cute_kitten

I just tend to babble a lot but you're welcome

I'll try to answer the next questions tonight after I finish working or tomorrow morning the latest...


Dora

Chase.This.Light

Take your time Dora!

cute_kitten

Just have a bit of time after lunch, so will answer Jen's questions first...

First ever celeb crush?

Oh man, had to dig up the name of this guy as I was 8 or 9 years old at the time and was more occupied by drooling than by actually reading all the actors' names. He acted in La Boum 2, the 2nd movie of a trilogy relating to a teenager growing up, played by Sophie Marceau. Of course I very much envied her character for all her gorgeous love interests and this guy appeared in the second movie - was really envious of her lol.

Anyway, this actor's name is Pierre Cosso and here's a pic: http://media.s24blog.at/26562/200802...recossoalt.jpg (managed to dig up a German article in which they found him doing cruises in Polynesia for tourists together with his wife and kids - I just think I got an idea for my next holiday . Just check under http://www.pierrecosso.com/), that's his website, where he advertises the trip - too bad it's only in French...he was tall, blue eyes, he wore tight jeans...pretty much anything a 8-year-old dreams of


First crush in real life?

Do childhood crushes count? I no longer remember how the guy looked like but there was this Italian boy that came to the kindergarden I went to when I was about 5 or 6. I still remember his name was Samuel, I thought it was so sexy. Unfortunately for me then he fancied his cousin, who also went to the same kindergarden, so I remember telling him that you can't marry your cousin or something to that extent He moved away at the end of the year though and I was quite crushed at the time.

Which movie always makes you cry?

I actually just watched Breakfast at Tiffany's yesterday with Michael and even though the movie has a happy ending, the final scene is so heart-breaking and sweet, that I never fail to cry. And Moon river is just an unforgettable song (Mark Feehily made me a very happy woman when he decided to sing it ) Oh, and Love story, I always keep on hoping she'll stay alive, that also gets me to weep.

What cheers you up without fail?

Michael has this really funny but for many people weird sense of humour, which fits very well with mine, so when he fools around, he always makes me laugh.

Although of course the prevalent pattern is chocolate in any type or form. Preferences are of course Lindt chocolate with cherry flavour and Max (Slovenian ice cream composed of black chocolate ice cream, covered with white chocolate - yummy ). You get the pattern

Is there a song you have especially vivid memories of?

Again, it goes back to La Boum, which were probably the first foreign chick-flicks I ever saw in my life. The first movie featured a rather depressing song which was like an anthem to me every time I was unhappily in love:
YouTube - Richard Sanderson - Reality

And then it was the song from the second movie which made me dream of also getting a guy like Sophie Marceau's character does in the film
YouTube - Cook da Books - Your Eyes

Here is a video I found from the movie which features the song:
YouTube - La boum 2

And then it'd probably also be My heart will go on, as I was heavily obsessed with Titanic when it came out and My love from WL since it always reminds me of Ireland

What type of music best describes you?

Good question, I'd actually probably say it'd be George Gershwin's music, since it's a mixture of jazz and classical music. I love both genres, depending on my mood, I can be unpredictable and ignoring the regular rhythm like jazz at one moment and the next I can be flowing gently, all calm. A typical cancer I'd say, with changing emotions

And George Gershwin just happens to be my favourite composer ever, go figure...

I'll answer Karen's questions later, when I have some time...


Dora

cute_kitten

Finished working for today so 2nd round before Michael drops by

Are you a shoe girl or a handbag girl?

I am definitely more of a handbag girl than a shoe girl, which probably also has to do with the fact that I've always had rather sensitive skin on my feet so blisters were rather common, sometimes I'd even bleed, very unpleasant. This means that I prefer not buying too many shoes and even when I do, I usually go for the more comfortable ones exactly so that I don't have to worry about getting a blister as soon as I exit the shop.

Plus I love having matching handbags with my outfits

What languages do you speak?

Apart from my own (Slovenian), fluently it's English and German, which I've learnt since I was a kid and obviously I use them at work, which means a lot of practice (too bad though that I am not practising the speaking part as much as I'd want, exactly because my work requires a high level of the written language. And then there's French and Italian, which I master enough to be able to get home from the police station if that is necessary

I also had to speak Latin once at school - the teacher tried to fail me, I believe I was the only in that year to have to actually speak the language - but that doesn't really count as a spoken language does it

Fave 5 songs at the moment?

To be honest, apart from checking my e-mail here and there and random news from home, I was mostly "turned-off" during my holiday, so it's just old songs that I like that I keep playing on replay - Downtown by Petula Clark, If you're going to San Francisco - no idea whose is that, How deep is your love by the Bee Gees, Mandy by Westlife and since yesterday Moon river from Breakfast at Tiffany's again. I mostly listen to radio stations while I work, which means listening to what they play, my favourite atm is RTL Radio from Luxembourg: RTL RADIO, which can also be listened to online. They've got loads of music and little talking, which I love And I listened to the radio stations available on the plane while travelling there and back, which included random songs they had pre-recorded.

Last album you listened to? It was A-ha's latest album, Foot of the mountain, Michael and I are planning on going to their concert this autumn. The style is reminiscent of their original music, Foot of the mountain is my favourite song from it, I really love its beat. Here is the video to it: YouTube - a-ha - Foot Of The Mountain


Dora

JenMixelle

Dora, OMG, I can't think of anyone else remembering Pierre Cosso!!!
Check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs2-4aDd2xk
It's from "Cinderella 87" (or something like that, I have to find out what exactly it was and how I can get it ). He's...

Chase.This.Light

Dora, is this the song you mean?

album: Forrest Gump (1994)
genre:


If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

cute_kitten

We'll just have to book a cruise with him Jen Apparently he's still yummy (and the wife and kids could be thrown off the boat - just kidding ) The movie Cinderella 80 is also on Youtube, if you'd like to watch it. Have never seen any other film he's been in but perhaps I could start now

It is, Karen


Dora

Chase.This.Light

I've added Mel to the list.

Dora - I'm thinking of some new questions.

cute_kitten

Just take your time Karen...

I am going to U2's concert today so I won't be answering anything until tomorrow morning...just for the info


Dora

Chase.This.Light

If you could do any other job, what would it be?


That's all I can think of for now.

cute_kitten

If you could do any other job, what would it be?

That is actually a job related to what I do. If I wasn't a translator, I would want to interpret. I have done it here and there on a rather amateur level since I have not been trained in interpreting as such (I would interpret a few sentences at one time, and even that consecutively - which means after the person would utter a few sentences) but nowadays in order to be a professional interpreter, you have to take special training, in Slovenia specifically a 2-year graduate course and you have to pass really hard entrance exams beforehand.

That was my dream when I was about 4 and my parents were friends with a rather wealthy couple who lived in a large house here in Ljubljana. The husband was a publisher (the company later went bankrupt) and the wife was the president's interpreter. I remember watching the telly when the president would hold an official meeting with some other head of state and the lady would be sitting next to him, looking all important and talking. I would say how I'd want to be the president's interpreter when I grow up just like Nina (that was her name). I think I didn't quite grasp how hard that job is and that you are not just on the telly looking good and not doing much It requires constant concentration, you don't have the time to check a word in the dictionary and you have to respond instantly, especially if interpreting simultaneously, which means that you start a few seconds after the person starts speaking and you have to keep a constant flow (for larger meetings more interpreters are used, so that they can rest and someone else can be at the computer and check some words or data if necessary), not just stop when you feel like it or if you have a blackout.

It is a very well paid job (especially if you work for the EU for example as they are lacking Slovenian interpreters and translators), but right now I am very happy where I am atm. I find it easier to express myself in written than orally and I find translating sometimes fatiguing enough. And if you are a translator, you have the freedom of using the Internet and all sorts of dictionaries and glossaries when you stumble upon something you might not know or don't exactly know how to translate. Since I type rather quickly, that leaves me more time for looking up stuff and to slowly but surely build up my vocabulary in various fields. Interpreters also usually are specialised only for a few topics for obvious reasons but as a translator you can constantly learn new terminology, which enables you to take on more and more demanding work.

So, all in all, for me translating is my favourite job in the world, which is of course for now. You never know what can happen in 5, 10 years time.

Chase.This.Light

Last day for questions for Dora.

What's your favourite thing about yourself?
Is there anything you wish you could change about yourself?
First childhood memory you have?

Pure.Magic

Apologies, Im terribly late.

Dora, i loved reading your answers. You are very word-y.

And you're going to a U2 concert? Paint me jealous!!!!


Favourite song ever?
The one word you use very often?
Describe yourself in 3 words.
Five things you dont leave your house without?
If you could have some superpower for a day, which one would you want to have, and how would you use it?
The one thing you would never want to change about yourself?
What would you do of you knew that you were to die tomorrow?
Your idea of a perfect date?
Your idea of a perfect man?
The one thing in your life (so far) that you regret doing?
What are you most proud about achieving in your life so far?
The best advice someone's given to you?
A day you would give anything to live all over again?

cute_kitten

Sorry guys, have been very busy these past few days...plus I didn't expect so many questions

I will try to answer them tonight and if not, tomorrow...


Dora

Chase.This.Light

Take your time Dora. It'll be another few days before Mel is in the hot seat anyways.