It kicked off to a great start!
Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed came to inaugurate the event. He's really tall and imposing... but very charismatic. Protocol: when royalty walks in, everyone has to stand and remain standing until they are seated.
Cool exhibit- the biker powers the headlight (which is also the biker's head :P)
Shell's electric car- it fits one person who weighs less than 50 kg. This little boy was enjoying the attention :)
I met Rajendra Pachauri!
M networked with the PRT people. I like the idea of traveling in podcars... but they only go up to 40 km/hrPRT (Personal Rapid Transit)- London Heathrow has them too!
And MIT held a public relations event
Dinner entertainment was pole-dancing! I thought it was kinda ironic since this is the Middle East after all... but I was told it's more "sophisticated" than belly dancing.
One guy at our table took offence and turned his back on the dancers facing us instead. I resisted the temptation to point out to him that we weren't exactly family either!
The singer had an awesome voice! She sang "Killing Me Softly"
The perfect ending- delicous :)
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I see you've learned tact. Oh and that's not pole dancing! Where's the pole?
ReplyDeletelondon heathrow will hav them.. duzn hav em yet !!!
ReplyDeleteand wats wrong with 40kph man !!! i say give them to all the oldies/disabled out there !!! :D
@Shade, you're right... it was more like a rubber pipe covered with cloth
ReplyDelete@AbdulSami they were marketing their product (guess it's ok to lie through your teeth?)
it cracks me up to imagine a 65+ year old zooming by on a PRT :)
lol rather in a prt then a porsche !!!
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