Eye on China and some personal notes

Dear Mr Skywalker,

I will be eternally grateful to you if you keep up your diligent work!

Your very own magazine in Flipboard (I constantly flipped between Feedly, Flipboard and Google Currents for a while, and sometimes still do), fetchingly named Eye on China, is precious to me (and should be to all other China news junkies out there).

As I don't have to read all the other relevant news sites, blogs or news aggregators (such as the ones by The Guardian, The BBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker or The Diplomat) day by day any more, I wish you a very pleasant day. Wherever you are and whoever you are in real life. Thanks a lot for making my work easier and my life more convenient!

And now to the more serious and personal notes. I originally planned to post this recommendation on Tuesday - but two big events sabotaged my very humble plans.

Firstly, as the PoTUS, Mr Barack Obama, and his equally impressive entourage had decided to grace our small town (Berlin, that is) with their presence, I was glued to my TV (and my couch because of the sudden summer heat) to hear his speech. In American English and his very own words. Without translators and so-called experts. Mr President, my sincere thanks to you for teaching our very own Mrs Angela Merkel some minor, but nevertheless invaluable lessons (how to meet and greet, how to think and talk, and how to walk - fast, preferably).

And thanks, again, for being really quick and leaving as scheduled. I was so afraid that our very own Mr President wouldn't let you go. Shaking hands with you again, hugging you, even kissing you. Talking about his very own biography endlessly. For hours and hours. But fortunately, you and your agents had a tight schedule, and you left when it was time to leave.

And oh, by the way, the tabloids here in Berlin still discussed what you said, why you said it, why you took off your jacket, etc., days after this historical event. Perhaps you could call somebody to help them out? To explain some things? History, maybe? Or how to learn a foreign language? But, please, please, Mr President, in simple words such as these: 'Hey, guys and gals at Springer media. American English is not that hard to learn. Even dumb people can do it!'

Finally to the last and very sad note: When I woke up on Wednesday morning, once again fiercely determined to post the recommendation of Eye on China, one of the first faces I saw was the smiling one of Tony Soprano. It took me some minutes to realize that a) I was not dreaming any more and b) that Mr Gandolfini had indeed passed away in Rome. That it was not a hoax by some stupid internet kids (or nerds, if you prefer that term).

© Unknown

So, last, but not least at all: Thank you, Mr Gandolfini, for all the joy you brought upon us.
Have a nice day in heaven!