In the Arab world, people smoke, as part of their culture and traditions. Social smoking is done with a single or double hose, and sometimes even more numerous such as a triple or quadruple hose in the forms of parties or small get-togethers. Most cafés are widespread and are amongst the chief social gathering places in the Arab world.
The water pipe, also known as shisha, hookah, narghile, goza, and hubble bubble, has long been used for tobacco consumption in the Middle East, India, and parts of Asia, and more recently has been introduced into the smokeless tobacco market in western nations (Neergaard, 2006).
Shisha is a mixture of tobacco and treacle, honey or sugar, and distilled water with fruit flavors. Shisha tobacco is very light and flavorful with a wonderful fruity aroma. Shisha is not your typical tobacco. It's nothing like the tobacco in cigars, cigarettes or dip. No, smoking true narguile shisha is an entirely different sensation. Shisha Tobacco is smoked for flavor and not for any kind of effect. It proves a relaxing and peaceful pursuit. Shisha is very light and flavorful, with a wonderful fruity aroma. The most popular flavor is apple and others include strawberry, pineapple, apricot, grape, rose, mint and even cappuccino!
In the Middle East, from Turkey to India, there are shisha cafes where people gather to smoke and drink coffee or tea. Smoking shisha can last two hours or more and is a very peaceful, social occasion, generally filled with friendly conversation. A shisha smoking session can last from thirty minutes up to an hour.
Parts of shisha pipe
Setup of shisha pipe:
1. Fill the glass base with ice & water. Be sure to fill it to the point where the tube of the shaft is one inch deep in water once it is put in place.
2. Connect the shaft to the glass base. Make sure when you connect it that it is air tight. Using the small rubber insert, attach the hose to the shaft; again make sure that it is air tight.
3. Pack the bowl with some shisha. Fill the bowl to the top by sprinkling the shisha and leaving a flat top layer. Do not pack the bowl too tight for it will make it harder to inhale and will not allow the shisha to burn properly.
4. Attach the tray to the shaft.
5. Attach the larger rubber insert to the top of the hookah shaft and place the bowl tightly on top.
6. Once the bowl is put in place then you must place the charcoal screen or aluminum foil on to the top of the bowl covering the shisha. Cut a square piece of aluminum foil and wrap it around the top part of the bowl or use a piece of the precut hookah foils (recommended). Once it is wrapped around tightly, poke little holes in it using a toothpick or any other sharp object. Make sure you have enough holes to allow the charcoal to burn the shisha.
7. Next light up a piece of charcoal until they are red hot and place them around the edges of the top of the charcoal screen or the aluminum foil. Length of time for lighting up of the charcoal depends on if the charcoal is quick lighting or not.
8. Start taking a series of rapid small puffs to get the shisha burning. You will know that it is burning properly once smoke starts to build up in the glass base of the hookah and starts to flow easily through the hose.
9. After you have completed all of these steps you should be on your way to a pleasant hookah smoke session.
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| The Cozmo's Bowling Alley |
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| The fellaz hanging out |
After I finished my work for the day, I was back at home thinking of my responsibilities and the pressures of my job. What I really needed was to refresh my mind and take the time for some physical fitness. Then a friend of mine called, and feeling the same, she suggested we go bowling at Cozmo. As a bowling lover, I agreed immediately.
We met at 7pm at Salmiya City Centre on the 1st floor, where the Cozmo bowling centre is located. The place was not crowded, and my friend and I paid 2 KD each for an hour of bowling.
It was my first visit to Cozmo; I was impressed by the atmosphere, and its other fun activities such as billiards, videogames, and the shop for gaming gear, and so on,
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| Grabbing a bite at the mall. |
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A quick bite while shopping
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Can you imagine an excursion without eating out? I’m sure your answer would be a resounding and unequivocal ‘no.’ Good food has always been a key part of all special occasions and events in my life, and when it comes to traveling, eating out becomes as important and attractive as sightseeing. Taste takes the center stage with sights and sounds of the place you’re visiting and becomes one of the best things to remember about your trip.
Like all bustling cities of the world, Kuwait’s capital city is also teeming with amazing eating out options serving not only Kuwait’s tantalizing traditional food, but also cuisine from around the globe.
Hookah setup. (n.d.). Texas Hookah. Retrieved December 5, 2011 from http://www.texashookah.com/setup.html
Neergaard, J., Singh, P., Job, J., & Montgomery, S. (2007). Water pipe smoking and nicotine exposure: A review of the current evidence. Retrieved from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. December 5, 2011.
