Thoughts have been always crossing my mind about pedestrians in Kuwait, wondering if it's possible for anyone to cross roads walking without any fear especially now days we can't feel safe in our own cars on the roads.
I took the adventure, got dressed got my ipod and bottle of water and hit the streets, left my cellular phone at home, my ID and all those stuff that I usually carry with me just in case. LOVELY!
Walked from my place to another near by area which usually takes 5 -10min. By car and it took me 45min. walking, Amazing! My speed was 5.5mile/hour and still it took 45minutes. That's a lot to be honest. It was scary to cross those streets specially when cars were speeding in a residential area and more fear when i crossed the bridge with cars speeding on the curved bridge, this didn't stop me from sneak a look from the highest point on the bridge to see the traffic underneath and then feel the shaky (hatholy il 7adayed on the side of the bridge) which was broken.
Usually this seen would be a river or a park underneath instead it was speeding cars, noisy horns and clash noise of an accident, for a while i felt out of the country until the accident happened i smiled and ran of the bridge then thought to my self "
what the hell i was thinking I'm in Kuwait not in Europe".
Reached my destination which was the walking lane in the other area jogged few circuits and hit the streets back home, One thing really disappointed my trip really broke my heart was the garbage. Personally I have never ever seen Kuwait this dirty in my life I remember many years back I used to go out with my friends on our bikes cruising in our area I can't remember any bad smell or meat and trash kept in the middle of the streets, I can't even remember passing by a garbage can filled with bags and cats and some of them on the ground with boxes and rubbish!
Honestly is this how civilized Kuwaiti's have become? Is this where we live in? I had doubts that I belong to such filthy place, What shocked me the most is the houses fronts they are filthy dirty and the space in front of their house was actually their parking!! All of it! How come? ween il baladeya! Ok two, three cars parking in front of the house but not all of the space. Don't we have lots of Bengali workers to clean? Add to it most houses have more than one maid to help in cleaning!
But I did it and I don't think I would do it again with all the dirt I passed by :) And I decided I want to be wazeerat il baladeya :P I will be strict and kick asses,
- No more that 2 parking space in front of each house,
- No car shades in front of the whole house, there should be a space in front of each house front for walking,
- No house entrance in front of the other house garage,
- No zbala out of the garbage canes :)
- No house higher that its neighbor
- No apartments next to houses
And the main first thing I will work on is sue
Sara Alsewaidan for all her
mokhalafaat!
