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Saturday, 5 January 2013

Thursday, January 3/2013

Accompany M as she goes for what (she hopes) will be her final interview for a yellow paper, proof of permission for permanent residency. J and I stroll out on the fishing piers where the little boats are moored. And many are genuinely little - about sixteen feet. There's a reel on the front for winding up the nets and most boats have several tubs full of fishing nets. J counts twenty-five on one The reel gives the boats a dragon style silhouette from a distance, so when we lived at the Athene, looking out over the sea, we used to talk of the dragon boats coming home in the morning. M back all smiles with yellow paper in hand. Now free to register for the health system.Accompany M as she goes for what (she hopes) will be her final interview for a yellow paper, proof of permission for permanent residency. J and I stroll out on the fishing piers where the little boats are moored. And many are genuinely little - about sixteen feet. There's a reel on the front for winding up the nets and most boats have several tubs full of fishing nets. J counts twenty-five on one The reel gives the boats a dragon style silhouette from a distance, so when we lived at the Athene, looking out over the sea, we used to talk of the dragon boats coming home in the morning. M back all smiles with yellow paper in hand. Now free to register for the health system.