Saturday August 20, 2005

14:00

 

I had the most amazing 45 minute run this morning… instead of continuing on the beach as we usually do, I headed towards town but then made a turn left in the direction of the forest… and ran and ran and ran – past the golf course, past the stream (or river, I don’t know), past the green fields and the white sheep and the hills… this place is so beautiful! I can’t believe we’re leaving in two days – not even two days, we’re leaving Monday morning

 

The weather is so lovely today – very sunny and warm. Most people have gone to the beach after lunch to take advantage of this unusually nice weather, but I just felt like enjoying it here at Corrymeela – we’re sitting outside on the green lawn, working on our memoirs and goals following this morning’s session. What we basically did this morning was get divided into groups to work on setting concrete goals that this camp inspired. They can be personal goals, and action goals to pursue within our programs or with the group – to come up with projects or ideas… I guess this is the output of the camp, if one month or 6 months or one year from now there are programs and projects that have spurred from this experience, then those ten days will make sense and be a worthwhile endeavor. We all talk about keeping in touch… we all talk about organizing exchanges, but what we’re aiming at here is something specific. What exactly is the idea? What do we need to implement it? What resources and people would it take? What’s the time frame?

 

 

This morning we had a lady come in from BBC Ulster to do some interviews about the camp for a Saturday morning program called Your Place and Mine. It was our task as the media group to meet her when she arrives, give her a brief idea what we’re doing, and then arrange for the interviews. She was really nice – Basak talked to her about the general idea of the past 9 days (it’s already been 9 days!!) and then she got some audio recording of our goal-setting session, just walking between groups to capture the atmosphere – and afterwards we made sure she had the people whom she wanted to interview. I’m really looking forward to hearing the whole thing

 

Oh I didn’t tell you about yesterday evening’s cultural activities – we had the Finnish and the Dutch presentations… which were loads of fun, especially when the Finns did that mid-summer’s eve celebration, and performed their dance around the pole (played by Erik ) it was a very nice festive atmosphere, with such beautiful flower crowns (I don’t know if that’s what they’re called ;p ) and of course, no mention of a cultural night is complete without the food… the Finns served us a delicious sort of pan cake they had personally prepared earlier, and we enjoyed some exquisite Dutch cheese.

 

 

Ok I better go write my goals and memoirs!! Hopefully I’ll get to write again soon… most of us are going to the pub tonight – it’s disco night at the Central, and this is the last time we can all go, since tomorrow is the final celebration night here. I have to tell you about the great things the celebration committee are doing; not only are they making lots of plans for tomorrow, they’re also coming up with some pretty creative ideas along the way, like this mural that we’re all contributing to… it’s placed on a large table next to the smoking area and every time I pass by I just have to stop and admire the great vibe and energy it radiates… reminds me of the arts session on the very first day; the best thing is when you get to draw whatever you want without specific rules!!

 

Later…

 

 

2:50 AM

 

I’m in a very mellow mood right now, it all started to sink in while we were at Central’s. At first I was having such a good, dancing and laughing and enjoying the atmosphere – but then out of the blue, the fact that we were all going home so soon hit me… and I just wanted the bus to come so I could go back to Corrymeela!!

 

Anyways I don’t want to talk about this now – let me tell you about the Turkish and Israeli cultural presentations. They were very interesting, especially when explaining the relationship between food and history, and how influences from other cultures are reflected in the traditional food. Seriously, there was such a large variety of food introduced today… the Israelis had “Falafel”, which is also very popular in the Arab world – of course it tastes better when it’s fried in front of you and served hot and then they had these chips (crisps since we’re in Ireland) with a very interesting story explaining why they’re special – back in the early 90’s when they feared an attack from Iraq, all factories closed, except this crisps factory, which remained open and was a consolation to the kids (I hope I got it correctly)

 

The Turks have such rich history and culture – listening to them talk about how they relate to Europe, the role Islam plays, secularism, their long history and the influence from the cultures they mixed with… was all quite fascinating! I guess now when I hear in the news about the EU talks with Turkey I will see it in a new perspective, I will pay more attention, because you put a face to the story, and it makes more sense then!!

 

Ok I’m tired now and want to get some sleep… I have this knot in my tummy and the feeling sucks!!

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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