updating myself

Was invading the cnnfan module the other day, reading up on hala, when some things were made clear:
- hala's move to atlanta is (sob) permanent
- hala was born in 1970
- there are other freaks who watch cnn for entertainment value

so of course i joined the group.

Hala and Richard Quest talking about his inclusion on the last Concorde flight, 23 October 2003; on Business International:
Hala: who is going to be on this last flight?
Richard: ME!
Hala: (not paying attention, as she is reading her notes)
Richard: You were stunned into silence!
Hala: (realizing that his answer was really that short) Who else, Richard? There is a world outside the Richard Quest Universe! Let me just bring you up to date.

Miss them so.

that was... interesting

it was hilarious. watching hala co-anchor Your World Today with Jim Clancy was hilarious in that Hala did not look like she was having a good time.
If you've seen Jim Clancy report before, you know he's your classic anchor man, with his straightforward, talking-head reporting style. And if you've seen Hala co-anchor back in the London, you'd know that she's tons more animated than a talking head.
put these two together and what do you get?
hala looked like she was ready to fall asleep right there. she was trying to create some kind of animation, any kind of chemistry with her co-anchor, and it just wasn't there. i love hala, especially when she's with richard quest, because they've got chemistry.
now: jim clancy? he's no richard quest.
and hala proved it by her look of complete death-by-boredom expression.
heck, even charles hodson or tony campion have more animation in their reporting than jim clancy.

that was new year's eve, US time. I'm on HKT, and that sure made my New Year. :)

Happy New Year to everyone, especially to the staff of CNN International.