In Greece of 2008 i believe that there is no one who wouldn’t “grumble” for the lack of money! Thus and i, as a proper “super Greek” man... but let’s have something clear first :
- i studied Medicine in Serbia, which means that in order to work in Greece as a doctor i have to pass some “examinations of recognition of degree” (DIKATSA - DOATAP as i have also said earlier). Until then, i have to work in the... grill shop ( i will possibly begin a new chapter about that)
- if you believe that all doctors were born RICH, you are wrong! Many of us had to work as long as we studied, we did not have the opportunity to travel around the world during our college years, not even in Europe, and our college years were very... "tight". (I mentioned the travelling because a friend made a comment about it a couple of days ago...)
These days, money became the reason to postpone a much desired journey to Serbia, something that i was waiting for two years! Actually, in order to take it out of my “system”, i have to tell you that money is the reason that
- since the day that somebody damaged my motorbike, i couldn’t buy another so i am still using my sister’s in law motorbike
- i don’t have my own car (off course) and i don’t believe i will buy one in the near future
- the last years i wear the same clothes, the “student”, almost “teenager” clothes, that "hide" my 29 years and my medical knowledge (and when sometimes, a doctor needed... people didn’t believe me!).
- a lot of travels did not happened, a lot of evenings were not full of alcohol, music and women, in some bar, but with friends at home (which is also good, i don’t mind)
- my computer is old, it is very slow and for work of half an hour i need... 2 hours!!!
- my mobile is one of the "new technology": it has a coloured screen!!!
- one father was fighting with his son in our shop for whether the kid would eat one more potato pie (so, don’t say that i am grumbling only for my self)... off course the boy ate one more potato pie, had a juice too... on the house
- last night we went for ONE drink with one of my best friends, even if it was his last night (he had to go back to the army today)... we passed enough hours walking and talking...
- should i continue or did you get the meaning?
A friend once told me something that made us fight then. Now, i revise and i believe that she was right: “Money does not give you happiness... Poverty however, causes unhappiness”
Fortunately or not, this is how it is. And fortunately or not, Greek common logic, requires that we get comforted with the thought "it does not matter… it could be worse"... What would i have to say if it was raining already?... or is there a storm coming up??
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