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Its interesting... the world.
we watched a movie called Galliopli today in class. it was historical based movie about the battle that was fought there. Australians hold that battle in very high regards. We as americans think that heroism is when the battle is won, or the bad are destroyed. but in Australia they think heriosim is when they fight for honor, do something even though the odds are low but they do it with all they have, and don't win. The bad guy isnt defeated, but at least they gave it 100% effort to try and defeat it.
I encourage anyone to see that movie, compare the way thier humor is to ours, they way the treat others, the way the land is. Its all very different. There was a part in the movie when Mel was distroit because some of his mates died in the battle that day and he was about to go and do something similar the next day and his other mate turned to him as says, "its ok mate, the Turks wouldnt waste a bullet on the likes of you." I don't know about you but that is not something i would say to my friend when their friends have died and they are about to face that fait too.
Humor here is interesting, its similar to the US but very different. when your friends are joking around they make fun of you, a lot. but they all know its because your good mates and everything will be fine but it can be super bad sometimes. we do that in the states but not to this extreme. i'm very thankful for that.
I was able to see a friend from school who is down here. Her dad died last week. We had dinner and hung out a bit. I asked her how she was doing and she seemed to be doing ok. We talked a bit about what happened that day and how she was feeling. I can tell she just wants to do things. she is with her family all the time and they dont go out much. so i told her that i would call her anytime we are going to the city or doing anything fun. Tonight she is going to come to the kick off of this womens ministry at Hillsong church. I think it will be good for her.
Thank the Lord for friends.
we watched a movie called Galliopli today in class. it was historical based movie about the battle that was fought there. Australians hold that battle in very high regards. We as americans think that heroism is when the battle is won, or the bad are destroyed. but in Australia they think heriosim is when they fight for honor, do something even though the odds are low but they do it with all they have, and don't win. The bad guy isnt defeated, but at least they gave it 100% effort to try and defeat it.
I encourage anyone to see that movie, compare the way thier humor is to ours, they way the treat others, the way the land is. Its all very different. There was a part in the movie when Mel was distroit because some of his mates died in the battle that day and he was about to go and do something similar the next day and his other mate turned to him as says, "its ok mate, the Turks wouldnt waste a bullet on the likes of you." I don't know about you but that is not something i would say to my friend when their friends have died and they are about to face that fait too.
Humor here is interesting, its similar to the US but very different. when your friends are joking around they make fun of you, a lot. but they all know its because your good mates and everything will be fine but it can be super bad sometimes. we do that in the states but not to this extreme. i'm very thankful for that.
I was able to see a friend from school who is down here. Her dad died last week. We had dinner and hung out a bit. I asked her how she was doing and she seemed to be doing ok. We talked a bit about what happened that day and how she was feeling. I can tell she just wants to do things. she is with her family all the time and they dont go out much. so i told her that i would call her anytime we are going to the city or doing anything fun. Tonight she is going to come to the kick off of this womens ministry at Hillsong church. I think it will be good for her.
Thank the Lord for friends.