Where are you really from?
Visualised by archtomato On Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 14:19 Hrs | Minimum B.S.
Ok ok,
I was doing some analysis about the globalization of the products that my company introduces recently when it struck me as to how much this phenomena is influencing most of our lives these days. Of course, it also depends on how "open" the country you live in is with regards to trade with other countries, but generally, it is quite interesting. Ever thought about it? Here goes my version:
- I wake up in the morning from a mattress made in China, which is under a cover made in Sweden.
- I brush with a toothbrush made in Sweden and using a toothpaste made in Malaysia.
- The teabags I use in the office are made in Sri Lanka, the breakfast bread in Singapore, the butter in Thailand and the jam in Malaysia.
- My company car is Japanese and the office I work in is headquartered in the US
- My Dell workstation is built in Penang and my 2.1 Speakers in Scotland.
- The lunch I eat is Indian, the evening coffee powder I use is Brazilian, with the biscuits made in Indonesia.
- The TV I watch is made in Korea and the diet Pepsi I buy from the the "coffee shop uncle" below my apartment is made in Singapore.
- The dinner I eat is sometimes Chinese, Malay, Thai or Western but mostly Indian and never Italian.
- I ship my T-Shirts from Germany and my jeans is tailored in France.
- My Phone is shipped from Finland and my earpiece from South Africa
That’s already 17 countries in one day! Of course, there can be much more to add, but you get the picture! Think about your daily life similarly, and feel free to type it out in the comments section!
Cheers
ps: I wish to own something from Timbuktu. Technorati tags: Archtomato Main
| Previous Article « Defeated Opinions – The Writer’s Block Series | Next Article » Rules
This entry was posted on
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 at 2:19 pm and is filed under Ageless.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
|
|
| Fact File
Archtomato
Archtomato . OxyMoron .
Laughing at Gilded Butterflies
Archtomato works in the IT security industry and has managed to convince his bosses for the past 10 years that his best work is yet to come.
Archtomato is a coffee nut, a photographer without focus, a traveler who can't read maps, a diver who floats all too easily and a champion of world peace.
He is an avid practitioner of the dark side of the force; admires Chuck Norris, Paris Hilton and collects vintage Batman comics. Just like the Horizon, Time Dilation, Flying pigs, Tax Reliefs and possibly, the "Opposition", he believes he is more of a concept than a corporeal being.
Archtomato believes that the true nature of man is decided in the battle between the conscious mind and the desires of the subconscious and that the evil of man's subconscious is often too strong to resist. The only way to win is to deny it battle.
He now lives in a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, smelly beavers, zits, herpes, broccoli, racism, ozone depletion, sexism, conscription, yellow bananas, stupid people, nightmares, dog whisperers,Gamma Ray Bursts, Nuke Baddies and sings badly but regularly in the bathroom.
Tomatoes were sacrificed in the making of this website, contents and for the continual existence of its owner.
 Rss 2.0 | Atom | Main
Articles Vault
Categories
References
Recent Comments
Spam
| |