything reminds us of the beautiful past? not the Waleed Toys, I still remember the microscope i bought from there years years back … with my 3eedyaa

why these people do that?, why destroying everything reminds us of the beautiful past?

]]> By: mohammed http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406215 mohammed Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:12:14 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406215 I remember me postin a comment on this subject a year ago,,cant belive that theyre gona do that..honestly we lost our old heritage and now were gona lose our glory years,,guess teenagers are quiet happy that theyll be havin a new place to go round and round in circle searchin for the opposite sex.funny how they are renovatin some old mud houses and sayin how sad they are for demolishin many of them while in the same time theyre demolishin one souq were every single one of us have a beautiful memory.i wonder how many of these malls r they planin to do and once land is full of them t they planin to buil any malls under the sea?? btw khalid i think i know u mate..never knew u read this amazin blog!will see u next year n uni ;) I remember me postin a comment on this subject a year ago,,cant belive that theyre gona do that..honestly we lost our old heritage and now were gona lose our glory years,,guess teenagers are quiet happy that theyll be havin a new place to go round and round in circle searchin for the opposite sex.funny how they are renovatin some old mud houses and sayin how sad they are for demolishin many of them while in the same time theyre demolishin one souq were every single one of us have a beautiful memory.i wonder how many of these malls r they planin to do and once land is full of them t they planin to buil any malls under the sea?? btw khalid i think i know u mate..never knew u read this amazin blog!will see u next year n uni ;)

]]> By: Q8Sultana http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406208 Q8Sultana Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:48:00 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406208 I know exactly how you feel. I grew up in the Fintas/Mahboula/Mangaf area, and what Salmiyah is to you is what Fahaheel is to me. I was there a few weeks ago, and it was a really horrible feeling to be so disoriented in a place I used to know my way around with my eyes closed for years. Some things kinda looked familiar, and that was it... Fahaheel and Salmiyah are also special to me because they were around even before the Invasion. They survived the Invasion, but they can't survive the mall-building-modernization-let's-demolish-everything-craze going on in Kuwait. I really does suck. I know exactly how you feel.
I grew up in the Fintas/Mahboula/Mangaf area, and what Salmiyah is to you is what Fahaheel is to me.
I was there a few weeks ago, and it was a really horrible feeling to be so disoriented in a place I used to know my way around with my eyes closed for years. Some things kinda looked familiar, and that was it…

Fahaheel and Salmiyah are also special to me because they were around even before the Invasion. They survived the Invasion, but they can’t survive the mall-building-modernization-let’s-demolish-everything-craze going on in Kuwait.

I really does suck.

]]> By: SWOS http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406204 SWOS Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:43:41 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-am-still-not-the-mayor/#comment-406204 and you will NEVER be the mayor of Salmiya :> and you will NEVER be the mayor of Salmiya :>

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