A report and Poetry from Ethan
This is my report for the month of January. I must inform you that the reason my reports are late is because I dont have direct access to the internet. So please forgive.
January is one month that I will never forget. It is the month that we did our tour of the North east of Brazil and it was simply "gostoso". I had the apportunity to spend on month on a tour with some 90 other exchange students. We all met in the city the was home to the head quaters of the travel agency that was organizing the tour. This was where we had the general meeting that told everyone of what to expect on this trip. This was also where I met some of the people I now call friends for a lifetime.
We spent the time after the meeting in general discussion of the things that we did here so far. So we all are in this really big circle and doing all of the things that you see on the rotary tapes that tell you about the program and I realize this and I am like wow this is cool. So we are all talking and on of the leaders come up to me and told me that my brother is coming in now and if I wanted to go with her to pick him up from the bus station. Now I knew that there was a mistake, but I thought that it was someone else from the Bahamas that was coming so I got all excited an I went. It turned out to be so guy from Bermuda. After this city we all went to the nations capital. We went to the senate and all acted important. We went to 9 other cities staying on some of the best beaches and in some of the best hotels in the world. I had a chance to me lots of really cool exchange students and lots of us are all getting together for CARNAVAL which is like 2 weeks away. not to worry all is rotary certified.
I am starting school this week and I cant wait. I won best dancer, most popular, and sexiest of
the entire trip. All of the exchange students are really nice and I like them a lot.
In Febuary so far, our district here received 5 new intercambistas from south africa and austriala. We had a meeting for all of the students and had a weekend sleep over to get to know them. They all are pretty nice. As for my city life I was kinda of sad because after a month of being with the exchange students I really didnt want to come back here, but I am and it is okay. My best friend moved away to go to university, so I guess I will just have to make a new one, but I will miss her. Thats all from Arapoti Parana Brasil. So until next month see ya! Here is a poem that I wrote after the trip I hope you like it.
NORDESTE 2000
I sit alone in silence near depression,
my only comfort is to lose myself in the rememberance of a trip,
a trip that I will never forget.
One that I now hold close to my heart.
I remember all of the friendships made,
and all of the new friends that I have share the memories of with.
The people, who at the start of the trip stood before me as strangers now
hold special places in my heart.
People from all the world of different languages, colours,
shapes and sizes, but people all the same.
Each one with a different flavor and style, but when all placed together
made a taste simply "gostoso".
I close my eyes and I replay the events of the trip over in my mind. I see
all of the smiling faces of everyone
and all of the pinkeyes of everyone else,
I see all of the beautifully worn brazilian bikinis on the bodies of young
women from the world over.
I see the waves crashing to the shore
and the now nicely tanned bodies laying on the white sand.
Then I listen, and I hear the laughter of the exchange students
as they frolic around some of the best beaches in the world.
I hear the very stimulating conversations of sex and sex related topics,
as the bus driver are repairing the bus on the side of the road again.
Then I open my eyes and with a smile on my face
I realize that I am not alone and have no reason to be depressed
not as long as I have the memories of NORDESTE 2000
the memories of a trip of dreams.
Ethan R. L. Quant
This is for all who made my trip memorable. Thank you.
Words can not express my feelings towards you now.
When I met you I really didnt know that you would become a friend of a
lifetime.
To think how close you and I were to just being strangers.
Yet now we are frieds for a life time.
I have had friends come and go
But I know that you and I will be friends forever.
I sit and as I think of how much I love you now
I am brought to tears.
You mean so much to me; I dont know where I would be now
had you not walked into my life and graced me with your presence.
Even though the time we have known each other is but a short one
You have made a valuable impact on my life, and hold a special place in my
heart.
I know that I will never forget you,
And I ask that the memory of me stays fresh in your mind as well.
You are a special person,
And I consider myself blessed to have befriended you.
What have I done to deserve your friendship, I really dont know.
Maybe I dont derserve you
But your friendship I have noe the less
I hope that I have been able to express myself and what I am feeling now.
Ethan Quant
I love you all.
