Global issues

Today we started up a project in class where we are to have both an oral presentation and a written report about a global issue. I've chosen human trafficking, and my problem is "In which ways has globalization affected the human trafficking?". I think I might change it through the project, but now I have an idea about what to do.

Heading forward

It makes me really scared sometimes when I'm surrounded by people talking about their futures and plans going many years ahead. The reason I get frightened is that I always end up understanding that my plans doesn't last for long. There are many problems on my way out there, and first of all, we have the worst one. The fear. Even when I'm home I sometimes get afraid when I'm alone, because I don't feel secure.

How people want to spend their lives is very different. Some people plan their whole way and follow it, while others like to live on the edge and take what comes along. It might be that a part of getting exited enough for studying doesn't only include “the safe side” - to know that you'll get a good job and a secure future. An other way to encourage oneself to get educated could be to chose an education that might not be as secure in the future, but one that you find really interesting. The problem about this would be that you might not get anywhere with it. It's important to be reflected and critical, to know the good and bad sides about one self.

I'm still not sure about what I'm going to do when my time in this school is over, but I know with myself that I need a plan and a goal with my future. I'm that kind of boring person who need to know every step of the road, and stick to my plan. Not just so I know what I'm going to do in the future, but just as much for counting down until my years in school is over. Because I don't have a plan yet, and probably won't have one in a year, I've almost decided that I'm taking at least one year in the military first and then, hopefully, I decide to take my education in the army or to take it at another place.

Many people talk about taking some or all of the years studying in other countries than Norway, for example Australia, England or America, but I don't think that's something for me either. I think it would be smart to study somewhere you need to speak English as well as meeting new people and getting used to handle people from different sides of the world. At the same time my English would improve and this will probably get more important during the globalization. But my “being alone”-fear comes all back to me here as well. But nothing is decided yet, for now I let it all be a surprise.

News story

After the press conference with Bradford Wainwright(36) and his 12 year younger fiancée, Lisa Thomlinson(24) a lot of secrets got out. They does clearly not know each other well enough after just three months of relationship before Brad proposed to Lisa. There are obviously a lot of things they haven't spoken about yet, for example what to do with Bradford's strip club. Brad says he has used more money on Lisa's wedding ring than what he did on Alex's, but one can only hope. Many were also disappointed about the proposal itself, as rich as Brad is, one would think he put some money in the proposal to make the whole thing special, but Lisa confirmed the rumor about him proposing on the field after his horse won a race. The honeymoon on the other hand is a trip to Bahamas, so let us hope they will make it at least throughout the trip. For Lisa, that would be a new record on long lasting relationships.

Good luck.

Kite Runner - the movie

Here comes another blog post about The Kite Runner.

In 2007 the bestselling novel “The Kite Runner”, was made into a film. I had many expectations to this film as well as the many enchanted readers of “the kite runner”. How would the producers and the director capture Hosseini’s unique description of Kabul, the life and Hassan and Amir’s friendship? I hoped for the best, but I (and probably most of the ones watching after reading!) left disappointed.

The feeling of being in Kabul and watching Amir’s life, that you almost can touch when you read the book, is not present in Marc Forsters filmversion. It is mostly a endless row of scenes (parts of the book) passing by without leaving a trace or feeling behind, except for disappointment and irritation. Some scenes made an impression, thanks to the memories from the book being recreated. Kabul seems very fake, without any real life, just a coulisse. If someone isn’t careful behind the walls, it will just fall apart.

The actor of Amir is ok, but Baba andthe older Assef could have been done much better. Baba isn’t the charismatic person he is known for and his “hate”, or anger towards Amir isn’t very clear. And when Hassan and Ali leaves why doesn’t he yell, scream or beg? There are no emotions. However Assef should be more calm. The older Taliban version of Assef should be more malicious and relaxed. He wants revenge, but now he has got all the power. There is nothing Amir can do to stop him, so Assef’s got all the time in the world and he wants to enjoy his revenge. That, however, does not happen. He just screams out his explanation and begin to hit Amir. There isn’t even time for the surprising laugh from Amir, when his conscience is finally clean. And no time for Sohrab to actually know who Amir is…

This is a great example of a bad adaptation from book to movie. And that is just sad for the “bookfans”, cause they are probably the only ones who have to see it.