Odds And Ends For Today... | armine's Blog

For the past few days I have been thinking about two different countries (and no, surprisingly, one of them isn't Germany) - one of them is India, and the other one is Hungary. I'm not quite sure why I have been thinking about these two countries in particular (maybe it's just Aquarian energy)... but I have been, and I'd like to touch upon what I am thinking regarding both.

India, I feel, has great potential on the world stage over the next decade or so; despite its population and growing environmental problems, there is a younger generation of Indians that are technologically savvy, highly educated and hungry to learn about the world. Additionally, we need a strong ally in that part of the world; Pakistan's got me worried, there's so much red tape and secrecy in that country and its border touches Afghanistan. If we could somehow join forces with India, we stand to benefit from it - I hope to see our new president pursue this avenue more forcefully that 'W' did. It might be challenging, but the end result would be worth it, I believe. India is definitely going to be a rising star on the wolrd stage over the next ten years.

And Hungary - what is it about this country? A bit more mysterious to fathom - but here too, I sense tremendous potential. To me this country is 'sitting on a pot of gold', and they don't even know it; there's something in the future that they will be asked to bring forward, and share with the rest of the world. It could be an invention; it could be a mathematical or scientific discovery. But whatever it is, it's going to be something big... so keep your eyes and ears open, let's see if I'm right about this!

I had an interesting conversation with my supervisor, John, at work yesterday; he was telling me all about a trip he took to Brazil about 3 years ago, and what a great time he had there. I commented that women from that country don't believe in wearing much clothing; then he started telling me about the 'girl-watching' he did on the beaches (John is happily married, with three daughters, but men are always going to like to look) and that led us to a chat about strippers. I told him that, when a girl is young, she is in demand... but what happens when she gets older? He told me that 'Brazilian women are unbelievable, no matter what age thay are' - I think it's because of their diets. Either that, or all the sun they get down there!

My brother and I went shopping this afternoon (after our monthly lunch meeting); as we were strolling the aisles he suddenly said to me, "Did you see that woman over there? She was dressed head-to-toe in a black dress, and had a veil over her face". I turned to look at him (because I was wondering why he would bring this to my attention) and noticed that he seemed kind of nervous. "Maybe she's fresh off the boat" was all I could think of to say. Sometimes these foreigners do stand out a little bit to us cotton-and-jeans Americans; their clothes look so different from ours!

That's all for now... peace out.