Wednesday 15 April 2015

Watch Limpeh's German TV debut: Alarm für Cobra 11 'Goal'

Hi guys, guten tag! I'd just to let you know that you can watch my German TV debut. I am putting up the link now as I am flying off early on Thursday morning to Denmark, but the link for the show will only become free to access the moment the show is actually televised in Germany on the 16th April Thursday - so presumably as of 9:15 pm German time (that makes it 3:15 am 17th April Friday in Singapore or 1:15 pm 16th April Thursday Pacific Time if you're in Vancouver), it will then be free to access for exactly one week. I will be in Malmo in Sweden then and as I am traveling without my laptop, I will not be able to blog from Sweden. I have not seen any of it yet so I have no idea what it will be like - but hey, for better or for worse, this is my German TV debut. Here is the link for the RTL Now streaming service. I am happy to be able to share this moment with you. Thanks for your support and I hope you enjoy the programme.
A screen grab from the episode - do I look fierce?
On set in Koln last year

4 comments:

  1. Hi Alex
    I jest watched finished the episode and I just wanna say great acting and delivery of the lines all in German
    Have a great trip to Sweden.

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    1. Vielen dank Jemson!!! I had a lovely time in Denmark and Sweden - so much to catch up with now that I am back in London after having been away for a week.

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  2. Hey Alex, recently there has been news that Singapore govt has been using people from degree mills, & even call the 500+ ranked Mumbai university a highly reputable university. http://therealsingapore.com/content/dishonest-people-must-never-work-government. http://therealsingapore.com/content/raffles-education-corp-director-lists-multiple-fake-degrees-cv. U had said about not getting degrees from low ranking universities because it's as gd as useless, but the govt doesn't think so. It will be interesting to hear from u your opinions on this disastrous issue as a gatekeeper. Thanks!

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    1. Hello Yiming, thanks for your comment.

      At the end of the day, a gatekeeper is a human being and a gatekeeper can make mistakes. In my time as a gatekeeper, even I have to admit, I have made mistakes before despite trying my very best to exercise my best judgement. An organization is made up of human beings who can make mistakes - look at the Germanwings crash this year when the pilot deliberately crashed the plane in the French Alps killing everyone on board. You'd think this kind of thing cannot happen with a reputable German airline, but it did and sometimes, flawed people slip through the net and cause mayhem to the system.

      But when such incidents happen, they must not impair your better judgement. Do not rush to the wrong conclusions. We cannot assume that ALL pilots will crash planes deliberately just because of what happened with Germanwings. Likewise, let's not assume that if you can get away with fake or crap degrees, you no longer need to study - you still do need to make sure you work hard and stand out from the crowd.

      I see this scandal in the same light as the Germanwings tragedy: ie. something going very, very wrong with what is otherwise a reputable organization. Germanwings planes shouldn't crash - the same way people with fake degrees shouldn't get jobs with the Singapore government - but it happens as this is real life and such organizations are staffed with human beings liable to make mistakes.

      Germanwings has taken a lot of new measures to ensure pilot safety and the whole issue of the pilots' mental health is being reviewed in light of the tragedy - now the question is, is the Singapore government going to react in the same way and review their gatekeeping policies in light of this scandal; or are they going to change the rules and say, "this is the new norm - any fake degree will do as we don't really care anyway"?

      Let's see how the Singapore government reacts.

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