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| I'm a Believer |
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A movie made for TV, No dialogue, bad acting and no interest, Too long, with no story and no sex. Pulp. The arrivals bay at the airport is a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.� Smiling faces, anxious friends, frustrated partners.� Balloons, banners, flowers.� Screams, kisses, hugs.� A fascinating place to visit. I spent a traditional English Christmas in Cheltenham with the Walker family.� A reunion more or less, of 3 other exchange students and myself.� We each met and shared a university exchange together in Canada.� As we drank and reminisced and told stories from different corners of the globe I wondered if I would ever be able to do that with the friends I made in Romania. I hope so.� I miss Romania already.� I hope I didn't offend too many of you by being culturally insensitive in my efforts to be heard.� Perhaps I did go about it the wrong way. Bob Dylan. It is strange how your opinions change when you are removed from an environment.� Or is it that you miss the friends you made.� Either way I now find myself defending Romania when somebody naively asks, "Isn't that where the gypsies and orphans come from?" Big Fish, in a Small Sea It's not comforting living again in a country where the biggest concern is getting home in time to watch the "Fast Show".� In Bucharest I was discussing business with the American ambassador over breakfast, playing tennis with the editor of my favourite magazine, business meetings with the important General Managers of the Big Companies.� But more importantly I felt that I had something to say and people were listening. Small Fish, in a Big Sea. In London I am just 1 of the 40,000 other Australians who have nothing else to say but, "Want another beer Mate?" I have read, reread and read again the Christmas and farewell cards you gave me.� I feel honoured to have been able to touch so many of you in so many ways.� I am proud to be able to call you my friends. Give me song lines, Give me fever, I'm a believer. Blur. |
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