Mosquitoes In Sydney (A Sketch)

Mosquitoes bite, such the blood out of you, but really do not harm you, until you get malaria, then watch out!

Supremely casual she lit a cigarette, put it in her mouth, talking around it, the music inside the bar is real loud, you can hardly hear yourself talking.

"What is it you're thinking?" she asked me.

"Nothing," I said.

"Ok," she says with a smirk, looks through the doorway into the nightclub from the hallway.

The girl next me, sees her girlfriend now, whom was at another club with her, she has arrived, and to her she says "You came back all this way back from 'Barney's?"

"Not enough guys there," she tells the girl I'm talking to, a lovely dark eyed tanned girl with blond hair.

"You were not there very long," she replies. (Her face averted from mine, she's looking at the tall blond haired guy doing his thing with two girls on the dance floor. (Her girlfriend peremptory yet quiet.)

She now has a cigarette between her lips, the cigarette and her head bobbing with the music that is seeping out into the hallway. I tell myself, chasing her, is like her chasing that blond haired guy, whom is slain to the lusts of his accomplishments in the bullring there. She is insanely immersed in grief over this guy, he is her quest for the evening, her challenge, so I tell myself, and so it look to me.

I sense she likes my company, and I am comfortable to be with, so I've been told, but when the it comes down to the end of the night, she'll be with him, if she has to hogtie him, or strip for him in front of everyone. And I thin she'll do it. I saw that once happen in Germany. When a gal gets a fixation on a man, it doesn't matter if he is surrounded by a hundred naked men, she will pick that one out every time, until the challenge is over, then, put him out to roost in some empty field in the cold.

"Thanks," she told me for lighting her cigarette, "Where you from," she asked, and I replied, "I'm on leave from Vietnam, the war...."

"Oh, yes," she comments, "we have some of our boys over there also."

"So you've evidently been following this guy all night, is that correct?"

"Yes, from one bar to the next, and I'll end up with him one way or the other." (She now puffs rapidly at the cigarette, staring into the crowed dance floor.)

In life I would find out, women like her had the determination, but not much sense, and in the long run, well, to be honest, they were not looking for anything for the long run, it was now or never. It didn't matter what I knew, or what might have happened between us, because she didn't want it, all she needed was an affidavit for him to be hers for the evening. So I was wasting my time. But everyone likes to keep a second, in place, they look good to others to have men standing around you with their tongues out, and I simply said, "It's too late," and started to walk away, my back to her, actually, it was an insult to her, and she knew it, for I did not look back. She was enjoying what I called Dead Reality, the best of all reason to make love, no commitment.

"That's right!" I told myself, listen to the voice inside of you; it will tell you when to avoid the execution forth coming.

I did meet another girl that night, I got drunker than a skunk, and when she woke me up in the morning, she wanted me to take her to the park, and we did, and I then left her alone. She came to my hotel room a few days later, asked me why I did not call her. And I was honest, I said I had only a week in Sydney, and I wanted to do all I could, and I was then heading back to Vietnam, and who knows. And she understood.

5-25-2008

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Olympic Facts - Female Athletes

Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen won four gold medals in the 100m (11,9s), 200m (24,4s), 80m hurdles (11,2s / world record) and 4x100m relay (47,5s) at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. In the 1930s and 1940s,she set 33 national records and 12 world records. Fanny finished 6th in the high jump at the 1936 Olympics in Germany. She also won 5 European titles. This great woman was born on April 26, 1918 in Lage Vuursche, Holland.

The American Virgin Islands sent 2 sportswomen to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary (Canada).

The Soviet Union -currently Russia- won the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Paris (France) in 1956. Final standings: 1.USSR; 2.Romania; 3.Poland; 4.Czechoslovakia; 5.Bulgaria; 6.China; 7.North Korea; 8.East Germany; 9.USA; 10.Holland.

Nancy Vallecilla (Ecuador) finished 28th in the 100m hurdles at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. In the 1970s and 1980s, she was one of the best female athletes of South America.

The team of Norway won the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Led by Ann-Kristin Aarones ( the best football player), Norway defeated Germany 2-0 in the final.

The Peruvian women's volleyball team won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The silver medalists were: Diana Uriol, Gabriela Perez del Solar Cuculiza, Janeth Vasconsuelos, Luisa Cervera, Alejandra de la Guerra, Cecilia Tait Villacorta, Rosa Garcia, Denisse Fajardo,Gina Torrealba, Natalia Malaga, Sonia Heredia. They were coached by Man Bok Park (South Korea), one of the best coaches of the world.

The Australian women's field hockey team won the gold medal at the 1994 World Cup. Final standings: 1.Australia; 2.Argentina; 3.USA; 4.Germany; 5.South Korea; 6.Holland; 7.China; 8.Spain; 9.England; 10.Canada; 11.Ireland; 12.Russia.

Lida Fariman was the flag bearer of the Iranian Olympic team at the 1996 Olympic Games. Who is Lida? She is one of the best shooters of Iran.

The U.S. women's basketball team won the FIBA World Championship in 1957. This was its second successive world title. Final standings: 1.USA; 2.USSR; 3.Czechoslovakia; 4.Brazil; 5.Hungary; 6.Paraguay; 7.Chile; 8.Mexico; 9.Argentina; 10.Australia; 11.Peru; 12.Cuba.

Israel sent 8 sportswomen to the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (California,USA).

Ghada Shouaa is regarded by the Syrian Olympic Committeee as the first Syrian Olympic champion. Ghada finished first in the heptathlon at the 26th Olympic Games in the United States. She was ranked first in the world having competed at the IAAF World Championship in 1995, where she won a gold medal. Like Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria/ Olympic gold medalist, 1992) and Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco/ Olympic gold medalist, 1984), she is one of the greatest Arab female athletes of all time. Ghada was born on September 10, 1972 in Muhardeh (Syria).

The Russian women's handball team won the World Championship in 2001. There were 24 teams. Final standings: 1.Russia; 2.Norway; 3.Yugoslavia; 4.Denmark; 5.France; 6.Hungary; 7.Austria; 8.Sweden; 9.China; 10.Holland; 11.South Korea; 12.Italy; 13.Slovenia; 14.Spain; 15.Angola (Africa); 16.Brazil; 17.Romania; 18.Ukraine; 19.Tunisia; 20.Japan; 21.Macedonia; 22.Congo (Africa); 23.Uruguay; 24.Greenland (Danish territory).

Diane Bui-Duyet (New Caledonia/ French territory) was named as the female swimmer of the South Pacific Games in 2007. She had a big performance in the 100m butterfly.

Nigeria sent six female athletes to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich (West Germany).

Brazil is one of the best volleyball teams of the world. It has notable volleyball players such as Isabel Barroso Alencar, Ana Mozer, Marcia Cunha, Fernanda Venturini, Ericleia Bonziack, Vera Mossa and Sandra Survagy.

History:

1951: South American Championship-1st place

1955: Pan American Games-3rd place

1956: South American Championship-1st place

1958: South American Championship-1st place

1959: Pan American Games-1st place

1960: World Championship-5th place

1961: South American Championship-1st place

1962: South American Championship-1st place ; World Championship-8th place

1963: Pan American Games-1st place

1967: Pan American Games-4th place

1969: South American Championship-1st place

1970: World Championship-13rd place

1973: World Cup-9th place; South American Championship-2nd place

1974: World Championship-16th place

1975: Pan American Games-5th place; South American Championship-2nd place

1977: South American Championship-2nd place

1978: World Championship-7th place

1979: Pan American Games-3rd place; South American Championship-2nd place

1980: Olympic Qualification Tournament-3rd place; Olympic Games-7th place

1981: World University Games-3rd place; South American Championship-1st place; World Cup-8th place

1982: World Championship-6th place

1983: World University Games-1st place; South American Championship-2nd place; Pan American Games-4th place

1984: Olympic Games-7th place

1985: World Cup-6th place; South American Championship-2nd place

1986: World Championship-5th place

1987: Pan American Games-4th place; World Junior Championship-1st place ; South American Championship-2nd place

1988: Olympic Qualification Tournament-2nd place; Olympic Games-6th place

1989: South American Championship-2nd place; World Junior Championship-1st place

1990: World Championship-7th place

1991: South American Championship-1st place; Pan American Games-2nd place; World Cup-8th place

1992: Olympic Games-4th place

1993: South American Championship-2nd place

1994: World Championship-2nd place

1995: World Cup-2nd place; South American Championship-1st place; Pan American Games-6th place

1996: Olympic Games-3rd place

1997: World Cup-3rd place; South American Championship-1st place

1998: World Championship-4th place

1999: Pan American Games-1st place; World Cup-3rd place; South American Championship-1st place

2000: Olympic Games-3rd place

2001: South American Championship-1st place; World Junior Championship-1st place

2002: World Championship-7th place

2003: World Cup-2nd place; Pan American Games-4th place; World Junior Championship-1st place

2004: Olympic Games-4th place

2005: World Cup-1st place; World Junior Championship-1st place

2006: World Championship-2nd place; American Cup-1st place

2007:World Cup-2nd place; Pan American Games-2nd place; World Junior Championship-1st place ; American Cup-2nd place

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer.Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry.He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The Dictator and Alicia Alonso".He is an expert on foreign affairs.Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Jos Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: "The person who I admire the most is Jos Gamarra . He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. Jos played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting".The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. "This African-American sportswoman is my idol..."

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