tonight... watching three different arenas tonight
for three different hockey teams across this huge nation
belting out the national anthem
and me here at home, belting it out along with them
it's a beautiful sight





not me singing i mean the sea of people proudly singing their anthem.

I never really have

Today! I was sitting in the Department for Immigration, waiting to get my resident re-entry visa, and on the wall is the pledge you have to say to become an Australian Citizen.

I was reading through it and it said "blah blah blah your loyalty to Australia" and I stopped there thinking I couldn't go ahead with that I am NOT ready to stand behind this country's views on some matters, so maybe that doesn't make me so much swedish, but un-Australian

ZombieKitten said:

you've lived there since you were a child
but you still need a visa?????

emm said:

yeah if I leave otherwise I get deported!

Always feel Mexican, I have a bunch of family around me that reminds me where we come from.

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everyday!!!

CHIC0 said:

Right now!

PANDURITO said:

jerseykrs said:

Only one thing left to do

Whenever I cook or eat Indian food, it literally calls my name!

U cant Have Da Mangoooo

jerseykrs said:

That's your ethnicity, dude.

To be honest, I never have really identified as an American. I rarely root for American teams in international events, I generally prefer European music and love Indian and Mexican food! When I went to college, I always stayed in the international dorm, and most of my friends were either foreign or heavily involved in international culture. I don't feel un-American, per se, but I have never really identified with a particular country.

Just today listening to some 80s music recorded by Canadians..

so it reminded me of growing up in Canada and what that feels like.

PANDURITO said:

It does!

CinisterCee said:

PANDURITO said:

jerseykrs said:

Dude you are that wherever you are!

Every day these days, as the election nears closer and keeps popping up in the paper :fingerscrossed:

susannah said:

What is your nationality and why do you cross your fingers?

PANDURITO said:

Scottish, pro-independence, and (not to offend my English friends of course) the odds are looking up for more power at least in the Scottish Parliament, if not Westminster.

hard to explain really if you don't know anything about it...will explain more in orgnote if you like

Um, I'm not sure really. Maybe when the rugby internationals were on?? Or whenever I leave the country.

I'm not the most patriotic person there is. I'm proud to be Welsh, I'm proud to be British, but I rarely think about these things. Maybe if I went travelling like you have, JD, I would be reminded of it more often.

susannah said:

Your Parliament was designed by a Spanish Architect (professional fixation )

We also have different nationalities here in Spain.
I think it's right to have some degree of independence but without forgetting the common welfare. I mean, I don't see fair the richest parts of the country don't contribute to the poorest ones.

Celtic English, and I feel it all the time

PANDURITO said:

Agreed

And indeed it was...don't worry I share the same profession and fixations!

susannah said: