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Florence, Dubai, Antalya

Published by flag- Ali Mustafa — 5 years ago

0 Tags: flag-ae Erasmus experiences Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates


After I had my great time in Florence I applied for jobs abroad, since I could not, and still can not, stay in bullshit Germany. I applied for a all kinds of jobs but I didn´t get any answers. I became so frustrated and depressed because if I would not find a job abroad, I would have to stay in this bullshit country. Until one day I received an e-mail from Kempinski Hotel Ajman saying I am invited for an interview. I could not believe my eyes. I was in heaven. It was a rescue. It was one of the greatest moments of my life until I made the interview with the Manager Luca and the second with Brighton and Anish. Both interviews went well and I got accepted! It was an unbelievable feeling. I was 19 years old and I got accepted in a five star hotel to work in the reception. It is incredible how quickly my life changed thanks to the experience in Italy and then later in the UAE. They accepted me and they booked my flight from Düsseldorf to Dubai on the 17. February 2017. I will never forget that day and the moment I got accepted. 
My time there was really great and I was again lucky enough to have an amazing room mate with a big heart. He was also from Bangladesh, just like Twin from Florence. God bless Bangladesh. I learned so many things during that time and I met so many people it was incredible. However, after 9 months working in the hotel I was sick of it. I didn´t want to do check-ins and shallow work anymore. I needed a new challenge. That is also when I realised I can´t do "simple work" anymore. I always need a challenge and something new to learn. Otherwise I get bored and pissed off. I am someone who loves to learn, develop and challenge himself. I don´t like mediocrity and shallow work. 
Anyways, I quit my job and started working in SJ Global Investments, an investment company that provides financial instruments to businesses and seeks investments with good ROI. I was officially a Sales and marketing assistant but I had no idea about my job. I did not know what do and how to do it. I just saw what my colleagues did and I tried to help them. They were all obsessed with making deals. In gold, oil, real estate or whatever. But I had the feeling that nothing worked out. This was also the time when the bitcoin price exploded. Bitcoin. Bitcoin was the reason I got fired from that company because of my relentless willingness to make deals. But thanks god I found a Marrocean guy who bought the bitcoins I had left. It was in the time in my third company German Emirates Club in Dubai. 
I dont want to get into details now, I just want to summarize my whole Dubai and UAE experience. It is a great country and when I think long-term I want to stay there. But I dont want to do shallow jobs anymore. So I said to myself "I will finish my bachelor degree in Germany and come back fro a job with at least 10K AED plus accomodation." Thats when I went back to Germany.


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