David Lampe in Beijing-shi (Peking)

NightView @ Dubai.ae

The BurjDubai @ 08:50pm on Oct, 25th 07

ShangriLa and Dusit Hotel - surrounded by constructions...

... feel the heartbeat of the NewDubai 2007 - The Dubai International Financial Centre.

An haven of tranquility @ DIFC.

The Emirates Towers as seen from the watersurface @ DIFC - "The Gate".

"The Gate" - en detail.

Die Eröffnung des Raffles Dubai Anfang Oktober...

...darf es etwas mehr sein, ein echter Steinway @ AED 500.000 mit eigenem dekoriertem
mit SteinwayZertifikat versehenem Pianist - located at The Lobby of Raffles Dubai.

Und weil es so schön ist - DubaiGrandHyatt "vice asrev".

Part Monat Oktober - End of Ramdan:

Nationalfeiertag am 3. Oktober 2007 im JW Marriott's Hofbräuhaus.

Immer kräftig am feiern: Sigi und Alex!

Party im Oktoberfestzelt am 23. Oktober 2007.

Tanz zum "Griechischem Wein" zu fortgeschrittener Stunde...

... Arne und Kim...

...Sebastian und ich...

...und SuLang und DaLampe.

Das OktoberfestTeam - SPITZEN PARTY!!!!

"Am Ende".

Die echte Wiesn in Zahlen:

Die Theresienwiese ist 42 Hektar groß. Die Fläche des Festgeländes beträgt 31 Hektar.
Die durchschnittliche Besucherzahl beträgt jährlich um die 6 Millionen. 2006 wurden 6,5 Millionen Besucher verzeichnet. Der bisherige Rekord wurde 1985 mit 7,1 Millionen Besuchern erreicht.
Für 100.000 Personen stehen Sitzplätze zur Verfügung.
Jährlich arbeiten etwa 12.000 Personen auf der Wiesn, davon sind 1600 Kellnerinnen und Kellner.
Durchschnittlich werden jedes Jahr rund 60.000 Hektoliter Bier und knapp 500.000 Brathendl verkauft.
Während einer Wiesn werden schätzungsweise etwa 1 Milliarde Euro Umsatz erwirtschaftet.

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Doppeldecker B'Day Party von und mit Muzza:

Im Bilde: Arne, Basti, David,
Sigi und Arnes Freundin
und der Muzzafer.

This Story is true and really happened in a famous Hotel in London GB, enjoy:

Dear Maid,

Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and the other three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way. Thank you,

S. Berman

Dear Room 635,

I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as you requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This leaves only the 3 bars I left today as my instructions from the management is to leave 3 soaps daily. I hope this is satisfactory.

Kathy, Relief Maid

Dear Maid — I hope you are my regular maid.

Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening I found you had added 3 little Camays to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I am going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own bath-size Dial so I won't need those 6 little Camays which are on the shelf. They are in my way when shaving, brushing teeth, etc. Please remove them.

S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,

My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we are instructed to do by the management. I took the 6 soaps which were in your way on the shelf and put them in the soap dish where your Dial was. I put the Dial in the medicine cabinet for your convenience. I didn't remove the 3 complimentary soaps which are always placed inside the medicine cabinet for all new check-ins and which you did not object to when you checked in last Monday. Please let my know if I can offer further assistance.

Your regular maid, Dotty

Dear Mr. Berman,

The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this morning that you called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will accept my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any future complaints please contact me so I can give it my personal attention. Call extension 1108 between 8am and 5pm. Thank you.

Elaine Carmen Housekeeper

Dear Miss Carmen,

It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7.45am and don't get back before 5.30 or 6pm. That's the reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. You were already off duty. I only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new check-in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my medicine cabinet along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the bath-room shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars of soap. Why are you doing this to me?

S. Berman

Dear Mr. Barman,

Your maid, Kathy, has been instructed to stop delivering soap to your room and remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance, please call extension 1108 between 8am and 5pm. Thank you,

Elaine Carmen, Housekeeper

Dear Mr. Kensedder,

My bath-size Dial is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my room including my own bath-size Dial. I came in late last night and had to call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets.

S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,

I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap problem. I cannot understand why there was no soap in your room since our maids are instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they service a room. The situation will be rectified immediately. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience.

Martin L. Kensedder Assistant Manager

Dear Mrs. Carmen,

Who the hell left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in last night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars of Camay. I want my one damn bar of bath-size Dial. Do you realize I have 54 bars of soap in here. All I want is my bath-size Dial. Please give me back my bath-size Dial.

S. Berman

Dear Mr. Berman,

You complained of too much soap in your room so I had them removed. Then you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing so I personally returned them. The 24 Camays which had been taken and the 3 Camays you are supposed to receive daily. I don't know anything about the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not know I had returned your soaps so she also brought 24 Camays plus the 3 daily Camays. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel issues bath-size Dial. I was able to locate some bath-size Ivory which I left in your room.

Elaine Carmen Housekeeper

Dear Mrs.Carmen,

Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap inventory. As of today I possess:

On shelf under medicine cabinet — 18 Camay in 4 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
On Kleenex dispenser — 11 Camay in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 3.
On bedroom dresser — 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet, 1 stack of 4 hotel-size Ivory, and 8 Camay in 2 stacks of 4.
Inside medicine cabinet — 14 Camay in 3 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
In shower soap dish — 6 Camay, very moist.
On northeast corner of tub — 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly used.
On northwest corner of tub — 6 Camays in 2 stacks of 3.

Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the stacks are neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks of more than 4 have a tendency to tip. May I suggest that my bedroom window sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future soap deliveries. One more item, I have purchased another bar of bath-sized Dial which I am keeping in the hotel safe in order to avoid further misunderstandings.

S. Berman

September UPDATE:

Aus Dubai nix neues, ausser das Ramadan Einzu gehalten hat und mal wieder die absolute Stille in das Hotel gezogen ist. Die Auslastung droppt von über 100% währen der GITEX Anfang September auf 30%!! innerhalb von 4 Tagen. Man spürt langsam aber sicher den harten Wettbewerb der grossen 5-Sterne Häuser hier in der Wüstenmetropole.

Anbei noch ein paar exklusive Bilder von meinem "Besuch" des Raffles opside of DXBGH inmitten des Wafi City Komplexes. Warte an dieser Stelle noch auf die SWOT Anlyse von Dennis ;-).

Raffles Hotel Dubai - Pre-pre opening pictures: