Hello all, today in the office we had some time to review the construction drawings and take a look at the architectural drawings for the Kingdom of Sheva project prior to our quiz. Today our first team assignment was assigned. We are required to prepare a professional presentation for all the topics we have been learning and to maintain a blog for the work we do during our time with Dubai Construction Company (feel free to follow at www.dsipprogram.blogspot.com). We ended our day in the office with the first part of the construction management presentation, informing us of the responsibilities and role a project manager has on a construction site.
More importantly was dinner! Mr. Yabroudi took us all out to dinner in the Dubai Mall (biggest mall in the World).
My professor Mr. Clemence and his wife went in Mr. Yabroudi’s Mercedes Benz! Twas nice! We ate at a Lebanese restaurant. I purposely sat next to a LAU friend so they could explain all the food. We never saw a menu all, Mr Yabroudi ordered for us and before we knew it out table was being flooded with food and it didn’t stop for a solid 20 mins. I was one of 2 people that tried everything. I was not a fan of the Lebanese Baba Ghanouj. Some of my favorite items included, Fatouch, a fresh salad with paprika and mint. I also really enjoyed Rakakat which is the Lebanese version of mozzarella sticks. For the main course we all enjoyed a large platter of barbecued chicken, lamb, and mixed meet placed under a tomato based pizza cracker. This dish was called Mashawi, and had subtle curry spice after taster with predominant smoky and sweet flavors. So much great flavor and tender meat! To finish our meal a wonderful set of sweet treats arrived at the tables. My hands down favorite was the 6 kinds (yes I tried all of them) of Baklawah (Lebanese spelling), a layered nut and pastry dough, resembling caramel flavors. My new favorite dessert is Namoura. This is a dense caramel pastry made with toasted pine nuts and corn meal. By the end of the meal I was over full but I did not care one bit knowing the epic meal I just had.
Once home I decided to hang in the LAU students room where we simply sat around and joked around looking at the pictures of the day’s events. Thanks for following, talk to you soon! (Picture to follow soon)
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