Eleven must-do whacky things for an expat before leaving Q8

1) Insist on doing daily school runs for your kids and all of their friends in a humvee stretch limo, dressed as a muhajabah babe .

2) Flirt with the traffic police ( if you are female) as you wait your turn at the lights.

3) Go on a hunger strike in front of the NA to protest against a blanket ban on all good books, red wine , Western music concerts and world cinema in Kuwait.


4) Make passionate love to your partner, al fresco in what remains of Souk Mubarakiya.

5)Ask your friendly neighborhood Islamist for directionss to the nearest underground fire temple or synagogue in Kuwait.

6) Organize unregulated workforce in Kuwait into labour unions on the lines of Kuwait Airways Workers union.

7) Fly Kuwait Airways, at least once in your life, to experience first hand what others mean by 'SABENA' ( Such A Bloody Experience Never Again).

8)Gate crash in on the merriment and all the fun activities happening at Camp Doha over the weekend :)

9) Bungee jump from Arraya or Dar Al Awadi towers after lunch or dinner at Ashas.

10) Walk your Great Dane at Getty Beach at 4 in the morning

11) Move base to Dubai, create a blog from there whose only raison d' etre is to bitch about life in the Emirates and how great it used to be living in Kuwait. Either that, or fly in to Kuwait on weekends and public holidays as atonement for exiting Kuwait.