More freedom than America: not something you'd imagine when hearing Kuwait, but in a lot of aspects it is.
I've already mentioned the driving here. The rules of driving are minimal, and it's actually quite nice. All cars have an alarm beep that sounds when traveling over 120kph, and there are traffic stops where it'll just take a picture of your car if you're going faster than that (and a ticket will be mailed). Something that is just known, and if you know where these cameras are then you're good.
Something I REALLY enjoy, especially being a woman, is the ability to get birth control with no prescription. This was far off from what I expected prior to arriving. My thoughts coming were that sex wasn't mentioned--it was haraam (sinful). But, actually it's quite the opposite here. Women are very open (with other women) about sex, keeping protected, and everything. It's just not something you share with the opposite gender.
And, on top of cheap birth control prescriptions is CHEAP ANTIBIOTICS. Which you also don't need a prescription for. You go into a pharmacy, ask to show you ___, ___, and ____. And you can CHOOSE your antibiotic. They'll even help you if you aren't sure what will be best for your symptoms.
Which brings me to yet another enjoyable thing--free healthcare. Sorry to those against it in America, but it really is a great thing. And just think, here the government pays them just for being Kuwaiti (so, sorry America, but you're way behind). So health care is free, and really cheap. For a visit to ANY doctor (dentist, regular, foot, back..) it's about 1kd. Equal to $3-$4 USD. It really makes you think...what's America doing wrong? Sure, Kuwait is allied and protected to the US due to it's oil, but the things that are available here are WAY different than America.
Gas--3-5KD to fill a HUMMER, a hummer! AKA $10-15USD for a HUGE truck. Hmmm...
Healthcare--1KD
"Prescriptions"--1KD
I feel more free here than America...I have more things accessible to me at my fingertips than I ever have before. Even alcohol (which is "illegal" to muslims).
Word of the day: Haraam (used to describe something that is bad or sinful to Islamic religion...sex, drugs, cheating on a test...etc)
Happy EID everyone! I'll be on break from Wednesday-Tuesday. And now I have my civil ID to travel. We'll see.
I've already mentioned the driving here. The rules of driving are minimal, and it's actually quite nice. All cars have an alarm beep that sounds when traveling over 120kph, and there are traffic stops where it'll just take a picture of your car if you're going faster than that (and a ticket will be mailed). Something that is just known, and if you know where these cameras are then you're good.
Something I REALLY enjoy, especially being a woman, is the ability to get birth control with no prescription. This was far off from what I expected prior to arriving. My thoughts coming were that sex wasn't mentioned--it was haraam (sinful). But, actually it's quite the opposite here. Women are very open (with other women) about sex, keeping protected, and everything. It's just not something you share with the opposite gender.
And, on top of cheap birth control prescriptions is CHEAP ANTIBIOTICS. Which you also don't need a prescription for. You go into a pharmacy, ask to show you ___, ___, and ____. And you can CHOOSE your antibiotic. They'll even help you if you aren't sure what will be best for your symptoms.
Which brings me to yet another enjoyable thing--free healthcare. Sorry to those against it in America, but it really is a great thing. And just think, here the government pays them just for being Kuwaiti (so, sorry America, but you're way behind). So health care is free, and really cheap. For a visit to ANY doctor (dentist, regular, foot, back..) it's about 1kd. Equal to $3-$4 USD. It really makes you think...what's America doing wrong? Sure, Kuwait is allied and protected to the US due to it's oil, but the things that are available here are WAY different than America.
Gas--3-5KD to fill a HUMMER, a hummer! AKA $10-15USD for a HUGE truck. Hmmm...
Healthcare--1KD
"Prescriptions"--1KD
I feel more free here than America...I have more things accessible to me at my fingertips than I ever have before. Even alcohol (which is "illegal" to muslims).
Word of the day: Haraam (used to describe something that is bad or sinful to Islamic religion...sex, drugs, cheating on a test...etc)
Happy EID everyone! I'll be on break from Wednesday-Tuesday. And now I have my civil ID to travel. We'll see.
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