This is pretty cool, the Japanese brand Alba which is a sub-brand of Seiko made a watches with the Kuwaiti flag and the towers, one on the left is obviously the female version and the one of the right is the male version. Both of them are on discount at X-Cite Store. The male watch is going for KD 14, female for KD 14.500.
Update: X-Cite changed the price, the male watch costs more now.
These look super comfortable but I haven’t tried them yet. BigBag Beanies is a local brand that makes custom bean bags, pillows and ottomans. They don’t have a store but they did tell me they had a place to store finished products. The bean bag you see above is 7 feet long and costs KD 175. I want one.
Contact # 66326094
Muji will be opening on Saturday 19th December January at 5p.m at the Grand Avenue. I passed by yesterday and fell in love with the whole place to the point where I want to visit Japan. You get to learn a lot of their culture, lifestyle, the way they approach concepts and much more just by passing by Muji. I’ve taken photos of some the cool I’ve spotted.
This is their popular stainless steel card case. I got one of these as a gift from a friend that went to Muji France. Business cards always bend and start looking bad when in your wallet for a long time. So this is a great alternative since the steel prevents the cards from bending, the business cards will look like they were just printed yesterday.
A staff member at Muji had to explain to me that this tiny box had the exact shirt he was holding. Muji uses advanced pressure machines to pack these shirts in the form of a small boxes. They’re great for travelling and saving up space. They don’t shrink back to their original size however, so keep that in mind.
These are called lint rollers, you roll them on clothing and it will wipe off all the lint or any other small fibers, it works on most materials including clothing, upholstery and linen. The roller only costs KD 2.000 and is refillable if I’m not mistaken. They remove dog and cat hair entirely in a matter of seconds, which is why I love them.
Bean bags are very popular and are hard to find, specially good quality ones. The moment I sat on one I sarcastically told staff they can leave me here and go home now, the bean bags are too comfortable you wouldn’t want to get up. The red one of the left has harder material while the one of the right has softer material. Costs KD 75 total per bean bag.
The Muji CD Player is super friendly. To switch it on or off all you need to do is pull the cable hanging from the device, very easy to do when in the dark or sleepy. It plays the radio or whatever CD you play on it. The speaker is built-in and when played it does get pretty loud if you want it to, costs KD 65 which isn’t a bad deal.
This isn’t the first time I’ve noticed a local brand making their own chocolate, the first time was I when spotted Sultan Center having their own chocolate bars, amongst a lot of other things. I didn’t like Sultan Center’s that much, Mr.Baker definitely tastes better. They come in two flavours, light milk chocolate and light crispy chocolate, costs 950 fils each.
Facebook are not planning to expand their business to selling perfumes, the perfume was actually spotted in Bahrain. I’m assuming it was in the same store that sells fake Gucci and LV bags, which we have a lot of in Kuwait. You can even see an iPhone 4S perfume on the background which is just as hilarious, doubt it smells like an apple.[Source]
Since riding bikes in winter is suddenly trending, which for a change is a healthy trend; getting some Revolights on your bike would be pretty cool. They come with a rechargeable battery pack that lasts 4 hours on one go. The LED lights are customisable as seen in the video below and cost $250 (KD 70). The LED’s are both water and theft resistant.[Website]
http://revolights.com/
My Puma custom designed sneakers arrived yesterday so I went and picked it up. It arrived 10 days earlier than expected, was supposed to take a month but took 20 days instead. They have 3 different types of shoes you can customize costing KD 44, KD 48 and KD 55. Puma Al Hamra is the only place in Kuwait to have a creative factory.
In comparison to what I designed in Puma’s Creative Factory, the shoe came with a brighter purple than the one I picked. I was hoping the contrast would be the same but it’s off a bit. Puma does allow you to see the material you picked tangibly to avoid contrast issues.
I’ve never had genuine Korean food before so was happy to accept an invitation from Arirang at Swiss-Belhotel to try out their food. From what I understood, Arirang is the name of a Korean folk song, it’s so popular that it’s sometimes considered as the unofficial national anthem of Korea. The place had an inspiring Korean atmosphere (photos in gallery). continue reading»
