what do you say

In response to:Immigration for skilled foreigners, who makes the rules, eh?

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:07:43 +0100

I would be interested to know whether IELTS is available in every single country abroad?

In response to:switzerland

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:00:32 +0100

I enjoyed reading. Thank You.
wet

In response to:switzerland

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:17:19 +0100

Found it looks great keep up the good work.

In response to:the day ahead

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:28:53 +0200

mubarakho. anniversaries are like any other day in one's life. the day breaks the same, the sun and earth revolve without alterations. but i guess what makes them special is the importance one attaches to them. but then it is relative. your best day in the year could the hellest day for someone next door. but it pays to explore these things and how they affect us. otherwise we'd let sleeping dogs lie.

In response to:the day ahead

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:20:25 +0200

Hi Nidz,
congratulations !!
Prash

PS: BTW I didnt know you were such a philosopher !

In response to:the day ahead

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:22:18 +0200

Thank you for your empathy
poohtai

In response to:the day ahead

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:23:45 +0200

Thanks a lot Snap :)

What you just wrote is wonderful and fills me with enthusiasm for the days ahead!!
Touch wood.....
You are a wonderful person
Cheers.......

In response to:the day ahead

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:03:55 +0200

Congratulations on your anniversary! Two years...and hopefully many more to go. Marraige is quite an adventure. I was married for ten years. We are unusually close so we still acknowledge our wedding anniversary - odd isn't it?!?!
Its not that I think that there is only one day of the year where you should be lovely to eachother- obviously, the goal is to find enthusiasm every day in some way, shape, or form for the person you've married and also the idea of marraige itself. But an anniversary has the potencial to mean more and more to you as the years go by because you can see so clearly how far you've come together. The anniversary is a natural punctuation to stop or pause and remind yourself of the feelings you had the expectations and the desires you had.

In response to:switzerland

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:32:00 +0200

It is quite breathtakingly beautiful. Of course, Bollywood makes it look a bit glossy, but the country is simply so charming.

5D

In response to:LIVE 8

Sun, 03 Jul 2005 15:05:58 +0200

Africa is riddled with serious corruption. If only a mjior US oil pipeline was due to be built right through Zimbabwe Ethiopia etc. but as it is Africa's oil is on the north and west coasts and so there is no need to invade.

In response to:LIVE 8

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:13:36 +0200

Thanks a lot, both of you for sharing your views.
I just saw the protest march on TV, people are so much eager to help and even the chancellor has said its worth it. But I agree with Cathead that unless the UN intervenes to remove the corrupted heads of countries like Liberia and Zimbabwe, there is little hope.
Just have a look at what African elite think of all this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4634347.stm#mwenda

In response to:LIVE 8

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:59:47 +0200

I disagree with 5th dimension. Its just like giving £100 to a heroin junkie begging in the street. Then say its worth it because he might spend 50p on some food for himself! No, it will only harm him becuase the £99.50 will go on a smack binge. Similarly all the Live Aid money raised in the 80s and the same again as spin off from Live 8, went and will go into the pockets of the governments of the African countries to be used to boost their Swiss bank accounts and to buy weapons to defend themselves with. So civil wars break out and thousands more die. A trickle might get through, for the cameras.
Short of sending in international troops to rebuild and feed Africa Directly, there is little we can do to improve the situation, Africa is riddled with serious corruption.

The African leaders must be laughing and rubbing their hands in anticipation of all that new money coming in as token gesture from the G8 summit.

Geldof and co are merely using this to boost their own giant egos and flagging careers.

How come everyone is so niave about all this? I dont get it. Don't people have eyes to SEE what is really happening?

CATHEAD

In response to:LIVE 8

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:01:26 +0200

I agree with you about the corruption in Africa. However, if we don't do anything that won't help either. Even if a fraction of the donations go to the real needy, it is still worth it.

Peace,
x5D