The Identified Stranger ?? … no thanks

So here we are, into our 4th day of the new year. Well that’s just about the only new thing there is..the last digit..200-9.

   -   UMASA / MUT vs GOV continues…except finally the students are voicing their opinions more; a rally next Wednesday at 10am at university, for all those interested. Well you should be, you’re being used as a bargaining tool =]..sad indeed.

  -   A panicked civilian at a petrol station frantically calls police when seeing what looked liked an armed robbery  - turned out, it was a production by ONE television. Added a bit more spice to the show ah!

  -  A man who allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend’s father on New Year’s Day *sighh* was given bail the day after.

  - Projects continue on turning the ruins of what used to be a magnificent, breath taking theatre, into a parliament. Well, at least we should thank God it’s Renzo Piano. Or should we? Well he was one of the minds behind the French Centre Pompidou..oqo..

  - PN claims that 2009 budget is focused on 3 major values, ir-responsabbilta`, is-sostenibbilta` u s-solidarjeta`…and it is offering €362 million for our education. (Please keep in mind that at this point in time they havent even settled lecturers’ salaries yet.)

  - Joseph Muscat of PL ( 2009 got rid of MLP, off to PL now ) claims that PL is offering the direction to success in 2009 ( about time..? ) and that PL ” ha jkun l-istandard bearer ta’ pajjizna”. - Mohhna mistrieh mela!

  - JUST THIS MORNING: Two armed and hooded men broke a window to enter a hotel in il-Qaliet Street, Marsascala and fired a shot at the cash register stealing not more than €3,000. Of course they fled in a vehicle and an inquiry is being held…well done.

  These 7 points, are just a very brief outline of what happened in Malta in the past 4 days..just in case any of you were worrying that this tiny, traditional island, full of values and virtues, was changing at the beginning of a New Year.

Like I promised, I’m putting up the reply! Yes, they replied..within 3 days! How efficient is that! And their email isnt negative at all!! Here it is..and Matt, my email was more successful than yours haha!

Dear Yanica

Thank you for your e-mail of December 30th 2008 and your design proposal.

The wishes and ideas from our collectors are very important to us, They have inspired the creation of some of our most beautiful pieces over the years.

All suggestions are collected to a central database, and regularly forwarded to our team of designers, who are highly trained experts with years of experience in crystal design.

As soon as the designers receive the suggestions, they check them for feasibility. Crystal is a particularly complex and difficult material to work with. Even if a design initially seems promising on a piece of paper or as a prototype, it does not automatically mean it will go into production. There are many factors to be considered.

It is a long, difficult path from the initial idea to the final piece. Our team of designers is currently working on pieces, which will not be coming onto the market for another two years; this means that the planning process for today’s new items began at least two years ago. The path to the completed article is paved with draft designs a host of prototypes – and sometimes we encounter failures, which result in abandoning of the whole project. With a little luck, however, the process is crowned with the creation of a stunning new piece of Swarovski crystal.

We will let you know in case your idea is implemented, or if the design you suggested appears on the market.

Thank you for your interest in Swarovski crystal.

With best regards,
Petra Ospelt

SWAROVSKI AG
( Their address and number )
mailto:petra.ospelt@swarovski.com
http://www.swarovski.com