3 idiots, 三個傻瓜

The end of the year is nearby and there are many movies at your TV screen that are boring or repeated Hollywood block-busters and there is no fresh inspiration whatshowever?
We found this Bollywood-film that is funny, deep-minded, explaining the pressure of ambitionous students, globalizing cultures and contradictions, and of course refreshing from all the pulp-movies, coming from the USA.
It is also a huge Indian AND overseas blockbuster of a non-Hollywood film.

3 IDIOTS (Hindi: ३ इडियट्स)

By the name Bollywood, you think of course at long, colourfull Indian movies with the inevitable musical parts, where these moviestars can be placed as Caucasians and not Inidan at all!
Yeah, you are right.
But we have amused a lot with this movie, because it is explaining a lot of the Indian and whole the South-East Asian way of thinking for being ambitious to be at the highest step of the social ladder.
And it's incredibilly funny and sad at the same time, because of the contrasts between rich and poor.
That's the reason why it is a blockbuster in namely the  'developing BRIC-countries'. It's like Slumdog Millionaire but without the entertainment-industry: replace entertainment by education and you're closer to the movie.
This jewel of cinema is in collaboration with Youtube, so you can watch the movie legally free.

 English version: Click here
Deutsche Version : Bitte hier drucken
中文版: 請點擊這裡

Brand New China

Ever thought that the Peoples Republic of China is the factory of the world, two Dutch entrepreneurs in China have proved the evolution from copying consumer-products to designing and developping own qualitative Chinese products for the entire world. Both working for several years in Mainland, they decide to travel from Shanghai to Rotterdam in a Chinese car, using only Chinese brands for survival to show the world the Chinese capability and strong marketing strategy of their products.
They put their adventure of approximately 3 months (ending by now) in a blog called "Brand New China" , with videos subtitled in Chinese as in English, as you can find it on Youtube too.

The blog is also set up in Chinese language

So enjoy this mixture of travel blog and Chinese product placement!

movie time

The evenings are becoming  longer and longer and you don´t know which movie you want to see on your tv, tablet, pc or Smartphone?
There is a good site with a variation of movie-lists from all over the world. Not just commercialized block-Busters are being written in it,  but also  kind of movies you didn´t know about it at all.
This site is called "Taste of Cinema" and according to them, if you watch all these movies, .a lifetime is not enough!
So sit back and enjoy this link:

www.tasteofcinema.com

Cantonese proverbs vs Dutch & Flemish proverbs in a painting

As we like to promote our Cantonese language, we've found an excellent Blog of Cantonese Resources.
Here you can study cantonese in all his aspects.
But the main reason we've found this blog is that several famous proverbs of cantonese-speaking people is
(clearly) well-illustrated by HK-cartoonist 阿塗(Ah To) 

Here the explanation of different Cantonese proverbs and how they sound like.

who, at his turn, has been inspired by  Pieter Bruegel de Oude's oil painting from 1559 "Netherlandish Proverbs".

His entire Oeuvre you can watch it 2 @ http://www.pieter-bruegel-the-elder.org

Here you can see the explanation of the Flemish/Netherlandish proverbs on th  interactive painting in Dutch

P(izza) S(trawberry) I

Luv You
How to make a Pizza Dough?





And this is our result:

eating without taking a picture....

And a nice dessert is coming 

But how to cultivate these nice berries?

So, enjoy your meal!

Best or worst of Sweden

 (Source: Heidi Lange)

What we're thinking of Sweden

Dark tv (crime)serials <> dull tv programming
Exclusive and qualitative design <> non creative
Pioneer of mobile technologies <> late development of smartphones
Secure vehicles <> conventional design
Healthy lifestyle <> relatively expensive
Traffic security <> remote areas
Eco-friendly vision <> depressive cold and long evenings
High social facilities <> multitude of governmental taxes
Progressive people <> level of tolerance for immigrants
Swedish men and women <> time to get used of

If you want to know more about Sweden, viewed by an US-American Taiwanese who required the Swedish nationality, you can visit his blog on:

http://trulyswedish.wordpress.com/page/7/

or visit who's married a swedish man on:

http://lostinstockholm.com

Roar in P:R. China

A warm welcome for Katy Perry in the Tiger´s den...

Work, carreer and beyond

At least twice in a lifetime, you will have to look for a (new) job. The newbies who are confronted with a first work-experience search it often in the friends and family circle, because it's the most logic step to more broader scale of connections through sozializing. Only friends and family are knowing your references. So search it there first.

Education is very important, even from childhood on. Parents don't need to be over-protect their child(ren) by keeping them home. A child need also a certain liberty, so they learn to communicate and handle with others in school, in related sportclubs, at birthday- and other parties, scouting, weekends with friends etc. These are important steps to adulthood on responsability, independence, team-work and ruling. That makes us who we are and curves our carreer in a certain way.

Your interests and passions are the motivations to choose a longstanding and fulfilling job in your further lifetime. That hasn't meant to be that you will be a rich person, because only those who have vision, courage, perserverance, sky-is-the-limit-mentality and the-right-person-on-the-right-place-situation can join the elite-society.

For those who wants th work in a specific company, other than in your friends/family circle, you can sent your Curriculum Vitae to your interesting targets. Your CV has to be clear and briefly: Your identity files first Work experience (from recent-detailed till first job briefly) Studies (from highest study/course till secondary school) Hobbies, abilities, talent

Searching in multi-media platforms like the Internet, news-and periodic (publicity)papers, (specialized) telephone-guides,... are also an option.

Many companies don't mention in the media that they search skilled people because they have constantly graduates in their wanting-lists, or they have spontaneous job-seekers, or they work first with employment agencies,... So feel free to make contact with them and subscribe on several employment agencies.

Don't forget to keep a feedback on the companies you've applied.

Beautifull songs of the TVB-serial 衝上雲霄 II (Triumph in the skies II)

Tim Ellis - Eternally Yours



Julie London - Fly me to the moon



 Bob Dylan, performed by Adèle - Make you feel my love


Adèle - Chasing pavements Mag Lam - 空中戀人 (Aerial lovers




林峯 (Raymond Lam) - On my way




Patti Austin - Say you love me




Rob Bagshaw ft. Tara Chinn - Smoking gun




Peter Marsh - Stop the clock




Billy Joel - Just the way you are




Diana Ross - Ain't no mountain high enough









Louis Armstrong - La vie en rose




Chris Winland & Daniel Finot - The circus of life




Chris Winland & Daniel Finot - Popsong




Celine Dion - S'il suffisait d'aimer




Andy Powell - I just want to be here




Tim Ellis - Dry your eyes

Sleeping problems / disorders

You can't deny that sleep is important in our lifestyle. Without (good) sleeping, you can't simply functionate well in your daily activities.
But everyone has already been confrontated with problems of sleeping or irregularly sleeping patterns of their own.
In general you can notice three main items for irregular sleeping problems:

1) The sleeping environment
2) The well-being of this person
3) The food-regulation

So we start with the sleeping-room

1)
It is known that the place were you're sleeping in, has to be quiet.
Turn off the music, television, computer... or even better: don't have any of these electronic devices in the room, certainly not those who have strong radiation of all kind, like radio's, mobile phones, wifi...
Outside noises has to be limited by good isolation, specially double-isolated windows.
A strong ticking mural clock is also to be avoided. Let's have a digital one or a less noisy high-quality quarz clock.
See if your radiator/heater tubes (with gaz) are not above (ceiling) or too close at your bed: in winter you've to turn the radiator on to anti-freeze the tubes and that can be noisy sometimes.

The bed has to be confortable:
Frame is stable enough to sleep at, not wacky
Mattress don't has to be reformed after a while: change it every ten years at least
In the four seasons, the quilts have to be adapted at; also keep attention at your pyjama-clothings
Of course hygiene is important, so change these above-mentioned once in a while
Your pillow(s) need to be confortable to your own standards: if a big pillow causes headache because it's too
harsh, buy a softly one and try it at least a week (same too for mattresses). If  you feel confortable with it, you can keep this for a while

Ventilation of the room.
The standard temperature of a sleeping room is 18 degrees Celsius and humidity level is 55 %
Too much or too less can influence your sleep.
In the summer you can sleep with windows open and a bug screen.
In winter, keep your windows open for maximum an half hour in the morning when you get up and close it then. That general rule can be for all chambers of the house.
The doors of some chambers, except the bathroom/WC can still be open for some air-cycle

Keep your chamber(s) clean (dust-free) and arranged: the less bungle-jumble the better

No plants nor living animals like aquaria fish, reptiles,... in the sleeping room (C02 at night)
No mirrors in front of your bed (in case you'll be terrified by waking up watching your own shadow)

2)
Keep a good karma (from you and from others)
Action = reaction, so be harmonious
Remember that a bedroom is a restplace and no battle place, so keep worries and conflicts outside the arena.
The best sleeping-pill is to make love there.
If you're ill, go to a doctor of medicins. If possible, sleep seperated for a while.
By snoring, you've ear-caps/seperated chambers.
By pulling a blanket for two people, buy two blankets instead.
Give a massage to/with your partner

3)
Golden rule number one: don't eat too much in the evening. After your dinner, give your stomach two
hours time to digest and then go to bed. Or even better: after dinner, take a little walk at night.
Don't drink too much alcohol: that stimulates the snoring and makes you thirsty at night.
You can drink a cup of warm milk in the evening before sleeping.
Most people take a shower/bath after waking up in the morning. Try to take it before sleeping: It's relaxating and good for your partner too.
Eat light dishes: That means not too much red meat, butter-related nutrition, grilled fast-food, candies - but more vegetables, noodles, fruit, mineral waters, seafood and chicken.


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