Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Mlynec, Prague, Czech Republic


Zohra Moulai brings people together in professional environment (and also in a home environment). She is of Berber origin (Northeast African ethnic groups - Zenadine Zidane is also of Berber origin), born and raised in Metz in Northeastern France and now lives and works in London. She graduated at Paul Verlaine University in Metz - her major was American and English Civilization and Literature. She used to have a lot of different jobs already: from waitress, event organisation, she managed serviced offices for EBC, TBWA and MLS. She also worked at RoadAds media company (trucks advertising), Press Index media company reading and analyzing newspaper articles to find out general opinion and Les Senioriales selling the "Florida" concept in South of France. Her latest job is with Baptie&Co. She likes books. A lot. Her latest darling is My name is red by Orhan Pamuk.). She doesn't like sports, but just loves cooking. She says it is very efficient as a therapy after a stressful day. She also likes to be an entertaining host - inviting people and building bridges between them. With a lot of extra time and money she would take a select group of people and take them to Africa and manage schools there. She would never go on her own, but with a group of friends. Building bridges as she goes.




Bernhard Shaefer ... maybe featured on the blog sometime ...


Mlynec is a very, very nice restaurant on a top location in Prague - near Karl's bridge.
This was our menu on that evening:

Amuse Bouche
.
Tuna Sashimi, Gazpacho Sorbet,
Smoked Papaya & Rucola Salad
.
Grilled Beef Tourmedos with Fennel Confit
& Balsamic Sauce
.
Coconut Panna Cotta with White Chocolate,
Tropical Fruits Sauce
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Monday, December 4, 2006

Rickshaw, Corinthia Towers, Prague, Czech Republic


Nice Asian place in Corinthia Towers hotel.


Yes, Asian place ...


... with smoking department outside.


Colin Jones. Direct marketing services specialist. Working for Linea Directa. Born and raised in Billingham, Colin is a Newcastle United freak. Brits live on an island, but still have the nerve to call themselves Southerners and the other insignificant :). Not being "one of them" would earn you some really weird looks in pubs. He worked in Nottingham, Ljubljana and now in Bratislava. His grandparents were coalminers in Durham County. Ljubljana invasion with Easyjetters -sleazyjetters. That was kinda funny. Bratislava example of discrimination: Brits get charged far more for admission to Charlie Club. He finished Nottingham Trent University, major in political science. His past time consists of beer. Good beer. And, of course football. Newcastle United. And there's place for music. Guitar. In his wildest dreams he would own and manage Newcastle. What else. "Freddy Shapherd is a fat fuck and I hate him."


Sticks'n'beers'n'rice'n'prawns. N'ice.

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Pizza Pazza, Polus, Bratislava, Slovakia


Diverse food court in Polus City Center




Michal Slovak sells software. IBM software. In Slovakia. He is originally from Piestany, a Slovak town known for its spa. Slovak is a pretty common surname in Slovakia.Michal earned his MBA degree in Bratislava and has been working in IT since. Avnet and IBM. He's learning to play tennis and is also taking glider plane lessons. There's a lot of gliding in front of him in his life. With extra time and money he would also teach children. All sorts of things.
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Friday, December 1, 2006

Pizzeria Oliva, Ljubljana, Slovenia


Tea time with a big, fat, juicy burger.


Oliva. Very popular, old style pizzeria in Ljubljana.


Due to intense debate, I totally forgot to take a photo of Tadej Muha inside pizzeria and had to take it later outside of a place called
Fun Factory. There was a Greek Goddess AIDS charity night going on there - powered by Leopatra.


Tadej Muha - founder and owner of
A-Soft, a company that primarily works in IT education, Service Desk/Remote support business and operations/HR outsourcing. He grew up and still lives in Horjul. He's just built himself a really nice house with pool there. Surname Muha is of Czech origin. His wife Vika is a Slavist, but Tadej still didn't manage to get the dual (grammatical number) right. And that's a problem that a lot of Slovenes have. Prior to starting his own company, Tadej worked in IT education field for Miska, MikroAda (long ago founded and owned by Slovenian current prime minister) He has a "fresh" 2 month old daughter Stela. He spends a lot of time around his new house, fixing environment and pool. Apart from taking part in sports activities (tennis, body pump) he also likes to organize them. That's his true passion. He is founder and chairman of Extrem.

McDonalds, Copova, Ljubljana, Slovenia


Fast, Big, Tasty - McDonald's. Big Tasty Menu 990 SIT.


Matija Nendl, a 24 year old IBM "newbie". His first month on board. He is just about to finish Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, majoring in HR management. Before joining IBM as his first formal employment, he was a very busy student. He worked for Student Organization. One of his tasks was to promote the new Bologna Process in Higher Education. He also made steps into student politics, was working as ski instructor and even as waiter - Slovenian students do have interesting time during studying. Matija comes from Skofja vas near Celje and he recommended to read a book about networking: Nexus. His grand-uncle is somewhat related to a late Slovenian national hero Dusan Kveder. Avid paintball fighter. Slovenian league. Someway along the way to MBA and beyond his purpose will also crystallize.


Gimme, gimme, gimme a burger for midday ...