Time to sum up as a very special time is approaching┘

[Rajkumar]

To my Dearest Don,
My friend Donquichotte,if I have hurt you in any way,all I ask you as the most respected member of ukraine.com to forgive me.Tell me Don,my respected friend how did I ever hurt you.Make me understand Don,how did I ever hurt you.I admired you as a great teacher Donquichotte,but where was I wrong with you my respected friend Donquichotte.At least my dear Frenchman I need an explaniation from you where I went wrong.I maybe wrong but it wasn't to have any intend to hurt you in anyway.Views of mine is just mine,what I feel and that's what I express myself with no disguise in ukraine.com.Could I be punished to this extent with no aknowledgement as a friend in disguise from you.Tell me Donquichotte,or at least my dear friends Laryska,My buddy MR.Ulysess and forest.

I wish you a Very Happy Christmas Donquichotte.Hope someday we meet and hope a New Year starts for me remembering that I shall get an explanation from you my Dear friend Don-The Donquichotte.
Always your friend,Don
Raj.

[forest]

Hello Raj. I don.t recall you and the Don having the tiff so I cannot comment. But knowing the Don from his posts he does not strike me as one to hold a grudge, more like he would agree to disagree and leave it at that, pretty much like you would yourself. My only hope is that what ever the disagreement was it is reconciled and friendship restored quickly, you are two of the most respected members on here both knowledgeable and funny. all the best

[Laryska]

To my Dear friends Raj and DOn,
I was not aware of any sort of misunderstanding between the two of you, but you must remember that a misunderstanding is simply that. YOu can't take things too seriously. Rajkumar did mention to me that something did happen between the two of you, but please move on with things and patch things up. I don't think apologies are neccesary at this point, if you both just started writing to eachother again this would be a step in the right dirrection.
I truely miss writing to both of you and I enjoyed our discussions of various topics.
Wishing you both Happy holidays, and an optimistic new year!
PS: Raj, you did not reply to my last post on "I am still around".

[Donquichotte]

Dear Forest,

You are wrong, I can hold a grudge (after all I am human), though not for long....Merry Christmas to you and thanks for your nice comments : coming from you its a real privilege.


Dear Laryska,

eventhough we have not talked for a while I am keeping current with your hesitations and choices you are trying to make in your life and studies : remember at one point you have to listen to you only, as you will be the one to have to live with these choices.
At your age you can experiment differents directions before you definitely choose one, very few person knows at the age of 18 what they want to do.
Now enough with grandpa's advices, enjoy yourself during these Xmas vacations and keep in mind that a ten years difference is not much.Youth is mostly an attitude, at least until a certain age. (do you ski ? are there any good ski resorts near Edmondton ? There must be.)

Dear Raj,

I have had less time to spend here as I have taken in the past few months new responsibilitiesbut did follow your posts like I followed Laryska's.

I also did completely disagree with you and could not for a while understand how you could have supported whoever it was I severely criticized at the time.
But I do not want to remember what it was, life is too short and the subject does not deserve more attention, so I wish you and your daughter a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, looking forward to a fresh start and another twelve months of fruitful discussions.

[Laryska]

Don,
It is too bad that you are so busy, but it is nice to know you are analyzing my posts. And you are right in what you told me. There are some very nice ski resorts near Banff and Jasper, and Kananaskis... these towns are all new Edmonton 3hrs drive. However, i did learn how to ski but all I ended up doing was fly through the air, and crashed through some trees!!!
Kasper, I did not understand your last post here.
YOu said that 14 yr olds knew what they wanted to do.... this may be true, but they will probably change their minds. YOur comment about pot smoking 18yr olds.... who is this dirrected at?? I hope this is not dirrected at me, because if it is... I am absolutely offended. YOu have no right to call me a "stupid western 18 yr old townie..." What the hell is that?? IF this comment was dirrected at me, I suggest you mature. If what you said was an insult to me the yOu are just as ignorant as the 14 yr olds you know so well.
Also your comment about "younger people do much more hard work these days...." I will never have to work as hard as my parents ever did. It is through their hard work and persistance that I am able to live on this earth!! I respect them, and would never dare compare my accomplisments to theirs.
I truely hope I missed the point of your post, and I truely hope you did not indend to insult me and other fellow ukraine.com memebers.

[Rajkumar]

Thanks Don,forest and Laryska.I am feeling so much better now and I too look forward in fruitful discussions with you Don in all the years to come.So tell us Don,how is Christmas celebrated in France.I am sure forest is going to have a lovely time on Christmas with all his relatives from Ukraine.But something tells me forest has already started his Christmas celebrations.forest have you got your Christmas tree decorated already? Though I am a Hindu and celebrate Deepavali but for my daughter's sake I take her to church on Christmas eve as she loves to listen to the Christmas carols.Ever since she was a child from three years onwards I would decorate her Christmas tree which I had bought from the mall and play Santa Claus on the night of Christmas eve and lay some presents for her while she is asleep.I was reminded by her again not to forget doing this on this coming Christmas.She is thrilled with this.I have been having this Christmas tree for the last nine years now.I have about five Christmas trees grown in my garden and it is the favourite tree among the Malaysians.I have also a pine tree grown in my garden.
Take Care All of You.

[Donquichotte]

Originally posted by Kasper
Don stop being so ageist you cannot compaire a couple of stupid westen 18 year old townies drinking alco pops and smokeing some weed thinking they are so cool when they just idiots to every young person, it is so stupid older people think like this, younger people do much more hard work now days then their parents ever did and they will be more intelligent then their parents, it is called evolution! I know 14 year olds who know what they wanted to do with their life.

Kasper,

How old are you ? How old do you think I am ?

Workwise, you are very wrong, at least for several western countries where the young generation does not want to work as hard as their parents did, civilisation of leisure is the word.
No matter how intelligent and evolved the young generation is, experience cannot be replaced : that is not to say young people are stupid, some are and some are not, like aged ones.
Learning from other's experiences can make one gain a lot of time and avoid several mistakes, evolution itself is compiled experience to some extent.



[Edited by Donquichotte on 18th December 2002 at 18:34]