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This is blog number 20!! Thank you so much for being loyal readers, it makes our every-day life filled with your smiles.

Life is such a powerful wave. When you think you will crash on the shore, the under tow brings you back in the rolling surf. Please do not infer that we were about to crash; I just liked the ocean imagery. At the precise moment where, exhausted, we were strolling in Melbourne with no place to go, we got invited to stay at Katie’s, Cecilia’s sister, and during our stay at Katie’s a lovely family invited us over for another couple of days. How amazing is that? And there is still people trying to discourage me to believe in the true goodness of human beings and of the power of synchronicities…

Cabeza
While we were trying to find jobs on Katie’s couch, overlooking Melbourne’s zoo from the 7th floor, Elijah and Raphael learned how to eat a whole banana by themselves and learned how to put both their hands on their heads when daddy sais “cabeza” (he’s from East Timor, which by the way has a very interesting story…look it up on Wiki). Seeing how 10-month- old twins learn how to be human beings is as fascinating as any museum!

Old dump
Twenty-five years ago, visionary hippies decided to transform a local rubbish tip where no trees grew into an urban permaculture complex. It may sound familiar to many of you, like a utopia we all dreamed of. But they succeeded and it is now immense and addresses social justice issues as well as environmental ones. So many amazing things happen there every day; it is beyond my wildest dreams. We discovered this inspiring sustainable village on the day of their Harvest Festival, where we listened to world music choirs signing in the giant gardens, lit by fairy lanterns. We joined 148 other believers in a happier future for the famous feast, prepared with home grown organic veggies by immigrant women part of an integration project. Wow! And to top all this wonder, we met Charlie first, who took us to his tree house made out of recycled bicycle wheels, then Lizzie, Colleen and Rob. We connected right away: brilliant, curious and intelligent people forming a lovely family. We felt so good with them that we now live at their place (until we find a job and a proper place to live of course)!

A little hope
Tibet might not have anything to do with Australia but I really want to share something. As I am always trying to learn more and do more about social justice, I ran downtown Melbourne when I heard about a conference being given about the effect of climate change on the nomads of Tibet. I was ready to be brought to tears as usual but the speeches ended on a positive note I felt the world should know about, so that we could stay motivated to support this brutalized people. There is a movement in Tibet, initialized by the uproar stirred around the Olympics, in which Tibetans are being Tibetans once a week. They don’t use Chinese words or eat at Chinese restaurants. This way they manifest their desire without being shot or imprisoned. This simple action got the Tibetan language back to life and now people can have their Facebook page in it, there is even video of Tibetan hip-hop on you tube. Just another example that we shouldn’t underestimate the effect of small actions!

See HIS View
See His and Hers Picture