Yesterday I went to a speaking event organized by a local management school. They had invited some people, including the chairman of one of our political parties and the manager of our university to talk about entrepreneurship.
Most of the speakers were fairly interesting, althiough they all kinda said the same. Work hard, having an idea is only a small part of starting a succesfull business,...
What I thought of as most terrible was the knowledge of the english language by the actual stucents of this school who were announcing the speakers. It was just appaling, there accents were as thick mud, and on top of that, there public speaking skills were terrible. If that's the way you graduate from these schools, I'm quite sure that the rest of the knowledge gathered there won't be all that great, and you'll never be able to come off as confident and succesfull talking that way. Also wearing suits whichh obviously don't fit and talking into a blackberry just to show off that you have a blackberry don't make you look anything more sofisticated.
The reception afterward where champagne was handed out quite liberally was fun however (although downning 3 glasses of champagne and a beer during the first hour did kinda take the edge of)
On a different note, two days ago, I watched planet terror and Machete. Two great films which I can really recommend. Plots are barely existent, and plot holes are ubiquitous, violence and sex is everywhere, but somehow Rodriguez succeeded in delivering two strong films if you manage to look behind the superficial.
And with that it's weekend again. I'll be rehearsing with my band, tomorrow. In about two months we've got a gig, and there's still some work to be done.
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