One in a Million

"You're one in a million, you're once in a lifetime, you made me discover one of the stars above us."

I have that song stuck in my head. If you don't know it, it's called One in a Million by Bisson, and was used in the dance of the final pageant scene in Miss Congeniality (yes, that is the poster, just in case you have no idea what I am talking about). I love that song. It's cheesy Europop at it's best. But now it's stuck in my head, and starting to grate.

Actually, speaking of Miss Congeniality ... I recently read that Sandra Bullock was in New York on 9/11 and saw the whole thing, and immediately went to a hospital to volunteer help and spent the whole day emailing people on behalf of patients who wanted to let their families know they were safe. What a nice lady!

Sooo, my Americanness is coming along nicely! Haha. Just a quick explanation of why we use American English here, because I too expected it to be British English: we are organizing an international conference and the international English is American English (apparently). And also, I am working with people from Latin America and other places where they have learnt American English in school or wherever, and most people watch American TV shows and movies, so everything they say is pretty much American, or some bizarre mixture of British and American. And so many people have trouble understanding me when I speak British. Grr.

I figured though, Americans spell more logically ... take neighborhood for example. In British, there is a "u" between the "o" and the "r". WHY?!! It doesn't make any sense!! You don't need it!!

The weather here is awesome right now. It's pretty cold still, but the sky is a clear, deep blue and there are only tiny fluffy clouds dotted about, and we have the most spectactular view of the Austrian mountains from the office. I feel like I am on vacation whenever I look out the window! :o)

xxx