The other side
Dear friends,
I want first and foremost apologise that I have not been able to visit all of you last weekend (this goes especially for my Canadian friends ... ; )
As you will see on youtube, I tried to make the most out of this very wet weekend, even when my father tried to occupy most of my time.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=elTMorales
Today, my old throwing knife, which I carry with me for cutting oranges and such, got seized by the police as they made mass searchings in the Metro today. I was not aware of the fact that this (carrying a knife, even in your backpack) is illegal over here.
So beware about this. It is not so much the fine (about 50 Euro, the knife was worth about 30) I have to pay, it is more loosing an old companion of mine.
Sometimes I feel everything is just taken from me.
But yes, I'm still blessed and doing better than most of the people in this world.
Just sometimes it takes so long for things ...
For example, I have a bank account now (if you wanna send me some money, I'm happy to provide the details ... ; ) but I did not got my card yet, so I cannot access my money.
Instead I got (sent to me by mail) a key chain and some toys ...
I do not need that crap, I just want access to my money.
Things like that annoy me. The same goes with my health insurance. Something went wrong and the guy who helped me to get it is now on vacation for two weeks ... everything is really slow here.
I do not even wanna start about finding a place ...
Something else makes me think too. Actually Dawn did point this out.
I'm grateful that I can stay at this church (as I do not have real access to my funds it is even good in a way as I do not have to pay rent), but for "some" reason I'm not able to find a place within the church congregation.
This is strange. Maybe, only maybe, and I have to be careful to address this, but it might be because I'm white.
Kind of strange to see what it is like to look different and just not fit in because of the color of the skin. I have left this thing so far behind me that Dawn (who is black or as she prefers "brown") has to state this to me.
Strange, but as I have said, I'm still blessed.
Nevertheless, I miss my privacy and living out of the suitcase for over 2 weeks now is tiring me out as well.
So please pray for me, that I will find something soon.
Your friend in need (who's still a friend indeed).
el T Morales
I want first and foremost apologise that I have not been able to visit all of you last weekend (this goes especially for my Canadian friends ... ; )
As you will see on youtube, I tried to make the most out of this very wet weekend, even when my father tried to occupy most of my time.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=elTMorales
Today, my old throwing knife, which I carry with me for cutting oranges and such, got seized by the police as they made mass searchings in the Metro today. I was not aware of the fact that this (carrying a knife, even in your backpack) is illegal over here.
So beware about this. It is not so much the fine (about 50 Euro, the knife was worth about 30) I have to pay, it is more loosing an old companion of mine.
Sometimes I feel everything is just taken from me.
But yes, I'm still blessed and doing better than most of the people in this world.
Just sometimes it takes so long for things ...
For example, I have a bank account now (if you wanna send me some money, I'm happy to provide the details ... ; ) but I did not got my card yet, so I cannot access my money.
Instead I got (sent to me by mail) a key chain and some toys ...
I do not need that crap, I just want access to my money.
Things like that annoy me. The same goes with my health insurance. Something went wrong and the guy who helped me to get it is now on vacation for two weeks ... everything is really slow here.
I do not even wanna start about finding a place ...
Something else makes me think too. Actually Dawn did point this out.
I'm grateful that I can stay at this church (as I do not have real access to my funds it is even good in a way as I do not have to pay rent), but for "some" reason I'm not able to find a place within the church congregation.
This is strange. Maybe, only maybe, and I have to be careful to address this, but it might be because I'm white.
Kind of strange to see what it is like to look different and just not fit in because of the color of the skin. I have left this thing so far behind me that Dawn (who is black or as she prefers "brown") has to state this to me.
Strange, but as I have said, I'm still blessed.
Nevertheless, I miss my privacy and living out of the suitcase for over 2 weeks now is tiring me out as well.
So please pray for me, that I will find something soon.
Your friend in need (who's still a friend indeed).
el T Morales
posted by el T @ 15:35
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