I never really understood this: why do tourists bring their camera into the mall?

Meet Johnny, he's my made up tourist dude that just arrived to Dubai! YAY! DUUUUUUBAIIIIIIIII.....

I thought I'd post up this topic on here because I never really understood why so many tourists take their video camera, digital camera, satellite cameras or any other type of camera to the mall...? I mean, what is there that's so breath taking at; MOE, City Centre, Festival City, Mercato...? Dubai Mall yes, because of the Acquarium and the LCD displays in the centre... but besides that, nothing.

The funniest is when I see someone taking a pic in front of the window of a shop with the camera flash! What they do not realize is, flash + reflection is very bad for the image, secondly it proves their just window shoppers hahaha...

What's even more crazy is; there are a certain type of "individuals" who take their video cameras on weekends to IKEAAAAAA and just roam around... I mean WHAT THE H-E-L-L is going on here? hahaha...

Well you might think I'm nuts, but I bet the next time you see someone with a camera inside the mall or especially at IKEA you'll think of me

-Joey

[irishxpat]

Originally Posted by JoeyDee

Meet Johnny (attached), he's my made up tourist dude that just arrived to Dubai! YAY! DUUUUUUBAIIIIIIIII.....

I thought I'd post up this topic on here because I never really understood why so many tourists take their video camera, digital camera, satellite cameras or any other type of camera to the mall...? I mean, what is there that's so breath taking at; MOE, City Centre, Festival City, Mercato...? Dubai Mall yes, because of the Acquarium and the LCD displays in the centre... but besides that, nothing.

The funniest is when I see someone taking a pic in front of the window of a shop with the camera flash! What they do not realize is, flash + reflection is very bad for the image, secondly it proves their just window shoppers hahaha...

What's even more crazy is; there are a certain type of "individuals" who take their video cameras on weekends to IKEAAAAAA and just roam around... I mean WHAT THE H-E-L-L is going on here? hahaha...

Well you might think I'm nuts, but I bet the next time you see someone with a camera inside the mall or especially at IKEA you'll think of me

-Joey

i have just been to the top gear show in dublin when the presenters came out all the flashes went of dont people realise flashes are only efective upto around 10 ft ish oh and people with point and shoot cameras using digital zoom it does nothing except ruin picture quality thanks rant over Flickr: at least i try's Photostream

[dizzyizzy]

well let them have their fun i guess everybody has different tastes and gets entertained/amused by different things? nothing wrong in that if you ask me - as long as they don't take pics of people without their permission!

[mazdaRX8]

Havn't really seen anyone take pictures outside shop windows. Only seen em at the aquarium and just a few people taking shots of the architecture n stuff.

[Pimpin80]

JoeyDee: I noticed in another post that you are from Ottawa, Canada. I currently live in Montreal and I'm moving to Dubai by the end of january 2009. What field do you work in? And how do you find it so far? Are you considering moving back to Canada? If so, why? I'm a tad nervous as I am aiming for a real estate job and the market is apparently completely dead down there. Any info or opinion you can share with a fellow Canadian will be very much appreciated!

Originally Posted by Pimpin80

JoeyDee: I noticed in another post that you are from Ottawa, Canada. I currently live in Montreal and I'm moving to Dubai by the end of january 2009. What field do you work in? And how do you find it so far? Are you considering moving back to Canada? If so, why? I'm a tad nervous as I am aiming for a real estate job and the market is apparently completely dead down there. Any info or opinion you can share with a fellow Canadian will be very much appreciated!

Dude - I also live in Montreal, in St-Leornard!

I work in the Cinematic business - So bring movies from Hollywood & all parts of the world & market them in Dubai & across the UAE & Middle-East. In general entertainment is quite strong all over the world, Hollywood hasn't been affect by the financial crisis, however Real Estate and other types of retail banking and stuff like that are affect. Also Dubai is broke right now, take Emirates Airlines as an example, a large share of it was sold to Abu Dhabi Government due to minimal liquidity.

I worked all over Europe as a Creative Director and I was coming to Dubai every week if not every 2 weeks on business, so finally I got tired of always flying from various parts of Europe to Dubai and decided 2 years ago I'd come here... so I did... but you see, in Cinema not a lot of people who come to Dubai first think of working in that business... they all think like you, Real Estate or Finance or Advertising but those markets are saturated BIG TIME! And for now it's not a good time.

Im thinking of leaving DUbai by 2010, not sure where I'll go next, I'm thinking maybe, MAYBE - Moscow, Prague or back to the States, NY or LA.

But I do miss Canada - I go back every 4 months and just suck up everything it has to offer, that means even just sitting on the patio and starring at a large maple leaf tree!

BTW I heard the Canadians are doing very good this year no? If it was one thing I'd wish for in Dubai, it would be to watch a live HOCKEY game!

-JOey

[Pimpin80]

Originally Posted by JoeyDee

Dude - I also live in Montreal, in St-Leornard!

I work in the Cinematic business - So bring movies from Hollywood & all parts of the world & market them in Dubai & across the UAE & Middle-East. In general entertainment is quite strong all over the world, Hollywood hasn't been affect by the financial crisis, however Real Estate and other types of retail banking and stuff like that are affect. Also Dubai is broke right now, take Emirates Airlines as an example, a large share of it was sold to Abu Dhabi Government due to minimal liquidity.

I worked all over Europe as a Creative Director and I was coming to Dubai every week if not every 2 weeks on business, so finally I got tired of always flying from various parts of Europe to Dubai and decided 2 years ago I'd come here... so I did... but you see, in Cinema not a lot of people who come to Dubai first think of working in that business... they all think like you, Real Estate or Finance or Advertising but those markets are saturated BIG TIME! And for now it's not a good time.

Im thinking of leaving DUbai by 2010, not sure where I'll go next, I'm thinking maybe, MAYBE - Moscow, Prague or back to the States, NY or LA.

But I do miss Canada - I go back every 4 months and just suck up everything it has to offer, that means even just sitting on the patio and starring at a large maple leaf tree!

BTW I heard the Canadians are doing very good this year no? If it was one thing I'd wish for in Dubai, it would be to watch a live HOCKEY game!

-JOey

Nice! I have a lot of italian friends in st-leonard, very nice people, and the food their moms/wives cook, mamamia lol! I'm sure you have a blast working in the cinema industry, quite different from the average worker's field! I do realize that real estate is saturated, but my options are a bit limited. I have 5 years of experience in a 5 star hotel (the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, I'm sure you know this place!) as a royal service agent (customer service for the rich, basically!) and I have a college certification as a real estate agent. I could work in either of these fields, but for most other jobs I wouldn't fit the qualifications that employers require.

Do you think I could get hired in a management position in a hotel down there? I've seen positions advertised that offer about 12-15k a month + accomodations (front office manager and the like). I have all the experience they require but I don't have any official management experience, although I know very well how things work and I do supervise employees a bit here.

Thanx a bunch,
Khaled

Originally Posted by Pimpin80

Do you think I could get hired in a management position in a hotel down there? I've seen positions advertised that offer about 12-15k a month + accomodations (front office manager and the like).

I'll let you answer that question;

Knowing you are in Montreal and your name is Khaled, I'm guessing since you speak English, you must know french & arabic as well? Correct?

So think about it, you speak 3 languages + x number of experience in your field - I think your chance are quite good, if not better than any other candidate that only speaks 1 language (English).

-Joey

[Pimpin80]

Originally Posted by JoeyDee

I'll let you answer that question;

Knowing you are in Montreal and your name is Khaled, I'm guessing since you speak English, you must know french & arabic as well? Correct?

So think about it, you speak 3 languages + x number of experience in your field - I think your chance are quite good, if not better than any other candidate that only speaks 1 language (English).

-Joey

Waahhhh man you just made my day, somehow this move is stressing me out more than it should! Ya i speak french, english, arabic, and a bit of spanish! However my arabic is from Tunisia so it will need some adjustment, but a month or so should do it! Well that's great news! You'll probably find me managing the front desk of a major hotel in Dubai if I can't secure something decent in real estate! Remember me to buy you a drink when I get there man!

[Haylz87]

Originally Posted by Pimpin80

JoeyDee: I noticed in another post that you are from Ottawa, Canada. I currently live in Montreal and I'm moving to Dubai by the end of january 2009. What field do you work in? And how do you find it so far? Are you considering moving back to Canada? If so, why? I'm a tad nervous as I am aiming for a real estate job and the market is apparently completely dead down there. Any info or opinion you can share with a fellow Canadian will be very much appreciated!

Hi i noticed ur looking for a job in the real estate, A couple of my friends work in real estate and they say the market is completely dead and a lot of people have been sacked from their company because of it. Also Emaar and Nakheel (Two of the biggest developers (nakheel - palm islands and emaar - Burj Dubai, tallest building in the world) have just got rid of a lot of people... Nahkeel was 1,000 people + sold shares to Abu Dhabi govenment and Emaar 800 people, So its not looking too good at the moment.