The Romantic New Zealand Assignment Robert was amazed when the waiter returned his card with a receipt that popped his eyes out. He turned to Anita showing her the bill thinking they had undercharged him by mistake, but she urged him it was time to go saying she needed to get home and the waiter and in charge ushered them respectfully to the door. Anita … Continue reading Dreams Shattered New Life Begins – Chapter 2
Surprise Law Case Raj Patil walked through his ripening crops of alphonso mangos. It was that time of the year when crops flowed to the markets through intermediatory merchants to the rest of India and the world, and he’d offered puja that morning to prevent an early monsoon interfering with the latter part of the harvest. Once the monsoon started that was the end of … Continue reading Ratnagiri – Chapter 1
Reluctant Return The Chaniago company guest house was a sprawling complex built in colonial style with wide verandas and high roof to let the air circulate with fans slowly whirling in each room to keep air circulating. It was decorated in Javanese style and had everything to make the stay comfortable with servants at the beck and call of guests. Bert luxuriated in the warm … Continue reading Ethnic Reconnection -Chapter 2
Chance meeting in Jakarta Bert Baas sat at the Jakarta airport studying a booklet he’d purchased before leaving the UK. He’d purchased this out of curiosity to see if he could recall any of the Indonesian language, he’d heard frequently used in his grandfather’s home for this book was an English to Bahasa Indonesia dictionary. Grandfather had lived in Surabaya East Java in Indonesia during … Continue reading Ethnic Reconnection -Chapter 1
Zaid’s Secret Attraction Zaid Gamal was in the valley of decision as he reflected on his life journey to date. His parents in Egypt had been reluctant to send him to Jordon where he wanted to complete a master’s degree in Information Technology, but Zaid had been insistent, and his parents eventually came around to his point of view when they considered some cross-cultural experiences … Continue reading Family in Crisis – Chapter 1
Anya’s Life Decision The week flew by while Anya explored the country to the north south and west of Sydney in day journeys arriving exhausted to her room at the Ibis evenings. She was amazed at the range of cultures that had made Australia their home now and was beginning to warm to the thought of living here. She even made inquiries with Janet Farnsworth … Continue reading Anya’s Quest – Chapter 5
Anya’s Confession “I suppose I could spend time looking around this vast country if there were some other reasons to do so now that my genealogy research has reached a dead-end.” Anya searched his face for a reaction. He brightened immediately. “My long service leave is due from government employment, but I’ve been putting it off for some time wanting to accumulate more time thinking … Continue reading Anya’s Quest – Chapter 4
Justin Cardwell looked forward to enjoying the free stopover in a hotel before he caught the flight home next day to join his wife and daughter already on vacation in their homeland. He’d been unwilling to take those extra days to orient his replacement, but Helen was already enjoying thinking of herself reconnecting with her parents after a five-year absence and he hadn’t the heart … Continue reading The Complimentary Hotel
Richard Cuthburtson put down his book and stared into the distance. The ship coming over the horizon first showing up as a dot had now morphed into a recognizable cruise ship. He’d been fascinated since arriving in this rental park with the frequency of shipping traversing the coastline. Most times they were trading vessels including container ships plying the waters from foreign ports to the … Continue reading A Happy Reunion
Abaeze whispered to his friend Benjamin in the most spoken Nigerian Yoruba language apart from the national official spoken language English as the truck sped through the Chunnel on its way through to their destination in the UK. They had relatives there who’d assist them to melt into the underworld of illegal immigrants and find them work that would care for their survival needs bypassing … Continue reading ABAEZE
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