I will spend the day at the Sony Gulf office, in the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone. It's about 40Km drive from downtown Dubai. We are supposed to look for a house for each of us, but the HR people say that, as we won't be staying at Dubai now, the house can wait. They say it's difficult to find a house/apartment in Dubai and once we find it we should seal the deal. We will only be coming to Dubai the earliest in the beginning of April. So, the company doesn't want to pay for an un-occupied house.
The next time, when we are already Sony Gulf employee, they will help us find a house......hopefully, we can get the ones that suit our requirements.....
At the office....there's no hint at all that we are in an Arab country......The majority of the workers here are either from India or the Philiphines.....so, other than English, Indian languages and Taglog are the "Lingua Franca" here. The Japanese only occupy managerial posts and there are not many of them.....may be less than 10.
Amin and I already have our own tables....and name cards. Unfortunately, they have my email address wrong and the Arabic version of my name is also wrong....so, I have them correct it.
Somebody will take us around Dubai today.....then, may be straight to the airport to catch our flight to Tehran....
So, tonight....at least....I won't be alone in Tehran......you'll appreciate company when you have spent 2 weeks living alone.....
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