Comments on: Salaam, Dubai http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/ The Marketing Rebel RANT Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:59:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: dubai homes http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-11182 dubai homes Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:37:35 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-11182 Yes dubai is grate place. Thanks for sharing john Yes dubai is grate place. Thanks for sharing john

]]> By: thomas fallen http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 thomas fallen Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:24:49 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4097 Great, now I got to research and visit this strange place, dubai. Thanks a lot :P Great, now I got to research and visit this strange place, dubai. Thanks a lot :P

]]> By: Sunita Pandit http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4110 Sunita Pandit Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:08:47 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4110 PS Thank you Ernesto for inviting John to the meeting and thank you John for sharing! Sunita Pandit PS
Thank you Ernesto for inviting John to the meeting and thank you John for sharing!
Sunita Pandit

]]> By: Sunita Pandit http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4109 Sunita Pandit Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:07:51 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4109 Dear John, I am extremely pleased and proud of you that you have taken the time and effort to open up some Yankee eyes and reminded us all that we don't live in a cocoon! We are a global economy. We all don't live in the cyber world of IM. Attending meetings is good for the soul and especially when one can travel abroad, it helps to broaden your outlook on life! And most important you play an important role in influencing people of another land in their outlook on life. When I was young (in the 70's) and would spend a summer in India, many Indians were afraid to talk to us because there was an AURA about us Americans (even us Indian Americans) that was hard to break. Once of course they would talk to us they would realize that we were alike! Now they know more about us than we do thanks to Satellite, Internet and don't forget Oparah! Our first generation has adapted so well that I am jealous! My 18 year old son attends a Catholic college where he is majoring in business, lives 20 minutes away so he can be home on weekends for Indian food and 'borrow the car'. He is an avid golfer and wants to become a pro. He also is a member of the Univ of Pitt Bhangara dance team. Bhangara is a lively folk dance from the state of Punjab. And most importantly, he is a proud conservative Republican American who sports equal number of Indian and American friends! What a melting pot the US is. And thanks to you for reminding us all of it! Sunita Pandit Dear John,
I am extremely pleased and proud of you that you have taken the time and effort to open up some Yankee eyes and reminded us all that we don’t live in a cocoon! We are a global economy. We all don’t live in the cyber world of IM. Attending meetings is good for the soul and especially when one can travel abroad, it helps to broaden your outlook on life! And most important you play an important role in influencing people of another land in their outlook on life.
When I was young (in the 70’s) and would spend a summer in India, many Indians were afraid to talk to us because there was an AURA about us Americans (even us Indian Americans) that was hard to break. Once of course they would talk to us they would realize that we were alike! Now they know more about us than we do thanks to Satellite, Internet and don’t forget Oparah!
Our first generation has adapted so well that I am jealous! My 18 year old son attends a Catholic college where he is majoring in business, lives 20 minutes away so he can be home on weekends for Indian food and ‘borrow the car’. He is an avid golfer and wants to become a pro. He also is a member of the Univ of Pitt Bhangara dance team. Bhangara is a lively folk dance from the state of Punjab. And most importantly, he is a proud conservative Republican American who sports equal number of Indian and American friends!
What a melting pot the US is. And thanks to you for reminding us all of it!
Sunita Pandit

]]> By: Ernesto Verdugo http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4108 Ernesto Verdugo Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:38:54 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4108 John this is Ernesto, (For those who read the post, the intriguing Mexican Living in Amsterdam) I loved your post! Indeed I think for me those evenings hanging out in the bedouin tent smiking shisha will remain one of the nicest memories of the entire trip. It was amazing having you in Dubai! Hope to have you again speaking somewhere else in the Middle East or Holland in the future Ernesto John this is Ernesto, (For those who read the post, the intriguing Mexican Living in Amsterdam) I loved your post! Indeed I think for me those evenings hanging out in the bedouin tent smiking shisha will remain one of the nicest memories of the entire trip.

It was amazing having you in Dubai!

Hope to have you again speaking somewhere else in the Middle East or Holland in the future

Ernesto

]]> By: David Van Hulst http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 David Van Hulst Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:05:11 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4107 Hey John, I lived in Dubai and Saudi Arabia in the 90's. Matter of fact, left directly from Miami after Halbert's Hurricane Seminar where I met you briefly. Ran a small ad agency there for a short time before being recruited by a Saudi to start an ad agency in Dhahran. Did you take a boat ride across the "creek?" Dubai is an unreal place, hope to see it again soon. Welcome back! Hey John,
I lived in Dubai and Saudi Arabia in the 90’s. Matter of fact, left directly from Miami after Halbert’s Hurricane Seminar where I met you briefly. Ran a small ad agency there for a short time before being recruited by a Saudi to start an ad agency in Dhahran. Did you take a boat ride across the “creek?” Dubai is an unreal place, hope to see it again soon.
Welcome back!

]]> By: Mahmood Bashash http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4106 Mahmood Bashash Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:04:23 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4106 I was one of the attendees in that seminar and I really enjoyed. However, John, you were not that much ready for the seminar because you had to look at your notes minute by minute, but, it was marvelouse and useful. I hope to see you again... I was one of the attendees in that seminar and I really enjoyed. However, John, you were not that much ready for the seminar because you had to look at your notes minute by minute, but, it was marvelouse and useful.
I hope to see you again…

]]> By: Kevin Rogers http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4105 Kevin Rogers Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:05:15 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4105 This is a fookin' great piece, John! And OH, how well I know this pain: (”Does ‘zombie’ translate well here?” I asked, to a sea of blank stares. “How about ‘roadkill’?” Lots of blinking.) Welcome home! This is a fookin’ great piece, John! And OH, how well I know this pain: (”Does ‘zombie’ translate well here?” I asked, to a sea of blank stares. “How about ‘roadkill’?” Lots of blinking.)

Welcome home!

]]> By: Steve Markowski http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4104 Steve Markowski Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:38:56 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4104 Sounds like folks are a bit more well mannered abroad. The US freedom to offend doesn't play that well overseas. Welcome back. Sounds like folks are a bit more well mannered abroad. The US freedom to offend doesn’t play that well overseas.

Welcome back.

]]> By: Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/salaam-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-4103 Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:16:13 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2008/12/12/salaam-dubai/#comment-4103 Interesting any countries are more sexually uptight than the good ol' U.S. of A. Can't wait to see pix, John! Interesting any countries are more sexually uptight than the good ol’ U.S. of A. Can’t wait to see pix, John!

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