Dave Dobbyn Concert in Dubai

Well!!.. Not months since last time.. finally getting a little organised .. well marginally..

Anyway, Jo Lynch who I poached from NZ Panasonic to come up here to the Middle East organised a bunch of us to go to Dave Dobbyns concert in the Moevinpick hotel.. which is quite large but wasn't on the 18 month old version of mapping software on my GPS!!.. Sh!t happens fast up here..

Here's some photos of the team.. Was just heaving in the bar, and it was strange to hear so many Kiwi voices everywhere..

The other people were Kiwis we met on the night.. Cameron and Portia who are off to Egypt.

Hope all is well..

J and the family..

3 Months since my last Blogg!!

Hi, Well it's been a massive 3 months since I last put pen to paper..

April, I spent a heap of time in Bahrain, watched the F1 which was a laff.. that's for sure.. must find some pics to load up.. then Dubai where we stirred up a hornets nest around some fibs that everyone else was spinning to the industry.. excellent fun!! Then we had a trade show in Abu Dhabi and then I shot off to Istanbul for a couple of days to catch up with the Turkish team who were / are well organised!!..

May we had a great party for Charlotte, luckily Cameron took his camera as we left ours at home.. some things never change.. We hired out the creche where we had a blow up pool and largish indoor area where we ate party food that Denise had made.. all tasted fantastic of course!!

Here's a photo of the kids looking lovely.. more photos soon.. promise..

J

IDEX Defense Expo..

WHat a classic.. couldn't resist going and having a look.. As Klaus said, it's amazing that a trade show that's all about snotting people is almost a family affair.. where as a Trade Show about procreation, or just recreational sex is R18..

Anyway, had a laff here..

Check out the guy with the video system that enables him to shoot around corners (camera in the site of the rifle he's using)..

Tanks were quite impressive..

Jonas and Klaus were keen on these vehicles..

Also, there was this Grenade Rifle that shot a projectile over 300m.. and you could program the projectile to explode after a certain distance from the muzzle of the rifle by using the lazer range finder to program the round.. really.. and on the grip there was a + and - where you could add/ subtract a foot at a time to enable the round to go past an obstacle and explode behind it.. really.. Bloody impressive.. check out this link..

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2003/03/58094

Anyway, hope all is well with everyone.. not a good time to be canon fodder at the moment.. oh no..

Early Days..

Hah!.. FOund some early photos.. September Time Frame..

This place is called Jebel Hafeet.. it's a massive rock that just juts out of the ground about an hour due east from Abu Dhabi..

In the photos you can see Greg, Denise's cousin with his PHAT M5 BMW.. it's a rocket ship for sure..

Take care..

J

LIWA Trip.

Hi Everyone..

So slack I know!!! TIme fly's when you're having fun that's for sure.. Well, last month we went on an awesome weekend trip with the Middeler family.. These pictures were taken by Klaus.. you can tell this because the photos are not out of focus, are well framed and he used a good quality of JPEG level...

Also it was cool to have Alan Jecks come and visit.. We took him to the largest Dunes we could find.. they were well big.. ooh yes..

You'll see here -

Hannah and Caitlin.. Desert Babes..

Jeremy and Denise.. kind of like Lawrence of Arabia and some chick he pulled in the desert..

Alan - looking like a possum..

The front of the Hotel..

The pool area with a beached whale in red shorts.. and two hotties (Denise and Sandra.. )

We're off camping this weekend so look forward to posting some pics next week..

Catch you.. J and the Fam..

Xmas Fun in Sweden..

Hi Everyone..

Well, trying to get some of our holiday snaps onto the internet.. here's some from Sweden.. We had a fantastic time up there, went Dog Sledding, played on the ice beside the Bergenheims family summer house.. met the real Santa.. you should ahve seen Caitlin flip out!! It was pure gold..

We also visited the Pipi Long Stocking show at 'Villa Ville Kulan' in Stockholm and that was a lot of fun as well..

Anyway, enjoy the pics..

Rgds..

Jeremy

Soldiering memories

Ahh.. the good old days.. well they seem like good old days now.. but then they were sh!tty cold days.. anyway, here's some shots of my in a green suit.. you'll need to look closely as I blend in to the greenery pretty convincingly..

Actually the sniper rifle I'm looking through was used to shoot at targets just a meter in front of where I was standing earlier on in the day.. the sniper was 200 Meters away to our right and was shooting across our front at targets that had been set up.. very impressive..

Cher..

J