Comments on: One year an immigrant: so you see… http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/06/one-year-an-immigrant-part-2/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: elaine http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/06/one-year-an-immigrant-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-69807 elaine Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:21:10 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10689#comment-69807 I am off to Port Elizabeth, South Africa in April 2011 with Dad and brother for a two week trip which will be part of Dad's 70th Birthday celebrations. It will be my first visit since I left when in my 13th year. I shall visit all my old haunts where I hopped, skipped and jumped. May you and your wife continue to know happiness and success in England...and also have many trips to the Cape. Most South Africans I speak to trip there regularly to visit their relatives or just enjoy the wonderful 'scape that still is South Africa. South Africans are definitely a presence in the UK now - and it is nice to eat Boerewors and Biltong found in shops set up in funny little corners and in market stalls. I know the country had to change and I still hope that South Africa will have a better system one day - it took this country long enough and we are still flawed! I am off to Port Elizabeth, South Africa in April 2011 with Dad and brother for a two week trip which will be part of Dad’s 70th Birthday celebrations. It will be my first visit since I left when in my 13th year. I shall visit all my old haunts where I hopped, skipped and jumped.

May you and your wife continue to know happiness and success in England…and also have many trips to the Cape. Most South Africans I speak to trip there regularly to visit their relatives or just enjoy the wonderful ‘scape that still is South Africa. South Africans are definitely a presence in the UK now – and it is nice to eat Boerewors and Biltong found in shops set up in funny little corners and in market stalls.

I know the country had to change and I still hope that South Africa will have a better system one day – it took this country long enough and we are still flawed!

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/06/one-year-an-immigrant-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-69785 Dr. Slammy Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:10:29 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10689#comment-69785 When you wrote last year about the process of emigrating, it was one of the most painful things I think I had ever read. I certainly understood why you had to leave, but as I said then, I know what it's like to have to leave a place you love. My case is a million times less extreme than yours, so I figured that the battle you were fighting was probably a million times worse than what I'd gone through when I realized that my home had no use for me. I'm glad it's working out so well for you. It's a shame that fulfillment and happiness had to come at the expense of exile, though.... When you wrote last year about the process of emigrating, it was one of the most painful things I think I had ever read. I certainly understood why you had to leave, but as I said then, I know what it’s like to have to leave a place you love. My case is a million times less extreme than yours, so I figured that the battle you were fighting was probably a million times worse than what I’d gone through when I realized that my home had no use for me.

I’m glad it’s working out so well for you. It’s a shame that fulfillment and happiness had to come at the expense of exile, though….

]]> By: Dr. Denny http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/06/one-year-an-immigrant-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-69751 Dr. Denny Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:49:38 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10689#comment-69751 Thank you for providing such rich perspective of life beyond American borders. Thank you for providing such rich perspective of life beyond American borders.

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