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Born and educated in Switzerland, I moved to London / England in my early twenties, building on my training as a travel agent / administrator before moving to Vancouver / BC in spring 2004. After a successful career in the office covering travel, media, banking,

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Religulous: 1 of 5
The synopsis stating Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion' is rather misleading. The disassembled title Religion / Ridiculous is much more on the spot, hitting the nail right on the head, really. Essentially, Bill Maher's quest around the world to talk to a variety of religious people pretty much turns int... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Beverly Hills Chihuahua: 1 of 2
Funny enough I expected this movie to simply be an entertaining and fun musical rather than a feature with a sublime message. Mind you, I really ought to have known better it being a Walt Disney production. The acting, animation and general choreography as well as the sometimes simply breathtaking scenery did just that take m... More..
Health & Fitness > Emotional Health & Wellbeing Breaking free of the vicious cycle of stress: 1 of 2
Have you ever felt trapped in a situation and did not know how to get out of it? Be it due to financial, emotional or any other ties? Of course, there is the common answer to that of you are the only person who can make it all go away and free yourself. Yes, true, but that advice in itself is anything but helpful particularly... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Passchendaele: 1 of 2
A project apparently based on writer / director / lead actor Paul Gross' grandfather Michael Dunne, essentially thirty years in the making. Naturally, a movie is never an exact biography, in fact and according to interviews as well as the documentary The Road to Passchendaele' recording the making of this feature, while the f... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Love and Honor: 1 of 1
Not only does this movie give the (Western) audience an insight into the mythical' world of the samurai but it also deals with the subject of honour on so many levels. According to their belief what good is a man (the overall provider of a household) gone blind, even if it did happen while he was doing his duty? Let's face it... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: I Served the King of England: 1 of 1
Yet another quirky foreign movie with a difference. The main protagonist is a man of experience leaving prison in order to build a new life with some rules attached following WWII and the resulting revolution' in Eastern Europe. And thus we become privy to Jan Dite's (Oldrich Kaiser) reminiscence having desperately wanted to ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Monkey Blood: 1 of 1
According to the documentary's synopsis, human beings have 98% of the same DNA as chimps with the remaining 2% having been donated' by ancient aliens from outer space. Now burnt out' sister planet Venus having been deemed the original source of said DNA according to the creators of Monkey Blood what happened to Venus could we... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Blindness: 3 of 5
After initially not even wanting to go see this movie because it was too lifelike' at least where government conspiracy' and overall panic mania carried out on the backs of everyday people yet again are concerned I am glad I did go in the end. Granted, it was at least partially down to reading the book from which the story wa... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Rachel Getting Married: 5 of 8
This is not your average and everyday dysfunctional family movie. In fact, I would not even necessarily call it that. This story is more about a family torn apart through tragedy and addiction. Everybody involved is traumatised in their own singular fashion and they have not had a chance to truly interact with one another par... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Crossroads in life: 22 of 30
Every now and then you feel like you are coming up to a crossroad where you have got to make a decision as to which way you want to move forward. How do you know where you want to go from here? How to overcome the natural fear of the unknown? Particularly if you decide to move far away or even half-way across the world as I d... More..