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Bloggers Tour To Jumeriah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa

Last week was our First Step In To Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa. Yesterday we were invited by Jumeriah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa management for a bloggers night tour event. Around 7.00pm, I’ve arrived to Jumeriah Messilah Beach Hotel. We were segmented into different groups for a tour all around the hotel.

Anyway, we started with the ballrooms, then hotel rooms, hotel restaurants/cafes, hotel swimming pool and finally outdoor dinner.

As we included recently the hotel got, 316 rooms and suites, 80 serviced apartments, 12 villas, 8 Restaurants (Garden Cafe, Olio, Mint, Salt, Pepper, Arabesque, Aqua, Tea Lounge) and more.

Through our tour we passed by different domestic areas in hotel such as:

Ballrooms: Badriya Ballroom is the largest ballroom in Kuwait. Decorated with Arabian classic theme as you see above. The ballroom can be booked as a wedding, conference, event and etc. Additionally, in the second floor of the ballroom there is an executive bridal suite, for the bride to use as a faciltity. The suite includes a full saloon tools, lounges and bed. As well the second floor has a 360 degree view for the bride to view the ballroom.

Rooms: There are more than 4 types of rooms. All rooms are fully furniture with high quality standards. Each room standards has different facilities and services.

Pepper Restaurant: One of the restaurant which I really liked as a decoration and atmosphere is Pepper Restaurant. Pepper Restaurant menu is only steaks with other additional dishes. The most really fabulous in this restaurant is the atmosphere and decoration.

Atmosphere: In overall, the hotel has a different atmosphere inside and outside. You really feel that you are not in Kuwait specially when you see the beach and swimming pool view at night.

Decoration: The decoration inside the hotel is really different compared to the other hotels locally. Everything small part of the hotel is made by hand, even the curtains are hand-drawn. The whole hotel design is mixed of classic, Arabian, Kuwaiti and Royal.

Activities: There are lots of things to do such as Spa, Tennis, Swimming and more.

Recommendations/Services/Dislike: Although the hotel is really huge and new. The entrance, security and parking area is really terrible. It took me 15 minutes waiting outside the gate waiting for the security to take in car by car. The road was totally closed and the cars are waiting to enter. The guard at the entrance informed me to park my car outside and cross the road and get into the hotel. Well, even the hotel is new they have to really fix their entrance and parking area.

Rooms, Suites, Apartments Prices

Deluxe Room = 92KD / per night / Single

Grand Deluxe Room = 115KD / per night / Single

Club Executive = 166.750KD / per night / Single

Deluxe Apartment 2 Rooms = 241.500KD / per night / Single

Apartment 1 Room = 143.750KD / per night / Single

Apartment 2 Rooms = 218.500KD / per night / Single

Apartment 3 Rooms = 322KD / per night / Single

Villa 3 Rooms = 437KD / per night / Single

Villa 5 Rooms = 575KD / per night / Single

Royal Apartment = 1725KD / per night / Single

At the end of our tour, we were invited to an extreme delicious BBQ dinner outdoor with an amazing view. However, the weather was really humid therefore we enjoyed the tour, outdoor dinner and gathering. We haven’t passed through the Villa’s and some of other areas in the hotel, as most of places are occupied and not ready. Jumeriah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa is still under soft-opening and will open officially in the first week of October 2013. There will be some improvements and adding up services to the hotel by end of this year.

I rate the hotel as 5 stars royal hotel 10/10 compared to other hotels locally.

Location: Messilah, Al Ta’awun Street, Sea Side, Kuwait

Tel: +965 2226 9600

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The New XBOX ONE

Microsoft released the new upcoming XBOX ONE to the market this year. It’s the new generation of entertainment world to stay connected and live together. Lots new things added to the new XBOX such as:

Home screen
New way to watch TV
Skype on Xbox One
Exciting social entertainment network
Favorite sports
Explore the web
New generation of apps
The world of Games

The Xbox One comes with an upgraded controller. The new device has 40 new design innovations, including impulse triggers, Wi-Fi direct radio stack, integrated battery compartment and a precision directional pad. The console will come with 8GB of RAM, Blu-ray drive, USB 3.0 connector and HDMI.

The device will be available in the market by end of this year, with the price of $299.

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EatHealthyQ8 Closing Ceremony

EatHealthyQ8 closing ceremony was held at the Movenpick Hotel in Kuwait. The aim of the initiative was controlling the growing number of overweight children as well as improving their habits with the help of their parents and schools.

The event was attended by the children and their parents along with the EatHealthyQ8 team and sponsors of the EatHealthyQ8 initiative. A short movie was played as part of the event’s festivities to shed light on the children’s weight-loss journey, organized programs, including physical activities and exercise, along with a sneak preview of children and parent workshops held and organized by the Diet Center.

Eight children who lost the most amount of weight based on their BMI were awarded with prizes for their efforts and hard work. The first place winners Nawaf Khater and Maryam Alkandari won a family tip to Euro Disney, courtesy from the V-Max group. Hussain Galeb and Dalal Al Rweished Aljasser came in second place and won vouchers from Ali Abdul Wahab. Third place winners, Abdulaziz Alolaimi and Roqaya Aljasser won Argana boot camp memberships. Khalid Alkandari and Noura Alhobaishi came in fourth place and won Diet Center memberships.

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Register Now: Archicamp Summer Camp 2013

Archicamp is back again this summer. They started last year in June 2012, and had a chance One Day visit to Archicamp workshops. To all highschoolers who couldn’t join us last year, this is your chance to be part of a one of a kind experience! Join archicamp and explore the principles of architecture from successful architects & designers.

Period: June 16 to June 27 @ GUST (Gulf University for Science & Technology)
Phone: +965 66006783

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Scenes From Kuwait Historical Festival

Event: Kuwait Historical Festival should start last Wednesday, as we notice it postponed till the day (Thursday). Last night, myself and my family visited Kuwait Historical Festival organized by Ministry of Commerce – Tourism Sector. The festival is located at South Mishref, the area opposite GUST.

We spent the night by having a tour at the festival village with different activities happening such as:

Historical kids play zone
Booths participation (Food, Historical Items and etc.)
Hourly activities
Operetta (Presented By the Abdulkareem Abdulqader)
Camels
Historical Cars
Old toys
Fireworks
Train Tour
Show
More and More

Spent lovely historical night with my family and came out with some cool photos. The festival village is open to the public (Thursday – Saturday) from the 6pm – 10pm.

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Review: Blackberry Q10 In Kuwait Now From Concept Co.

For the old Blackberry lovers, finally Blackberry Q10 is here now in Kuwait. Today noon, I received Blackberry Q10 devices from Concept Company Kuwait (Authorized Dealer locally). I was waiting for Q10 to release in the market to view the features. As I disliked Blackberry Z10 because of the shape and touch features. But why I liked Q10 is the phone shape and keypad.

By unboxing Blackberry Q10 device, the box comes with Battery, Charger, Manual Guide, Headset and Device. The first thing I done when I unboxed the device is touch the phone and view the design shape of it. Futhermore, I instered the SIM Card and starting explorering the operating system.

Blackberry Q10 Features

Processor: Dual-Core 1.5GHz – Snapdragon S4 Plus
Display: 3.1”, SuperAMOLED display, 720 x 720 resolution at 330 PPI, Touch On Lens
Camera: 8MP rear facing camera, Auto Focus, 5X digital zoom, 1080p HD video recording ・2MP front facing camera, 3X digital zoom, 720p HD video recording
Memory: 2GB RAM ・16GB Internal Storage ・Hot Swappable microSD Slot up to 64GB
WiFi: Dual Band 802.11 a/b/g/n ・2.4/5GHz ・4G Mobile Hotspot
GPS: Assisted, Autonomous, and Simultaneous GPS
Battery: BlackBerry NS1, 2100mAh Removable Battery
Sensors: Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Proximity, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor
Connectivity: NFC ・microUSB ・microHDMI-Out ・Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy ・4G LTE
Dimensions (LxWxD): 119.6mm x 66.8mm x 10.35mm
Talk Time / Standby: N/A at this time from BlackBerry as it’s still in testing

After reviewing the full Blackberry Q10 Device there are some points I liked and disliked such as:

Liked:

Exterior Design
Keypad
Touch Screen
Operating System (Totally improved, unique and simple)
Way of holding the device in hands
Applications
Both front and back Camera

Disliked:

Screen could be bit bigger
Operating System: The way of exiting and return back to home (It’s really difficult and hard. Prefer if there is a home button to exit directly).
Device top sensor to stay stand-up.

Finally, the device is totally useful for Blackberry lovers, people love to text/chat, businessmen and students. BBM Expands To iOS & Android so don’t hesitate to re-change your device again to Blackberry. All Social Media apps is available and additional apps from Blackberry World.

The device is available at Concept Co. for 209KD with a year warranty by Concept Co.

Concept Stores: The Avenues, Shraq, Hawali or Farwaniya

Phone: 22200797 / 22656330

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Oud Play In AlHamra Tower

I saw AlHamra Tower Instagram this week posting up about oud play night at AlHamra Mall. I planned to visit up this week play, but got busy with extra tasks. Therefore, HiKuwait Blog posted up a short oud play happened last Monday in AlHamra Mall. The oud play is available weekly on Monday and Thursday.

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New MonaLisa By Bazaar Magazine

Eye catching magazine cover by Bazaar Magazine (May 2013 Issue). I was at Grand Avenues lately today and I passed to one of the cafe’s to buy a bottle of water. On my way to the exit the cafe, I founded Bazaar’s Magazine with impressed notion cover page of MonaLisa. I don’t really know what this issue cover defines, however I really liked it, as it is a solid eye catchy photo attracts us more to grab the magazine.

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BBM Expands To iOS & Android

Posted by Khalil in News | Others | Technology | World Life - (1 Comments)

Recently Blackberry RIM announced to expand more on Blackberry Messenger (BBM) not only targeting the Blackberry users by all the world. Blackberry made life easier for people to connect with your entire mobile social network.

This summer BBM will be available on the AppStore (For Apple iOS users) and PlayStore (For Android OS users). The first expected version got a new features and exposure on BBM App such as:

The immediacy of BBM chats
Multi-person chats
Voice note sharing
BlackBerry Groups, where BBM users are able to set up groups of up to 30 people and share calendar, photos, files and more

From my point of view it is a new clever idea from Blackberry to merge all the smart-phones by connecting together. Would people stay using What’s App, Viber or either iMessage.

Source Blackberry Blog

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Kuwait Tourism Exhibition 2013

Posted by Khalil in Exhibition | Kuwait Life | Others | Travel | World Life - (0 Comments)

Year and year the expo’s stay with the same concept, designs, and promotions. Last year I visited Kuwait Tourism Exhibition 2012, although this year I intellect myself to visit the Tourism Exhibition 2013. As accustomed nothing really exciting or new. I had a quick tour to around the hall and saw organizations giving up brochures or chatting together. At the end before leaving, I saw Kuwait Airways Flight Simulator, so I had time to discover the simulator available guided by one of the employees.

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What Can You Do With The 100Fils?

Posted by Khalil in Economy | Kuwait Life | Others | World Life - (3 Comments)

As in a daily routine, I usually get some change back either cash note or coins. In Kuwait, the 100fils worth something such as:

You can pay your car park
Eat: Falafel Sandwich/Have Breakfast
Drink: Get a bottle of water or coke
Give it as a tip
Photo-Copy a Paper

So we are still fine economy, thanks god we are living in the most lovely country Kuwait.

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Tartine Sandwich Boutique

Posted by Khalil in Kuwait Life | Others | Restaurant/Food | Reviews - (0 Comments)

Brand new restaurant and food opened recently. Tartine Sandwich Boutique one of the new small businesses opened their official store after serving their food from home and participating at public events. Today I’ve received for lunch Waffles Ma’s Chicken Salad Sandwich, Vegan Cobb Salad, Pomegranate Blueberry Smoothie and Pancake Balls.

I sat for some seconds thinking, have I ate before waffles sandwiches. It was extremely new for me and however it is really delicious, but the waffles is bit thick and heavy. As for the Vegan Cobb Salad it is the first time for me to eat. The salad is made of vegetables, avocado, tofu, bacon with red vinegar dressing served with a toll jar.

From my point view, it is really excellent food concept restaurant built locally with the combination of waffles with main dishes. I rate Tartine Sandwich Boutique food 07/10.

Delivery Available: 2241 8171

Instagram & Twitter: @tartinekw