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原帖由 dw194711 於 2011-1-18 12:48 發表

好萊塢黃金期（八大片廠）末代的絕色美艷巨星Kim Novak 金露華（1933 -  ) ...

金露華應該係奧地利或德國裔人。

我1975年响維也納嗰間新開嘅Vienna Hilton度做waiter，我老細Room Service Manager姓Novak。

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原帖由 av8s 於 2011-1-20 18:59 發表

Pretty close, her parents were second-generation Czech immigrants and he was born in Chicago.

I see! Thanks!

It’d probably be that my boss Herr Novak in Vienna Hilton is a Czech as well; I always thought that he’s an Austrian. I now have sufficient reason to believe that he emigrated from former Czechoslovakia to Austria.

My dear brother av8s, your finding suddenly allows me to recall my memory on the European history for which I learnt from my secondary school nearly half a century ago.

There was once a powerful empire in the Eastern Europe called Austro-Hungarian Empire (奥匈大帝國) in more than a century ago. It’s territory was so vast that it covered Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia… and of course Austria and Hungary as well.

I’d put it like that; my boss Herr Novak should in fact not necessarily be called as an immigrant from Czechoslovakia. Like Kim Novak, his ancestor was of
Austro-Hungarian nationality, and Czechoslovakia and Austria were in fact one country before the empire dissolved in the early of the 20th Century.

Talking about history, I’d find it as an interesting and useful subject. I’d say that even those students taking science subjects should take history, including Chinese, European and the World history, as it’d broaden the horizons of them, no doubt.

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原帖由 suewong 於 2011-1-21 17:56 發表

I took Chinese History in High School and obtained a B Grade in public exam.  ...

Little Sister Sue, I tell you what? Those you learnt from Science subjects in school could not widely be applied in your daily life after school, or can simply be sorted out by using a calculator.

However, you’d enjoy almost all those you learnt from Arts subjects and use them in your daily life, and for the rest of your life as well, for pleasure, like the knowledge you get from history and geography.

At least you’d use it when travelling around the world, and know much intensively and better than those who haven't learnt from school before, isn’t it?  

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原帖由 dw194711 於 2011-4-6 14:19 發表

離婚家庭觸目皆是，我這裡更多，全國離婚率高近百份之50。

黃大夫講起你花旗嗰邊两個有一個離婚收場。  

我講單我响英國親身見聞你聽。

某日，有伙記打電話同我講，話要出席funeral想攞假一日。

我循例要問係佢貴親？答曰: My Dad!

我醒起佢舊年先死老豆攞過一次假，於是追問: Your Dad?!!

答: Yes, my step Dad this time!

吹脹！口德問題，否則我真係想問佢究竟仲有幾多個老豆未死？

不過問嚟都嘥氣，佢老母至知。兼且今日話死哂嘞，聽日又爆個出嚟，點唧？

事實亦然，Elizabeth Taylor個大仔起碼有七個老豆！