Wednesday 8 August 2007

why not to hate mondays

I usually do hate Mondays, nut not the first Monday in every month.

Why?

Because NZZ, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the most important serious newspaper in Switzerland, publishes the NZZ Folio.

Every issue has one main theme but I also like some of the normal every monthly articles they have.

Especially "Hallo Taxi" which is "Hello Taxi / cab" which is an interview of a cabdriver mostly from a far place. The questions are all the same, "how many hours do you drive taxi" When Arlindo Estrella, from Sal, Cape Verde, says "five to six hours a day". He earns 1'200 USD, half of which he sends to his daughter in Lisbon, further 300 USD he pays for the car, which leaves him with 300 USD to live.

It also gives prices of food, cigarettes, etc.

I also like "Duftnote" which I would translate to scent. Luca Turin talks about perfume and what's new and good or bad on the market. I am not that much into perfume, but it is well written.

This month’s topic is 13 year olds, the border between children and youth. A lot of fun to read about six boys and girls they followed during their 13th year of their life.

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