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"You don't have to swim faster than the shark, just faster than the guy next to you." - Anonymous
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Psst! Have You Heard About Avi?
In the Klang Valley, we’re so obsessed with our pathetic lives and pretentious concerns that I’d forgotten how gossip and rumour are the currency in a small village.
My brother Avi is in his third year of medical studies at the controversial Crimea State Medical University – the one that’s recognized one minute and not recognized by the government the next.
Anyway he was back for a month’s break and supposed to leave on Aug 27th. The last time he left, he carried two passports – the expired one with one corner cut off because his visa was stamped on it and the new one. All the students did it on the advice of the embassy and it worked with the immigration dept at KLIA.
Guess what? It didn’t work on Aug 27th. Eleven students with the same problem were not allowed to board their flight. Not only could they not fly back, but the Crimean embassy was closed for three days for their national day celebrations. By the time we had sorted out the mess, it was agreed to use the two passports again!
Then came the hassle with the travel agent. “It’s not our fault” they said. By the time this hoopla was sorted out, it’s a month down the road before he can leave as all flights are fully booked. To add salt to injury, the university will be punishing him to the tune of RM900 for missing classes for a month.
Already miserable like hell, Avi returned to our family home in Batu Gajah (a small town 12 miles from Ipoh,) That’s when the rumours and speculation started flying around.
Within hours of his return, the town was abuzz that our family couldn’t afford to continue his education, or that he had been kicked out of the university or that he had failed his exams or had done this or that.
That very evening and continuing into the night, our house had an unusually high number of visitors who “just happened to be passing by” and decided to drop in to say hello. Of course, they were all thoroughly “surprised” to see Avi at home and politely enquired as to why he was home when he was supposed to be studying in Crimea.
Ah! Life in a small village…I’d forgotten how people entertain themselves when there’s nothing to see or do.
On a more serious note, see how much damage rumours and gossip can do as more than 800 Shiite pilgrims, mainly women and children, lay dead in Iraq as a result of a panicky human stampede on a bridge resulting from rumours of a suicide bomber. Many of them plunged 30ft into the Tigris river. They were taking part in a religious procession.
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poor guy. that's life in a small town. hope he does well despite the delay in returning to class.
anyways, any more gems to share on the chicks that prowl kl's nightspots!?
anyways, any more gems to share on the chicks that prowl kl's nightspots!?
eh Avi dude,
hang in there, man. let them talk. they'll soon realise they put their foot solidly in their mouths when you do leave.
dave dude, more stories on da women okay?
- the stoned musician
hang in there, man. let them talk. they'll soon realise they put their foot solidly in their mouths when you do leave.
dave dude, more stories on da women okay?
- the stoned musician
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: 3:07 PM Awwwww poor baby! Gimme a call and i'll give you a cuddle to make you feel better. we can even play " doctor" if you want...
shakira
shakira
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: 3:10 PM Yeah I come from a small town myself so I can identify with the crap Avi is going through. Hang in there, Avister, its just a matter of a coupla days.
- Rodney
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