HELLO EVERY ONE....long time since I have writtem some thing on MS..so I thought of writing some thing on the place where I live ’’KUWAIT’’... I am here for more than a year n half....
HISTORY
actually if we look at the history of kuwait..then some 80 years back or some more, this place was where people were sent for the punishment called ’’KAALA PAANI’’. meaning a place where u can or u will die of starvation. the people who lived here would usually come to kerala india with fish and take other eatable items, oils and all other nessacities of life in exchange for fish. (no wonder here u will find MALLUs everywhere in kuwait, @#$*)
DISCOVERY OF CRUDE
In late 50’s there was an explorer..yaar I forgot his name during his search he discovered crude in IRAQ..as soon he discovered oil there there was some internal quarrel with his bosses over the royalty..so he employed some very good people n carried on the research about the structure of the earth n the conditions here..soon he according to his conclusions said there is oil beneath the earth in this land also (kuwait). soon he made his first drill in north kuwait and lo...there was crude crude every where. just b4 this the so formed kuwait, the king decided to give citizen ship to people so that people start living in this land...so people from iraq, palastine, saudia, iran(a lot of then actualy) took the citizenship..and with the discovery of crude..they had hit gold...
since then the king at that time called some international companies to drill n make further research for crude on a share basis..this gave birth to the company called ’’THE KUWAIT OIL COMPANY’’. soon the partners were kicked off and given contracts and KOC taking full charge... u will not beleive if I told u that the wells here have a whopping 9000 PSI of crude comming from the oil wells. this type of well is called a high pressure well else a low pressure well is have a pressure of about 60-80 psi. the amount of pressure that the wells in kuwait has is maximum compared to anywhere in the world. as soon as crude comes out of the wells it is sent to ’’gathering center’’ where crude and gas in it are seperated. there are about 300-500 or even more wells connected to each gathering center, I work in one of such center..we have only 20 wells openened and plzz believe me, we dispatch 1, 20, 000 barrels of crude PER DAY...230 liters make on barrel!!! can u imagine how many liters a day????
in kuwait there are a max of 28 gathering centers BUT IN IRAQ THERE ARE A WHOPPING 152 GATHERING CENTRES..so now u know why U.S is dying to stay there...this is just crude...i havent told u about the GAS that is dispatched ...u will faint....after processing the crude (i mean removing sand , some water and salt) the crude sent from here has a API garavity of 30 where as in iraq it is 15!!! maan lower tha API purer is the crude..
due to all this factorsthe KUWATI DINAART is the most powerful currency in the world I dinaar= 155 rupees (now may be 153)...
PLACES
kuwait actually was very small as compared to the one present today..saudia gave apart of it even iraq did many many years ago when they were all friends here..if u remember kuwait was the best ally to iraq in the iraq iran war. today there are a lot of towns, u can call them, in kuwait. AHAMADI (this is where KOC headquaters are), KHAITAN, SALWA, FARWANIYA, JAHRA, DOHA, MURGAB..and many more..in murgab u will find tall and grt building of commerce...mostly banks...
LANGUAGE
the basic language here is arabic...very few people know other than this...english..now even some arabs know hindi as well..here even today there is not much importance given to education and even now a lesser amount of people study...but with times they r changing as well. kuwait government gives huge loans to kuwaitti people n monthly allowance if they dont have job this makes these people a bit lazy...but since recent times they all have started to change.
kuwaitis here r crazy about indian films...salman favourite...people havee seen girls many many of them comming out weeping out of the cinema halls after watching movies like kuch kuch hoota hai and K3G.
FOOD
arabs have a special drink called KAWA.. it is bitter in taste but still has a very unique taste. normally u will have KAWA with dates...the bitter and sweet taste is just grt. they hate FIL FIL (fil fil in arabic means chilly). here there is another specality called the HAMOOS AND FALAFEEL..grt to eat ...must surely try if u get a chance to...HAMOOS with olive oil is just grt...here people like to eat meat and fish cooked with out cutting it in to smaller pieces. they say all jucies are lost if u cut the meat or fish...within a few days u will get used to this taste n then u will not like to have anything else...
PEOPLE
here men normally wear a dress typical to the arabs called DASHA with a head covering scarf called GATRA and a black ring to hold the scarf caleed AGAAL. all most all women here wear gown..if u go to the shops u will be amazed to see some very very beautiful dresses...very very very very costly...women normally wear the burkha and do not like to speak or even look at starangers...some women tough wear western dresses but still avery few... I tell u the girls here r so pretty so pretty and have a golden colour skin...if u though aishwariya had beautiful eyes then u r mistaken...u will forget her...u wont even like to look at her eyes...u get me what I say...but here laws r very strict n if u r caught peeping or if the female complains...then u r saddam hussain n US is after u...
the arabs are said to be the most hospitable humans on earth...even today there are but only a few who can bo told so...rest...the people here nowadays r very harsh n rude especially to expatriates. one thing they r mad about is PERFUMES or ATTAR.. they will shell out any amount of money to get an atter that no one has...one day I was in a attar shop with my friend..soon a lady popped in and asked the rate on one attar kept in one old bottle..shopkeeper said ’’ahdaash dinaaar rooba tola’’ I thought that I misheard him..she took two bottles and went away...i asked my the shopkeeper again he said ’’ 11 dinaars for 3mg of attar’’ (thats what ahdaash dinaaar rooba tols means). the attars name is OOUD. u can call it a sort of sandal wood perfume..which is very very strong and lasts for days altogather...can u imagine how mmuch they love attar..yaar it is around 1800 rupees for 3mg!!!
but I was proud to know that that attar is fron INDIA...I LOVE MY INDIA:)
ISLAM is the relion follow here n here u can get to see some grt mosques...very very beautiful onces and some very huge..
LANDMARKS
here in kuwait there is not much to see as there r some islands..kuwait towers and a couple here and there..i doubt if the government here spends anything on tourism
CLIMATE
this is after all a desert...so in summer u will find temp soaring up to 59 dec centi...55 is normal in summer here...with very hot winds blowing...in winter the temp drops to 10 deg..10 is normal in winter n I was here last year when it was a chilling 5 deg...the problem is not temp, but the cold ear biting winds that blow...but in feb to april start..the climate is grt..with little rain n flowers everywhere....grt scene...
almost all vegetables and food stuffs r imported from iran, egypt, india, pak, srilanka...and other place...all kinds of fruits r available here...dates grow in pleanty..and if u had a chance to eat a date which has ripned on the tree it self...wah wah ..it is smooth like butter and a very fabulos taste...
if u happen to meet an arab tell him ’’SHLONEK..TAMAAM’’ means is every thing fine or SABAH AL-KHAIR (good morning)