Bergman and Scenes from a Marriage

Let me just release this thoughts hovering in my head.

I'd had such an outburst relief and gratitude of the film, Another Woman, by Woody Allen, and followed his inspiration for the film, Wild Strawberries by Bergman, which I loved most amongst Bergman’s other well-respected films that bored me and failed me to watch them to the end. However I got very excited about this film titled, Scenes from a Marriage.
After watching some of his best known films, despite being so curious about the film for its title I hesitated to see this for months. It was just because, I got so sick of this woman, Liv Ullmann.
I think, for now, I will have no regret to see her face in any kind of film or any other media. I totally totally hate her face. She has this, such an irritating artificial layer that prevents my emotional appreciation of the person she impersonates. Her acting is overrated.
And I am thinking it may be the reason why it didn't worry me at all when I thought I wanted to watch 'Wild Strawberries' again. She is in almost every film of Bergman but he hadn't found her just yet at the time.
However, anyway, tonight, I thought I was being absurd not watching the film if I really wanted to know what my favourite film director had to say about marriage or possibly any kind of committed relationship. It doesn't matter who's in it, does it?
I am not sure if it is quite right to say that I loved the film. But I must say that it was very well executed. I would say that I enjoyed comparing my view and Bergman's. And the pathetic story of, probably, most people's marriage as I gather, reassured myself that my assumption and understanding about most marriages are fair.

There is this girl I have known for a year and an half or so. I think she is good at making good first impression on people and also makes an effort to be in continuous contact with you. And this is how I got into a 'keeping in touch' with her up until now. I am not saying she is no good after all. In fact, she is polite (in her own way and in most commonly expected and acceptable way) and kind (also in her very own way and in most commonly expected and acceptable way). She is an upbeat driven artist, who makes abstract paintings which are about 'spiritual, physical and literal containment of improvisational moments of creation'. She is obviously 'concerned with the representation of the inner world and attempts to harness the inner movement of life, which is inspired by the realm of nature and spirit, in order to create image from the inner world, that lies somewhere between creation and existence'.
At first I was slightly zealous of her being happily married and doing very well to pursue her career as a professional artist.
The more I get to see her with her husband the more sceptical I have become. (To be continued)

The way you look at me

What do you want to do?
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Oh,yeah. I agree. I understand what you mean.
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Newham NHS

Sent: 25 March 2010 15:40
To: *NPCT - Feedback
Subject: Complaint/Enquiry-Glen Road Medical Centre

Dear Sir or Madam,

I live in Caraway Close, E13 8PN.
I am new to this area and have been trying to register with a female doctor. I found 'Glen Road Medical Centre' as the nearest GP, which has female doctors. I went there to register this morning but the receptionist named Sue Jackson refused me. She said I don't live in their catchment area so I have to go somewhere else. I tried to explain that 'Glen Road Medical Centre' appeared as the fourth nearest GP in my area and the distance between my house is only 0.4mile. The receptionist, Sue Jackson insisted that half a mile is not catchment area, so she can't help me.

I phoned Find a Doctor Service on 020 8586 6298, and funnily enough the lady suggested me 'Glen Road Medical Centre'. I told the lady that I was refused to register with them because the receptionist thinks that I don't live in their catchment area. The lady told me I should write a demand letter to the GP, but I am already put off by the way the receptionist treated me. I no longer have intention to register with 'Glen Road Medical Centre', but to complain about the receptionist.

She seemed really confident, but the NHS website also says I don't have to choose the nearest GP and shows all the GPs within 5miles..
I am a little confused so I would be very grateful if you can clarify what the catchment area means. And I would like to know whether the receptionist at 'Glen Road Medical Centre' was right to refuse me.

Regards,
Bommsoon Lee
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From: Bryson Richard - Communications Manager On Behalf Of *NPCT - Communications
Sent: 25 March 2010 16:00
To: Hetherington Geoff - Consumer Relations Manager
Subject: FW: Lee (GMP) complaint


Hi Geoff,

Are you the correct person to pass on with this complaint/enquiry

Kind regards,

Richard Bryson
Communications Manager
NHS Newham
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date26 March 2010 17:41
subjectRE: Complaint about GP registration

Dear Ms Lee,

Your e-mail to the PCT's communications address has been passed to me.

I a sorry to read of the difficulty you had in trying to register with the Practice of your choice on the grounds of living outside its catchment area. Practices are entitled to have catchment areas, notified to the Primary Care Trust, and these can be related to local geography or road layout, and do not have to be a regular circle around the Practice. Thus, it is possible to live close to a Practice but still find that the address is outside the catchment area boundary, whilst in a different direction an address farther away is still within the boundary.

The point-to-point distance software used by the PCT's Find-a-Doc Service to calculate the nearest GP to enquirers cannot take account of the strange shapes Practices' catchment areas make on a map, although there is nevertheless a broad correlation between distance away and falling within the catchment area.

Having been affected by a decision or action of an NHS body (by being prevented from registering), you are entitled to make a complaint about it, although it is likely that the response will be that the address you live at is outside the Practice boundary and that will be justification enough. The Practice might choose to explain why the boundary is where it is, which is likely to be because of the number of patients registered with the Practice, but that would be for the Practice to decide on if you did make a complaint. NHS Newham's Medical Director has already seen your e-mail and has determined that, if you confirmed that you wanted to complain, it would be more appropriate for the Practice to deal with it and you should send your complaint to the Practice.

However, I have been in touch with the Practice Manager, Anita Vallamkonda, and whilst she has confirmed that your address is outside the catchment area, she has agreed to register you if you still want to go there. If you are able to go on Monday, she will be expecting you. Please ask for her by name and take with you the documentation Practices require to register patients - proof of identity and proof of address.

I hope this action adequately addresses your needs.

Yours sincerely,
Geoff Hetherington.
Mr J G Hetherington,
Consumer Relations Manager (Complaints & Clinical Records),
NHS Newham

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date27 March 2010 17:39

Dear Mr Hetherington,

Thank you very much for your email.

Given your explanation, I understand that the receptionist at Glen Road Medical Centre was not wrong. I therefore will not make a formal complaint to the Practice. Rather, I now feel that I was misled by the lady at the Find a Doctor Service saying that my address is within the Practice's catchment area and also by the NHS website giving so very little information about the catchment area, but only shows nearest GPs' information, as if they are all possible practices I can choose from.

I have to say, I have not been in the UK for all my life and it may be elementary knowledge you do teach kids, still people are reluctant to remember. As a matter of fact, I had also spoken to some other people including a receptionist and a nurse at the Newham University Hospital Walk in Centre on that day about my difficulty, to determine my position before I wrote to the PCT. And it seems to me that the meaning of catchment area and what really the NHS's Find a Doctor Service system does are not only hardly known to the general public, but also to the people working in NHS as they suggested that I should look out for the same post code as my address, which again was not exactly helpful. Here, I am not trying to generalise everyone working in NHS, yet want to explain what happened to me on the same day in detail to you.

I do really appreciate all your effort to help my case and the kind offer from the Practice Manager to make an exception for me, but I do not wish to accept something is not fair.

What I wish to see is that this correspondence would prompt improvement on the system in such a way of showing possible practices by their catchment areas and to make the information known to the public clearly, as this seemingly a mere individual experience could be everyone else's.

Kind regards,
Bommsoon Lee

Gasworks experience

Dear all

I visited Gasworks this afternoon and thought I should make some comments.

When I walked in there was a group of people having a discussion(more like a lecture in fact) about the exhibition.
They were sitting and standing by the screen, so I first had a look at the works on the other sides and waited in the hope that I could watch the film when they have finished and move out of the screen.
Despite the fact that there were other audiences waiting to watch the film, the group didn't seem to care to move away from the screen.
I asked one of your staff members whether they can ask them to shift from the screen a bit. I was simply told that I should just wait until they've finished because Gasworks has a limited space. I then questioned that why this occasion was not publicly notified and if it was I should have been able to avoid the inconvenience.
I understand that this kind of occasions would normally create interesting dynamics, and may be very important to your gallery regarding funding and public relations. However, there are also people like me who would like to experience works with minimum disruption.
I am not convinced that being a small space means unable to notifiy audience what's going on in the space to prepare for themselves and unable to guide a bigger group to care to remember other audience.

I hope you would kindly take my observation into account for your future operation of the gallery.

Regards
Bommsoon Lee

-------Amy Walker to me, kristel, alessio, gemma
show details 12 Mar (7 days ago) ---------------

Dear Bommsoon

Thank you for email. I am sorry to hear that you had a bad experience visiting Gasworks.

Unfortunately sometimes large group visits, such as the one yesterday, are organised at short notice and it is not possible for us to let other visitors know about any potential disruption in advance.

We have taken your comments into consideration and will aim to make sure that all our visitors have a good experience at Gasworks in the future.

Best wishes

Amy

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Amy Walker
Deputy Director
Triangle Arts Trust & Gasworks