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Well the work week is almost done and its been an interesting one. The big boss from London turned out to be a pretty cool guy. Wasn't very talkative, but again very bright and astute. Found out that the guys I work with (Jeremy and Neil) went to crazy good UK schools. Jeremy got into the London School of Economics but turned it down for God knows what reason, and Neil attended Oxford where he majored in philosophy and French. The University of Texas at Austin...I dunno...it just doesn't quite have that mmph the aforementioned colleges.
A big deal Dubai boat show is taking place next week. Due to the insane, water based projects currently going on this one promises to be the biggest one ever. One of the people involved in it this year is a company called Palm Submarines who makes personal submarines. They will develop private, commercial and military submarines and will start making ready to sell submarines in May. They start at $30,000 for a single person one, to eight million dollars for the the 20m long 'Intruder Submersible Patrol Vessel'. It's funny, the guy that is really the brains behind the operation is this Frenchman. No, thats not entirely fun in itself. He had just graduated from the Naval Academy in France when he got recruited into the special forces sector and spent quite a bit of time there. He eventually ended up in the US trying his hand at the submarine thing but was striking out. He had trouble getting financing from banks because of his nationality (he says) as well as the fact that the US government wasn't happy with him making submarines, believing that that could be used for nefarious reasons (see drug trafficking and/or terrorism operations). Lol, so he moves to the Middle East and gets financed by the UAE government to do the same thing. Hehe, I have a feeling the US government got the shitty end of that stick : D.
Got this to read from Jeremy so I can strengthen by business knowledge
And don't let the thrilling cover with two shoes fool you, this is about like truly thrilling stuff. "Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud, the stock-market bubble burst and the American business model - unfettered self - interest, privatization and low tax - faced a storm of protest. But what are the alternatives to the mantras of market fundamentalism?" My sleeping problem? Solved
Tomorrow going to have an outing with Thani and Nanna, possibly Kimmo as well. Oh, and maybe this guy Mohammed I know from ASD days (he was a year below) who is in town for spring break. Apparently Nanna's father's company, Nokia, is helping to sponsor Paul Van Dyke so I might be able to get some VVIP tickets for free. That would be so sweet :)
Thats all I got, but I'll take pictures of the boat show next week for sure and post.
Peace
Well the work week is almost done and its been an interesting one. The big boss from London turned out to be a pretty cool guy. Wasn't very talkative, but again very bright and astute. Found out that the guys I work with (Jeremy and Neil) went to crazy good UK schools. Jeremy got into the London School of Economics but turned it down for God knows what reason, and Neil attended Oxford where he majored in philosophy and French. The University of Texas at Austin...I dunno...it just doesn't quite have that mmph the aforementioned colleges.
A big deal Dubai boat show is taking place next week. Due to the insane, water based projects currently going on this one promises to be the biggest one ever. One of the people involved in it this year is a company called Palm Submarines who makes personal submarines. They will develop private, commercial and military submarines and will start making ready to sell submarines in May. They start at $30,000 for a single person one, to eight million dollars for the the 20m long 'Intruder Submersible Patrol Vessel'. It's funny, the guy that is really the brains behind the operation is this Frenchman. No, thats not entirely fun in itself. He had just graduated from the Naval Academy in France when he got recruited into the special forces sector and spent quite a bit of time there. He eventually ended up in the US trying his hand at the submarine thing but was striking out. He had trouble getting financing from banks because of his nationality (he says) as well as the fact that the US government wasn't happy with him making submarines, believing that that could be used for nefarious reasons (see drug trafficking and/or terrorism operations). Lol, so he moves to the Middle East and gets financed by the UAE government to do the same thing. Hehe, I have a feeling the US government got the shitty end of that stick : D.
Got this to read from Jeremy so I can strengthen by business knowledge
And don't let the thrilling cover with two shoes fool you, this is about like truly thrilling stuff. "Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud, the stock-market bubble burst and the American business model - unfettered self - interest, privatization and low tax - faced a storm of protest. But what are the alternatives to the mantras of market fundamentalism?" My sleeping problem? Solved
Tomorrow going to have an outing with Thani and Nanna, possibly Kimmo as well. Oh, and maybe this guy Mohammed I know from ASD days (he was a year below) who is in town for spring break. Apparently Nanna's father's company, Nokia, is helping to sponsor Paul Van Dyke so I might be able to get some VVIP tickets for free. That would be so sweet :)
Thats all I got, but I'll take pictures of the boat show next week for sure and post.
Peace