China and (tobac)'co
Did you know China is the largest
consumer and supplier of cigarettes? And not
because China's population is over 1.3 billion! In China a
lot of people use to smoke everywhere at anytime, in
restaurant, lift, corridor, shop… It’s common for Chinese to
offer cigarettes before they begin a conversation or ask for
a service. Smoking tobacco in China is a social habit and
it’s very polite to offer cigarette. Tobacco is omnipresent
in Chinese life: at home, at the office ... Before, women
were considered as prostitutes when they were smoking; but
even nowadays you don’t see a lot of Chinese women
smoking...
Health insurance in movies
You thought
insurance was a boring subject? Today it’s time to change
your mind. The few words you are going to read tend to prove
the contrary. Here are a few classic movies starring
insurance. The first one is “The Apartment” (1960). In this
movie you will follow the daily life of Bud Baxter (Jack
Lemmon), working in an insurance company in New York.
Quickly, Baxter becomes the assistant of Jeff Sheldrake
(Fred MacMurray), the boss of the company. But things are
getting complicated when Baxter learns Sheldrake is using
his digs to entertain Shirley MacLaine, the character of
Fran in the movie...