Thank you for your interest in my home-made Fookien audio lessons. These were made with beginners in mind. Originally, they were made for my boyfriend. My dream is to hear him speak fluent Chinese that would impress not only my parents, where they may finally allow our relationship/marriage, but would awe the rest of the Chinese community as well. And we'd both be proud, followed by a typical happily-ever-after.

BUT! One day, he'd rather have me teach him personally. So, my recording went on a hiatus.

Now, I share these to thee, my beloved Visitors. I may not know you all, but I hope I am making a positive contribution. As my motto goes, "Help people! Create eye candy! Promote Fookien!" I still do want to continue recording, and I need a reason! And the reason is youuuu.

Will you be my student? I plead you with my knees on the floor and my heart balancing on a tightrope. Are you willing to be taught as much as I am willing to share what I know? The power of deciding is yours.

These are spoken with Taglish, by the way. It's a hybrid between hometown Tagalog and American English; it never fails to amuse me, and never ceases to be used by today's youth.

Good luck, God speed, take care, and everything else! Most of all, enjoy and have fun!

Love,
Vanessa


P.S. Afterwards, you can show off to your Tsinoy friends how much you know! Isn't that the best incentive ever?

Start:	Jan 31, '07 8:30p
Location:	209, Nicanor Garcia St. (formerly Reposo St.), Bel-Air II, Makati City

From: Alliance Française de Manille
Subject: The Alliance Française de Manille Cine Club presents "Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré"
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:40:25

Alliance Française de Manille

209, Nicanor Garcia St. (formerly Reposo St.),
Bel-Air II, Makati City.

Tel: 895 7585 / 895 7441
Fax: 899 3654
Alliance Française de Manille's Cine Club





Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré
(Work Hard, Play Hard)
a film by Jean-Marc Moutout
(French version, with English subtitles)
2004, 99 minutes
Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening
Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 8:30 PM
(Free Admission)


Critic Review:
" A compelling story about a decent young executive who can't give up the power job he always dreamed of. This is a brilliant dramatization telling of the menace of working for a corporation ". - Dennis Schwartz (OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS )

Genre: Drama (and more)

Cast:
Jérémie Renier .... Philippe Seigner
Laurent Lucas .... Hugo Paradis
Cylia Malki .... Eva
Olivier Perrier .... Roland Manin
Samir Guesmi .... Adji Zerouane, (and more)

Synopsis:

Philippe (25 years of age) arrives from the provinces in Paris to take up a job in a large consulting firm. On the morning of his first day at work he meets Eva, a young solo mother. They quickly become involved. He’s enthusiastic about his first mission which is to audit a small factory with view to a takeover by a large corporation – unbeknownst to the factory employees. Philippe’s boss is impressed by his reports and hands him the responsibility of a new task: to select the staff who will be capable of adjusting to the factory’s new organization. Henceforth, Philippe must convince himself and Eva of the validity of his work and confront the men and women who will lose their jobs in the takeover.



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