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Living the dream in Portugal

DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
edited April 2008 in Strut Central
Another solid work/DJ trip... this time in Faro, Portugal for Orange Partner Camp. I can't really call it two worlds colliding anymore as it's pretty much the deal now that when I go to these events, I DJ the party. What a sweet deal!4 days of non stop work and fun... I literally didn't sleep the whole time I was there. I stopped in Dublin for 8 hours on the way there and visited the Guiness and Jameson factories... naturally. The airline lost my luggage so I was the smelly guy wearing the same thing the whole time, but no matter. We were the platinum sponsors of the event which gave us a lot of sessions, a solid booth setup and of course planning the party. We hired 12 Capoeira dancers and 4 fire jugglers for a show as well as a painted lady passing out shots. Given the theme, I played a lot of Brazilian music to go along with the funk and soul hotness. People responded to it very well and once again looked surprised that the guy they were talking business to earlier was the DJ :-)Arriving at the 5 star hotel... beautiful place with incredible service.The opening Pow Wow for the event.The three smartest guys at the event :-)The booth was my domain for the most part. Nice and comfortable unlike usual.People kept coming by to lounge... dude on the left was passed out on the couch the whole time.Another event T-shirt... I have hundreds now.The team gives a session.Cocktails by the pool after day 1.Guitar dudes.Some floor games.Party time with the sounds of DJ Ferrari!Pouring the shots... yum.And why not?The shots went fast cuz everyone felt the need to have one with the DJ.This one I was okay with.It's not fair when you're this funny :-)Getting the corporate crowd dancing is impossible. Luckily I had one... my new friend from Sevilla.This is when things got awesome.Forming the circle.So dope... now I'm motivated to go to some classes.What fire themed party would be complete without fire dancers?What an awesome time! We also hit up the nearby beach, a local casino and club, but no pictures there. 24 hours of travelling to get back to the ol' office. I am still tired :-)

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  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
    I tried Capoeira in college. I must say, it was one of the most tiring activities I've ever tried!

    You seem to be living the good life!!! Very nice.
  • mordecaimordecai 2,204 Posts
    nice pics of the capoeira and fire spinners

    cheers
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    That party looked DOPE! You need to holla at the one JoeMojo bout the capoeira. That dude would battle all the capoeira peoples in the pictures.
  • young_creamyoung_cream 540 Posts
    did you gain Access?

  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    my new friend from Sevilla.

    You new friend from Sevilla now has many new friends on SoulStrut.

    And shorty in pink?



  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    I'm sayin'



    B/W

    To shorty in the pink.



    Fo sho
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    my new friend from Sevilla.

    You new friend from Sevilla now has many new friends on SoulStrut.

    And shorty in pink?




    Same girl... she was a total sweetheart. I wasn't sure if she was so nice to me because she liked me or beacause she wanted to sell me her software. I think it's a bit of both! It's funny... as the coolest guy at these conferences, I always hit it off with the hottest girl there. Good times
  • hugh_lucerohugh_lucero 485 Posts
    looks like a great time, thanks for posting up homie
    hope you got some rekkids to round out that international mixx !
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    she wanted to sell me her software

  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    Damn homie, I don't know how you pull off 4 days with no sleep. You know after three you're legally insane, right?

    b/w

    SO JEALOUS. Looks like you're having a blast.
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    Damn homie, I don't know how you pull off 4 days with no sleep. You know after three you're legally insane, right?

    I'm a mega insomniac so it's fairly normal for me to always be awake and tired. Plus, I should be legally insane anyway by just being me

    And no no help from outside substances in case anyone was assuming!
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    I should also note that I didn't take any of these pictures... my co-worker Bill Lee is the camera man at these events. He should have a Flickr page cuz he takes some great pics. We always give him a hard time cuz he snaps pics of everything, usually slowing us down as we're walking places. I'm always turning around to make sure he's still with the group. Without him there'd be no documentation of my exploits abroad... for better or for worse
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    Looks like you had a blast

    I love that your djing and capoeira interest converged in one evening at 'work'

    bottom line:you MUST now go to brazil

    Being the DJ at an event like this with so many suits must be the best seat in the house
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Work for Palm?
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    she wanted to sell me her software


    That's what she said.


    I know, I wouldn't mind seeing her roll out that product line, wakka wakka wakka!


    Hope my unit has enough hard drive! nyuk nyuk.


    Sorry, I'm done now.
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts

    bottom line:you MUST now go to brazil

    Duuuude, I know! I am eligible for a month long sabattical, but I don't know when I can fit it in cuz I have one or more of these events pretty much every month. Believe me, I'm working on it! I'll let you know... how much longer you gonna be down there?

    So I don't work at Palm... I work(ed) at PalmSource, which was the OS side of Palm when it was 2 companies, and we were purchased by ACCESS, a Japanese mobile software company, about 2 years ago. The company history can get a bit confusing when you bring in the Palm OS discussion. We still support our implementations of Palm OS, but our focus is on our new Linux based platform first coming soon on a Samsung device on the Orange network.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,471 Posts
    We still support our implementations of Palm OS, but our focus is on our new Linux based platform first coming soon on a Samsung device on the Orange network.

    The sad thing is that I totally understand all of this. Damn stupid job. I need a vacation.
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    We still support our implementations of Palm OS, but our focus is on our new Linux based platform first coming soon on a Samsung device on the Orange network.

    The sad thing is that I totally understand all of this. Damn stupid job. I need a vacation.

    Haha... just keeping up with the technology and companies of the mobile industry can be a full time job, huh?
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