1 more night to go...
Went out tonight with Claudia to have a couple of drinks and play some pool...first time out these hols, so it was probably one of the highlights, though it only lasted for a couple of hours...better than nothing I guess...*sigh*...wish I could stay longer...but I guess I would have to get back to school sometime...I've got to pack up a couple of things, so I'll keep it short...
Going to be in Singapore for a couple of days, then Sydney from the 24th, so I'm not sure when I can get on again...well, I'll see you sometime or other...:)
Who Is The Black Chinaman?
- Nick
- Kuala Belait, Brunei
- Saving someone's life is like falling in love. The best drug in the world. For days, sometimes weeks afterwards, you walk the streets, making infinite whatever you see. Once, for a few weeks, I couldn't feel the earth - everything I touched became lighter. Horns played in my shoes. Flowers fell from my pockets. You wonder if you've become immortal, as if you've saved your own life as well. God has passed through you. Why deny it, that for a moment there - why deny that for a moment there, God was you? I realised that my training was useful in less than ten percent of the calls, and saving lives was rarer than that. After a while, I grew to understand that my role was less about saving lives than about bearing witness. I was a grief mop. It was enough that I simply turned up. Living and working back in Brunei, after a 14 year absence... Also known as: Brunei, NASA, Bruise-Eye, Bru, Cheesecake, Nick, BruNick, BruMedNick, Two Step etc etc etc
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