I don't have my glasses I'll just be looking like this
that's okay yeah well it's a sunny country so you can squint
so what your names? Ivana. Nader and where you guys from?
Slovakia Slovakia I'm pretty much from here but I'm an expat
okay interesting interesting originally Iranian born and raised in LA okay
Oh wow you've seen the world yes and now you were here in Kuwait yes so let's
let's start with you um I'm an expert yeah what's it like living in Kuwait how
long have you been here about a year and four months okay you've seen enough to
get a pretty good feel for it yeah
okay there's pros and cons to everything you know you cannot really say it's
definitely different different completely different well just relax
your to anywhere else in the world I used to live in London before for six
years okay so it is completely different it's hot
what's the first thing that like hits you when you when you get here
culture I think I'm sure everyone people are behaving different they have
different I'm gonna culture it's gonna have any friends opinions ideas
everything go on keep talking some people have never hello
because some people oh you know each other
these are my interviews from earlier yeah that's that's quite an air I think
that's one of the nice things about it right well we can see them
right because it's like it's a small community well it's it's good it's a
good and a bad thing yeah okay I think like with everything yeah you don't like
people know your every single step yeah and that sometimes not what you want yes
yeah you can't get any privacy freedom sometimes way so so if I was just to ask
you to put you on the spot what's the best thing about living in Kuwait the
best thing you've been here for a year and four months now what's the best
thing is this a complete honesty yeah money money yeah no that's fine because
because most people come for the money and I've just come from Doha and it's
the same thing you know you have people come to the money money's good tax free
yeah yeah yeah I think if it wasn't for money I don't think I would be here um I
don't know why I would be other this one anything you missed from back home in
Slovakia yes what was the things you miss well first of all family whatever
used our family fresh air fresh air okay nature it's a
bit polluted here yes yeah major mountains that come from mountains and I
think just my health my health just kind of like decrease since I've been here
yes you know what you eat you what exercise you do or yes I do a lot of
exercise any amount of exercise do I think it's like with the pollution and
also the food you don't know where this food is coming from how long it took for
this food to come here right yes so a thing like
food quality it's good but it's different hard to get it fresh yes
interesting that's it that's a good one yeah I just feel my body feels different
okay since I've moved here okay I'm not in a positive way to be okay that's good
hey introverted getting there trying to you know try to find out what the works
while I'm here doing the best with what you can write and Nassif I want to hear
from not that sorry food I want to I want to hear from you so from your
perspective just forget everything we've just hurt right I'm just like that's not
that bad okay but what's it like living in Kuwait for someone who's been all
over this how many years have you been look for I was I was here and I was 14
and I left LA when I was 15 I came back when I was 26
okay so you spent you spend most of your life spent yeah pretty much middle
school and kindergarten zero and then high school most of high school year and
then I left to LA for college and I see the fruit okay so coming from LA and
then coming back to living q8 like what are the pros the cons what a difference
going quite as warm was always home yeah pros like you know I don't what she said
money will I mean career-wise it's not as saturated so there's more
opportunities here okay build and yeah less competition
talk to the West Cantor was trending over there what I was doing there you
come copy/paste do here yeah that's kind of you know the idea that I had I wanted
to come here you know tap into the market over here
pros again comfort boy he's really comfortable cheap labor yeah everything
you know is given to you it's a nice comfortable life you know living in LA
for 12 years I had to put my own gas I've been here for three years I never
got out of my car even though honey yeah my guess I still find that weird to get
used to driving up and then just the guy filling out for me I just like I don't
think that being that comfortable to be having us
you think it's too comfortable yes okay and everything it's too comfortable is
it too easy yeah and then the cons I would say you
know like she said there's no major yeah yeah yeah and like outdoor activities
it's hard to do anything outdoors especially in the summer you limited
what you can also you know for me I'm very vocal
so you free from the freedom of speech the freedom and what I want to do to be
open yeah you're very limited tongue yes
society's very conservative kind of narrow-minded so yeah absolutely watch
what you do yeah put your energy not sure but I mean quit is always home I
love it there's a lot yeah it's more love for me because it's
all cuz it's a yes all my family's here yeah but I'd see experts yeah moving it
it's a culture shock yeah yeah it takes time to get used to it's not like Doha
it's not like a night where there's more freedom having a social life
you think yeah yes there's more things to do we want please to go out there
it's more I guess expat friendly and go home got any tips or advice for people
who are coming to live because people might watch this they might be about to
get on the plane you have Kuwait so have you got any any tips any advice at all
yeah I mean look Kuwait is beautiful it's it's the Middle East yeah going to
Dubai so superficial going to go how kind of a little bit as well superficial
yeah here is actually the minister you get to experience the culture yeah the
advices is not much you know please come good avenues all right avenues more eat
some good food and head back to the airport don't bring much clothes you
don't need to bring light load three t-shirts that's it you're gonna do a
plenty of shopping sweet and rice has come light cuz you're gonna get full yes
you get very full yeah
and I think just embrace it and make the most of it white make the most of it
enjoy it if you're coming you're probably coming for what two three four
or five years being here and being miserable so like once you hear just
like really embrace it but if you really don't like it then like I wouldn't stay
here yeah I wouldn't be I wouldn't be standing here if I really didn't like
yeah it can't be that bad right cuz rule here it's a Friday rule smiling yeah so
Meza and the weather's good got a nice skyline nice garden yep money's good
yeah yeah listening could be more yeah she deserves it thanks so much guys
pleasure to meet you thank you