Baye baba ngama-heroine ama-anecdotes, kwaye imifanekiso yabo ayidluli ngaphaya kwe-stereotype: ephakamileyo izithende, ezantsi ezakhono zeengqondo, kodwa ziyazi kakuhle ukuba zininzi izipuni zeshukela zifakwe kwiii-chef kwaye xa kubakho intlanganiso ebalulekileyo kunye namaqabane amashishini. UNobhala - oku kukunene, gcina iziglasi kunye ... nomfazi! Ewe, kunjalo, kuba kukho imbali yamothando phakathi komphathi kunye nonobhala, abaqhotyoshelweyo kumacangca eminwe yeminwe. Ababini babo sikulungele ukutyhila phambi kwabafundi abanombulelo.
UBill Gates nomfazi wakhe othandekayo uMelinda bahlangana emsebenzini. Iifestile zeofisi yakhe zichasene neefayile zeBill ukuze akwazi ukubukela ukuhamba, ukuziphatha kwalobu buhle imihla ngemihla. U-Smart, umfazi omhle, ophumelele kwimpumelelo yakhe, wunqoba umsunguli weenkampani "iMicrosoft" kwi-sole! UMthetho oYilwayo, oneminyaka engama-39 ubudala uqinisekisile isilwanyana, walahlekelwa yintloko yakhe kwimilenze yamantombazana! Watshutshiswa ngumfazi owayekwazi ukukhuphisana naye ekuxazululeni i-crossword puzzles kunye nemisebenzi enengqiqo. Ukwangoku, iintsapho zeGates zinabantwana abathathu abahle, abazungezwe uthando lomama. U-Melinda ukhusela intsapho yakhe kwimeko yokucima amehlo, ukhusela intsapho kubantu abafuna ukuguqula. Akahlangani kwimibutho yezenhlalakahle, amaqela, wazinikezela ngokupheleleyo ubomi bakhe kumyeni wakhe kunye nabantwana bakhe, kungekhona eyakhe kuphela, kodwa kunye nomfokazi wakhe.
I-Melinda Gates Foundation isinye isiseko esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, sinceda iintsapho ezihlelelekileyo. Nangona uBill, njengomntu omdala ophumelelayo, ngamanye amaxesha ufihla emva kwalowo wesifazane okhubazekile. Ngoko uMelinda uyamfihla kwiintatheli zeendaba ezithembekileyo, i-paparazzi engalindelekanga, kwaye isiphi isibini kunye nokuzama ukuphazamisa ingxoxo yabo kwindawo yokutyela. Nangona ukuba le ntombi ibhinqa ayinabo bonke abantu, wayehamba ngokuthe ngqo kwii-50 zelizwe eziphambili kunye nabachaphazelekayo. Eyona nto ayithethi into yokuba indoda iyintloko, kwaye umfazi intamo eyayijika ikhanda lakhe ngendlela efanelekileyo. Kwaye umntu oqineleyo uba buthathaka kumfazi oqinileyo!
ULuciano Pavarotti kunye noNicoletta Mentovani yizona zibini zixutyushwa kakhulu kuluntu. Abaninzi bamgxeka uLuciano omkhulu ngomntu onothando kunye nomfazi oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, kwaye ke, usebenzela yena njengobhala. Ibali lothando lwabo lunye uqinisekiso lweqiniso lokuba ekuthandweni kwenzondo kunesinyathelo esinye kuphela. "Big P.", njengoko kwakuthiwa kuphela ngabahlobo abasondeleyo, abakwazanga ukuma le Nicoletta ophezulu, owamvumela ukuphulaphula i-ofisi. Lo mculo ucasula uLuciano, wamthintela ukuba asebenze, acinge, aphefumle! Ingquzulwano malunga neengxabano yatshisa loo nto kwaze kwaba yilapho uNicoletta wamemezela ukuhamba kwakhe. Kwaye uParototti waqonda ukuba uNicoletta wayebaluleke kakhulu ukuba amtshele ngokulula. Uyazi zonke iinkampani zakhe zamashishini, kwiintloko zakhe ezincinci kunamagama amaninzi, iinombolo zefowuni, idilesi ukuba kuyisidenge kuye ukuba alahlekelwe ngumqeshwa onjalo.
Xa kwakukho isiganeko esisodwa, esasilungele ukuqala kobudlelwane babo. UNicoletta wanquma "ukuboleka" i-vase encinci ehotele e-Florentine. U-Maestro wavikela loo ntombazana ehlwempu, ethatha intshontsho. UMentovani akazange alindele isenzo esinjalo kumphathi wakhe, nangombulelo wambopha iqhwa elifudumeleyo. Babhalisa ubuhlobo babo emva kweminyaka eyi-10 yomtshato.
Yayiyinto evuyayo, nangona yayingumtshato omfutshane, owaphela ekufeni kwe-maestro. UNicoletta wanika uLuciano ulonwabo lokuthandwa kunye nentsha. Wayekulungele ukuphuma esiteji ngenxa yale ntombazana, malunga neenjongo zakhe esithi: "Ngoku ndihamba ngengubo ehamba ngeengubo ezinxwemeni lolwandle, ndiyicula kuNicoletta lullabies, ndipheka amaqanda aqhekeza nge sipinashi kwaye ndiphulaphule kunye ne-Rolling Stones yethu ethandekayo. Kodwa ngokuyininzi ndimphulaphule. Kuyandivuyisa ukuva ilizwi lakhe. Ukuba ndihleli noNicoletta, ngoko ndihamba kakuhle, kwaye ndifuna ukuba naye ngonaphakade! "