Heat Stroke

We had an urgent shoot for one of our clients today so as usual I volunteered to go. The location had to be a beach and since we didn’t have time to be picky we ended up going to the public beach on Marina crescent since it’s practically the cleanest of all public beaches on the coastal area in Kuwait.

The shoot started at 10 am, the weather was strikingly hot as usual, temperature was around 46 degrees so the whole outdoor shooting experience was extremely uncomfortable. Around noon I started having nausea and getting dizzy then I started seeing black spots and the spots were getting bigger. I told the photographer that i wasn’t feeling too well and that I was going to faint so they quickly sat me on the ground under the umbrella and they got me orange juice.

Luckily the shoot was over by that time and they walked me back to the car. I could barely move, I was feeling very weak and overheated. I finally got to the car, turned the AC at full blast and waited 15 minutes to get my strength back before I could drive home and take a shower before I went back to the office. I’m definitely not going to anymore outdoor shoots this summer, I learnt my lesson.

Note: this is NAT not Mark


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  1. Haseeb says:

    … I told the photographer that i was (NOT) feeling too well ..
    God bless you Nat.

  2. Haseeb says:

    lol u fixed it while i was writting. so kool.

  3. Nat says:

    Hehe yeah i did..Anyway thanx:)

  4. Carlsb3rg says:

    salamat MARK ;p kidding

  5. Nat says:

    hmmm i didnt write the note liar.

  6. ananyah says:

    ooh i hope ur ok

  7. Guitarzzz says:

    Nat you dont seem to post much! But salamat.

  8. Pearls says:

    I always feel like that in the sun even with short exposure it. Make sure you have a cool bottle of water next time. Salamaaaaat.

  9. Pearls says:

    exposure it=exposure to it

  10. moe says:

    well one of the shortcomings of humans not able to bear extreme weather.

  11. fractal00 says:

    salamt Nat … :) thank god nothing worse happened .. i thought working outside offices for long periods is forbidden in summer .. inno the temperature was 44 at 8:30 for god’s sake..

  12. Marzouq says:

    Salaamat Nat! U shouldnt be outside in this heat! And you were out for over two hours!!!!

    Dame girl go get some rest for the rest of the day! U shouldnt have went to work!

    Always have a couple of cold bottles of water around!!!

  13. Mark says:

    I added the Note at the end so people dont think I wrote it and then think i am a pussy lol

  14. KtheKuwaiti says:

    Mark wouldn’t have gotten a heat stroke .. Mark doesn’t go outdoors. :P

  15. You should be careful….I hear the heat in Kuwait is even worse than in the UAE!

    Here, it makes me sad to see construction workers slaving away at around lunchtime when the sun is at its peak. It’s simply inhumane!

    Hope you feel better

  16. tim says:

    Mark’s free doughnuts would’ve kept his blood sugar levels high enough not to faint ;-)

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  18. SWOS says:

    Welcome 2 Q8

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  19. holla says:

    omg mark u fuckin pussy ;)

  20. Moey says:

    Nat: take it easy, it happens normally during summer. wear a hat next time

  21. Nat says:

    Heh the problem is i did wear a hat, glasses, was holding my cool bottle of water the whole time and i still got a heat stroke. Oh well hot weather is not really my thing.

  22. The Legi says:

    Nat, are you a photographer?

    Do you have links to your work on any sites by any chance?

  23. Nat says:

    Hmmm no Legi I’m a graphic designer.
    I’m into photography as a hobby though. I have some old pictures posted of my flicker account.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pokerface

  24. chikapappi says:

    Salamat ya Nat… It is unbelievably hot during night, shlon during morning!!!

  25. Nat says:

    Thanx chikapappi:) Tell me about it! The heat is intolerable.


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