After 5 days of 4 hours of sleep and 18 hour days finally heading back home to Karachi. Good trip. Details later.
Category: Alchemy stuff
On Shaikh Zayed Road
Three days in a row I have made the trek from Dubai to Abu Dhabi with Nasr. On the last two trips we hooked up the laptop to the Etisalat EVDO USB device to see how internet connectivity works on the highway. I was very pleased with my ability to turn the 90 minute ride…
Get help early for your child
NYT article on speech delays and child development. Getting Taha to Anika Shah a year before he started school has made a world of difference in his life and ours and it made it possible for him to focus on settling down at CAS without worrying about academics. Don’t ignore the signs, don’t be in…
Dubai Tech Nights – 9th February 2010
It ended up being an evening full of surprises. When Adnan first checked with me about my availability on the 9th for Dubai Tech Nights I thought we were talking about a small gathering. So when I walked in at 5:45pm after following some really colorful directions to Room 212 at the RIT campus at…
Working with Promethean boards
So it was an interesting transition to go from a conventional white board to a promethean white board at the training academy the other day. My first reaction was this is to coarse and slow for it to be honored by my presence and my pen, but after twenty minute of usage I was sold….
On the road between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
I spent the last two days on the road between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Nasr closed a training engagement with a forward looking bank in Abu Dhabi and off we went to teach a treasury team. For an outsider, Abu Dhabi is a lovely city with tremendous potential. During our last two trips we had…
Oil Insights – Oil Prices, Peak Oil debate and drivers for those who have never looked at oil before
I am not a trader, nor an analyst. Technically speaking, I have only worked for an Investment Bank once in my life and that too on the margin trading and risk management desk. I am good with numbers and while I have done well with Excel, Lotus 123 and Symphony, I am not the distinguished…
Crude Oil Update – June 2009
(Analyst Note: Once again a dated note but with very relevant product, consumption and trends data) The spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil remained in the neighborhood of $70 / bbl through most of June peaking at $72.69 / bbl. World oil consumption compared with the prior year was down an average…
Taha
I don’t know where he goes when he looks through me. His don’t disturb me, I am thinking look… If he is sitting with me, I can feel the transition and the change. The momentum shifts, he slows downs and settles, like our Civic adjusting to the fourth gear and cruising at 60 miles an…
Friends, finally…
It’s 8:40 am. I am standing outside Taha’s class waiting for him to make his grand entrance and he is waiting for Naureen to catch his eye and Naureen looks up. She whispers a few magical words and the entire class of 5 year olds streams out of KG-1B and there are hugs and kisses…