Sekuyisikhathi eside beba ama-heroines ama-anecdotes, futhi isithombe sabo sivame ukuba ngaphezu kwe-stereotype: ukuphakama izithende, ukwehlisa amakhono okuqonda, kodwa bayazi ukuthi zingaki izinhlamvu zeshukela ezifakwe etiyi lompheki futhi lapho umhlangano obalulekile nabalingani bebhizinisi kufanele ukwenze. UNobhala - lokhu kungesandla sokunene, izigqoko zokugqoka kanye ... nomkami! Yebo, kunjalo, ngoba kukhona izindaba zothando zothando phakathi komphathi kanye nonobhala, abahlelwe emasongweni eminwe yeminwe. Ababili babo sikulungele ukwembulwa ngaphambi kwabafundi abathokozile.
UBill Gates nomkakhe othandekayo uMelinda bahlangana emsebenzini. Amafasitela ehhovisi lakhe ayebhekene namafasitela kaBill ukuze akwazi ukubuka ukuhamba, ukuziphatha kwalolubuhle nsuku zonke. U-Smart, owesifazane omuhle, owathola impumelelo emsebenzini wakhe, wanqoba umsunguli wezinkampani "zeMicrosoft" esitokisini! UBill, oneminyaka engu-39 ubudala oqinisekisiwe, ulahlekelwe ikhanda emilenzeni yezinsikazi! Wathonywa owesifazane owayekwazi ukuncintisana naye ekuxazululeni i-crossword puzzle kanye nemisebenzi enengqondo. Kuze kube manje, umndeni wakwaGates unabantwana abathathu abahle, abazungezwe uthando lomama. UMelinda uvikela izindlu zomndeni wakhe ngokubheka amehlo, avikele umndeni kubantu abafisa izifiso. Akahlangani namaqembu omphakathi, amaqembu, uzinikezele ngokugcwele impilo yakhe kumyeni wakhe nezingane zakhe, hhayi kuphela eyakhe, kodwa futhi nomfokazi wakhe.
I-Melinda Gates Foundation ingenye yezisekelo ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ezisiza imindeni ehluphekile. Ngisho noBill, njengomuntu omdala ophumelelayo, ngezinye izikhathi ufihla ngemuva kwalesi wesifazane okhubazekile. Ngakho uMelinda uyamkhumbuza izintatheli ezizikhukhumezayo, i-paparazzi engenakulinganiswa, okuyilowo nalowo wesibili futhi azama ukuphazamisa ingxoxo yabo yokudlela. Naphezu kokuthi lo wesifazane omuhle akayena muntu womphakathi, wahamba kancane emaqenjini angama-50 aphumelele kakhulu futhi anethonya. Awukho lutho olushiwo ukuthi indoda iyinhloko, kanti owesifazane uyintamo ekhanda ikhanda lakhe ngendlela efanele. Ngisho nomuntu onamandla kunazo zonke uba buthakathaka eduze kwesifazane oqinile!
ULuciano Pavarotti noNicoletta Mentovani yizona zimbhangqwana ezixoxwa kakhulu emphakathini. Abaningi balahla uLuciano omkhulu ngokuthandana nomfazi oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala futhi, futhi, usebenzela yena njengobhala. Indaba yothando lwabo yinye isiqinisekiso seqiniso ukuthi kusukela othandweni kuya enzondweni kunesinyathelo esisodwa kuphela. "Big P.", njengoba kwakuthiwa kuphela abangane abasondelene, akakwazanga ukuma lokhu Nicoletta phezulu, owavuma ngokwakhe ukulalela rock at ehhovisi. Lo mculo ucasula uLuciano, wamvimbela ukuba asebenze, acabange, ngisho nokuphefumula! Ukuxabana okwedlulele kulesi simo kwaze kwaba yilapho uNicoletta ememezela ukuhamba kwakhe. Khona-ke uPavarotti waqaphela ukuthi uNicoletta wayebaluleke kakhulu ukuba amtshele kalula. Uyazi konke abalingani bakhe bebhizinisi, ekhanda lakhe elincane elimhlophe kunamagama amaningi, izinombolo zocingo, amakheli ukuthi kuyisiphukuphuku kuye ukulahlekelwa umsebenzi onjalo.
Kwake kwaba nesenzakalo esisodwa, esasiqala njengesiqalo ebuhlotsheni babo. UNicoletta wanquma "ukuboleka" i-vase encane eluhlaza ehhotela lase-Florentine. UMaestro wavikela le ntombazane empofu, ethatha ukweba okuncane. UMentovani akazange alindele isenzo esinjalo kumphathi wakhe, ngisho nokubonga kwakumbopha isikhwama esifudumele. Babhalisa ubuhlobo babo emva kweminyaka eyishumi yomshado.
Kwakuwumshado ojabulisayo, nakuba wawuhlala isikhathi esifushane, owaphela ngokushona kwe-maestro. UNicoletta wanikeza uLuciano injabulo yokuthandwa futhi esemncane. Wayesekulungele ukuphuma esiteji ngenxa yalona wesifazane, mayelana nezinhloso zakhe ethi: "Manje ngihamba ngingahambi ngengubo ezingasenqoleni ngasogwini lolwandle, ngicula kuNicoletta lullabies, ngipheka amaqanda aphuziwe nge sipinashi futhi ngilalele uRotling Stones abathandekayo naye. Kodwa ikakhulukazi ngiyamlalela. Kuyangijabulisa ukuzwa izwi lakhe. Uma nginani noNicoletta, ngiyahamba yonke indawo, futhi ngifuna ukuba naye kuze kube phakade! "