Community and delays
I really should of realised that hearing The Cure song going Nowhere on Monday night as the first song on shuffle should of told me something… But that is yesterday or whenever that was.
Well today I made it to KL. I fly out to London in another few hours on what will be a truly red eye flight for me. The sense of community whilst waiting to board remained strong.
I particularly made friends with two Sri Lankan’s a mother and her daughter who were off to visit Columbo. We were put up at the airport hotel and decided to go into KL, with me as tour guide. I failed miserably though as we stayed in KL Sentral station due to their lack of adventure. I did though get to buy myself a clean shirt.
After our short expedition into the city we enjoyed a fairly yummy buffet dinner. Another delayed passengers child a five year old boy kept coming up to us and saying “What” it was so cute. Made me want to have kids but then their were some annoying kids which fixed that for me.
On another note, I’ve been proud to see coverage on CNN and BBC about the “Sorry” stuff tomorrow. Feels nice to have even symbolic change.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Hi David,
Just to tell you that Tuesday night was all about “Sorry”. The question was “When was a time that you said “sorry” and what difference did it make?”. The talk was a lot about how we were thinking and feeling about the next day’s big “Sorry” event, the prayers were for a ‘Sorry’ that would really bring difference for our indigenous fellow Australians but around the table there was an almost tangible and frequently voiced “Sorry” that David has gone away!
If only you could have been there to see what it was like without you, you would known what a wonderful ability you somehow have to draw everyone in together and to create a life and a warmth that is really special.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Seconding Jane’s comment!