This Saturday should be an interesting day. As a reverential act of homage to outgoing US pal Johnny Du, many of my fellow Viet church youth minions are having a farewell send-off for the Yank in a West Footscray lounge-room with a new plasma TV all there to watch the battle of the west: the Western Bulldogs versus Geelong Cats. Why should this be a day of intrigue? Because in all my days since my 'adoption' into all things Vietnamese I cannot recall a bunch of Melbourne church Viet youth ever being interested in an AFL game or Aussie Rules at all! Always too busy worrying about studying and getting top marks so their parents can vicariously enter university and live off the spoils and status of their offsprings law or medicine degree. Or too busy nerding it on their home worship altars, otherwise known as their PC, playing on-line games in ultra-competitive fantasy realms like WoW, CounterStrike and DotA. The occasional venture into the sporting arena might involve a table tennis competition or the Socceroos but AFL? Never! Well not until this Saturday in any case.
Isn't life ironic when it takes an American to rally together the Vietnamese youth of Melbourne church to watch and appreciate the great game of Australian Rules! Makes this Australian white man proud! Go Hawks (cough...cough...) Go Doggies!
And by the way...all the best to you Johnny Du! You've lightened up our lives over this year and helped us to realise that there are Americans worth befriending! Travel well, God bless and don't forget your Bulldogs beanie!
Isn't life ironic when it takes an American to rally together the Vietnamese youth of Melbourne church to watch and appreciate the great game of Australian Rules! Makes this Australian white man proud! Go Hawks (cough...cough...) Go Doggies!
And by the way...all the best to you Johnny Du! You've lightened up our lives over this year and helped us to realise that there are Americans worth befriending! Travel well, God bless and don't forget your Bulldogs beanie!
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