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Broken English

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 | Film | No Comments

This is a film I want to see - when I get the opportunity. Broken English - Trailer.

Bleak House

Monday, July 9th, 2007 | Film | 1 Comment

I spent most part of last night and then again 1.5 hours earlier this evening watching the whole Bleak House series. Very stupid of me, I was due at work this morning as I am every week. But the series really are a masterpiece and I’ll be watching it again! Fantastic story combined with gripping storytelling and amazing performances. I don’t regret having bought the DVD!

Too much pride?

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 | Random | 2 Comments

Often I think the Swiss are too proud for their own good! If anything that has Switzerland attached to it wins or succeeds ‘we’ are the best. Today’s headline: We remain a ‘power of the ocean’! What are we, the new British Empire or what? Ok, so apparently this year’s America’s Cup final was exciting - I didn’t watch - but does the win of one team make a whole nation great? And by the way, the team isn’t actually Swiss, it is only tagged Swiss because of the owner - who isn’t exactly what I’d call ‘homegrown’.

Bertarelli was the only Swiss aboard the winning boat. Born in Italy, the biotech billionaire with an MBA from Harvard he put together a winning team made up of six Kiwis, three Americans, two Italians, and one each from Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and Spain.

Bertarelli’s formula was to set up a smooth, corporate-style team drawing on the world’s best talent. Bertarelli even compared the team to the nation of Switzerland, in the center of Europe.

“We had to be open to other cultures,” he said. “We grow bigger through diversity.”

Hah! If only people would take the same view of other cultures when it actually comes to living with them in everyday life!

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind people that aren’t truly Swiss being successful for Swiss teams - but I DO mind the media and the average citizen getting all puffed up because of that - claiming the success for the nation (who didn’t do anything) and by doing so taking away the merit of the actual achievers.