Touch me softly!!!
About Jurg.....
He has worked in Unitec for 6 years . Now he is a teacher for learning innovation. When he came here at first, he taught in the B.A. in German.
He has a wife and 3 children. He met her a long time ago. She worked in Genova a part of U.N at that time and the oldest boy likes computer. That is an important thing for him. Nowadays, he lives in Australia. The Older sister is also working in Sydney. The youngest girl is studying in political science in Auckland university.
He's crazy about sports such as rugby, football, soccer and so on. He thinks that most people of Switzerland are punctual but not as serious. He can speaks lots of foreign language. For example he can speak English, Germany, French, Italian as well as Swiss. But, he is not good at speaking Italian because he just learned it for a while. Before he came here, he worked as an air traffic controller for 11years in Switzerland. He used to like his job.
He knows some stories about his country such as 'The sound of music' 'Willhelm Tell' 'Hyde'. He told us a story about 'Willhelm Tell' who is a boy who resisted autocracy in Austria. And then he thinks the most important things in the life are a wife, health, happiness, money, friends, and studies. He asserted "Never stop studying! Keep doing it!"
Millitary service in Switzerland is compulsory like Korea. All of them get a Swiss army knife. He has traveled lots of places of Europe including America, Hongkong and Singapore. He has also been to the Alps but not very often. Because that places are quite far from his hometown.
Ohterwise his country has distinct 4 seasons. There are spring, summer, autumn and winter like Korea. His favorite season is summer.
Nowadays he doesn't have any pets. He had had dogs and cats before. But they had already died.
One of the world famous festival in Switzerland is called 'Carival'. It has held at the end of winter. People in the festival wear a funny mask and then scare and frighten each other. And the national day is 1st of August.
He thinks his personality is friendly because he likes meeting a lot of people. Besides he told us the main foods of Switzerland are sausages, cheeses and meats. But meat is very expensive. Pork and chickens are much cheaper than beafs. He thinks most of products are quite expensive compared to N.Z. And Switzerland's currency is the 'Swiss-france'. The population is about 6.5 million.
He is proud of well-developed train of Europe and well fare. There is nearly no unemployment with only about 3%. The rate of Employment in Switzerland is quite high. If you had had good education, you could get a great of opportunities for jobs. If you are unemployed, you might feel shamed. He thinks those people look very unhappy. Finally, he told us he thinks Mark is very helpful person to everybody.
He has a wife and 3 children. He met her a long time ago. She worked in Genova a part of U.N at that time and the oldest boy likes computer. That is an important thing for him. Nowadays, he lives in Australia. The Older sister is also working in Sydney. The youngest girl is studying in political science in Auckland university.
He's crazy about sports such as rugby, football, soccer and so on. He thinks that most people of Switzerland are punctual but not as serious. He can speaks lots of foreign language. For example he can speak English, Germany, French, Italian as well as Swiss. But, he is not good at speaking Italian because he just learned it for a while. Before he came here, he worked as an air traffic controller for 11years in Switzerland. He used to like his job.
He knows some stories about his country such as 'The sound of music' 'Willhelm Tell' 'Hyde'. He told us a story about 'Willhelm Tell' who is a boy who resisted autocracy in Austria. And then he thinks the most important things in the life are a wife, health, happiness, money, friends, and studies. He asserted "Never stop studying! Keep doing it!"
Millitary service in Switzerland is compulsory like Korea. All of them get a Swiss army knife. He has traveled lots of places of Europe including America, Hongkong and Singapore. He has also been to the Alps but not very often. Because that places are quite far from his hometown.
Ohterwise his country has distinct 4 seasons. There are spring, summer, autumn and winter like Korea. His favorite season is summer.
Nowadays he doesn't have any pets. He had had dogs and cats before. But they had already died.
One of the world famous festival in Switzerland is called 'Carival'. It has held at the end of winter. People in the festival wear a funny mask and then scare and frighten each other. And the national day is 1st of August.
He thinks his personality is friendly because he likes meeting a lot of people. Besides he told us the main foods of Switzerland are sausages, cheeses and meats. But meat is very expensive. Pork and chickens are much cheaper than beafs. He thinks most of products are quite expensive compared to N.Z. And Switzerland's currency is the 'Swiss-france'. The population is about 6.5 million.
He is proud of well-developed train of Europe and well fare. There is nearly no unemployment with only about 3%. The rate of Employment in Switzerland is quite high. If you had had good education, you could get a great of opportunities for jobs. If you are unemployed, you might feel shamed. He thinks those people look very unhappy. Finally, he told us he thinks Mark is very helpful person to everybody.
posted by dukeim at 12:35 AM
1 Comments:
howard fireman here,
Jurg sounds like a person I would like to know. He has lived long enough to know what is important and what is not. And that is sort of a relative statement, because one person at 35 can be there and a person of 70 might never achieve that level of understanding the value of things. Anyway thanks for sharing your account of your friend with us.
Howard Fireman
Houston, Tx, USA
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