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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-03 10:18 PM
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His story to me: For Matcom.
He is 26 years old and he speaks very softly. He is a short brown man. He shaves his head. One of his ears is not shaped the same as the other as if a notch had been cut in it. He was born in Thailand. His parents were refugees there. They were farmers in Cambodia until La Khmer Rouge came to their farm. They killed and ate his brother's dog in front of the boy, they killed and ate the family's cow. They were told to leave the farm and if they refused they would be killed. They left with the clothes on their back. They made a daring journey through the country, avoiding soldiers and thousands of land mines, with no food and two children. Many people were slaughtered there, children killed their own parents, and carried AK-47s on their shoulders. But his family stuck together and made it somehow to Thailand and later with the help of sponsors, to America. He said his parents lectured him often about how fortunate he was to have shoes and clothing and food. He shook his head in disbelief when he said "Did you know that people bowl with turkeys?" having seen the crazy stunt on television. "We would never play with our food." He speaks so softly I have to watch his lips to hear his words. His phone rings, "I'm coming, I'll be right there," he says impatiently. It is Evelyn, she has his lunch ready. He always shares lunch with Evelyn and Dot. He looks at me and I feel he is searching for a way to part after revealing himself to me. "They love you!" I say of Evelyn and Dot, "Thanks for the history lesson," I tell him, "Go eat your lunch." And he walks off. He is a man who works for my father.

Each of us is a universe unto ourselves.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-03 10:34 PM
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1. awesome. i try never to get mad at odd things strangers do. You never
know their story.
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-03 10:49 PM
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2. Wow!!!
That was cool!!! Really...
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-03 10:54 PM
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3. wow!
that was an inspiring story.

A friend of mine escaped Vietnam in a similar fashion but they are not as evil as the Khmer Rouge. Those bastards killed anyone who looked educated or even wore eyeglasses. Ignorance and fear is how some regimes stay in power.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-03 10:54 PM
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4. More beautiful words.
:-)
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-03 10:58 PM
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5. "Every grain is precious", Thai friend from college
who literally would not even try a new food if she didn't have room to finish the whole tidbit.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-03 06:40 AM
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6. THANK YOU
wonderful

simply wonderful
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