EFTA02400779.pdf

From: Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:32 PM Subject: Report 2: i love being alive and wish you all the same! Hi Ep=tein peeps! I hope this finds all of you well! Her='s what happened in my new London life since last email. Some recruiters are mentally challenged: "Do you have accoun=ing and finance experience?" "I have a Stern MBA in accounting and finan=e, I was a mergers and acquisition analyst on Wall Street for 3 years, I worked for one of the biggest financiers in the US for 4 years, and I did privrte equity in Dubai." "So do you have finance experience?" "Sometimes l=try to balance my check book." Interview tips from recruiters: "Y=u do boxing?" "Yes, but I haven't done it for a week so I feel like beat=ng the shit out of someone now." "Please don't say that in an interview.=." "How would your colleagues describe you?" "Loud." "You can'= say that in an interview. How would your colleagues describe you?" "Lou=." 'sigh• "But I am loud!" "I can see that..." Ok, back in L=ndon after spending the weekend in Gothenburg. I felt confident that my 4-s=ar hotel would be better than the 3-star last week. The entrance and the la=yrinth of dark-wood paneled hallways and thick carpets a la Dracula are 4-s=ar. My room, however, resembled an economy train cabin. Note to self: take t=e reviews on Expedia=com chttp://Expedia.com/> seriously. I complained like nobody's business to=the hotel and told the hotel staff that my luggage had better been moved to=a new room by the time I got back from work! As they did not need to hear m= voice go to a higher pitch, my luggage had been moved to a better room whe= I got back... Someone told me that life and money goes so much fast=r in the real world, and it does! I've been to Sweden twice, started a temp=job in London last Friday, and joined the Mothership! I had my first=boxing class at Reebok. Everyone wears gloves and punches on standing bags.=A lot less fun than punching on pads. Nevertheless, in the beginning of cla=s we were supposed to pull out the punching bags on the floor. It was so he=vy i could only move it 5 cm. "Um... I'm good right here, 5 cm from the wal=..." That was just plain embarrassing! This boxing class was i= no sense up to the standards of NYUAD classes I've been spoiled with. Here= I felt like i was in a boxing-version of Fame! It really cracked me up to b= boxing and hiphop dance at the same time! EFTA_R1_01436649 EFTA02400779 I started temping a= Hess, an American oil company, last Friday. I'm with the Drilling team, so=when i filled out the "Business Purpose" in a travel form to Kurdistan for m= boss, it seemed as if I couldn't go wrong with: "Drilling for oil". Howeve=, that did not fly with the travel dep... On my first day at Hess, i=was told that if there's a fire alarm / evacuation, it's not a drill, it's a=ways the real thing. 4 days later i understand why they don't have drills: t=ere's already been 2 evacuations since i started! I'm concerned... I=love being alive and I wish you the same! Sent from my iPad 2 EFTA_R1_01436650 EFTA02400780