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Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:33 am
by anusha gamage
Re: Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:36 pm
by hhm
maehara alert? Of late he really hasn't been giving
anusha some love!
Zim cricket blues affecting him a lot I gues!
Perhaps not this time, because he hasn't duplicated anything!
Lovely little boy, just 9 years old. Pretty sharp & confident judging from his responses(....is it normal for young white kids to call your 'elders' by their first name?). I know so many white families and business men/women who left Zim to go to Aus/NZ during the Zim upheavels! In another ten years, we shouldn't be surprised to see a whole new generation turning out for the All Blacks/Black caps or Wallabies/?(kangaroos/crickeroos/baggy greens)
de Grandhomme&Pocock werent exatcly born there neither did they arrive there before 3 years old!
Anyway, my hope is for things to get better in Zim.
That way instead of dreaming of playing for other kids' countries, they'll long to don the colours of their descent instead! The instabiity, insecurity, hardships & racial disharmony permeating Zim society is very disheartening! For the good of a lot of people, Zim MUST improve.
Re: Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:31 pm
by eugene
Whereas I am born in New Zealand but a big Zimbabwe fan.
Re: Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:29 pm
by ZIMDOGGY
Whats the bet that he turns out to be an above average first class Nz cricketer but not good enough to make Nz.
In other words someone very handy to us, but lost to us
Re: Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:16 pm
by eugene
And what's worse for us is that my cricket abilities are not good enough to even break into the Southern Rocks side.
Re: Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:49 pm
by betterdays
hhm wrote:...is it normal for young white kids to call your 'elders' by their first name.
For my part, I was forced to show respect to my 'elders' at school ... "sir", "ma'am", doff the cap, stand up if they drove past/entered a room... they rarely deserved it. After school I hope I never
actually disrespected anyone - but the respect mete out through obligatory social norms...que carai!! [it did get me into some situations in Spain where i didn't bother to even learn the form of the verb which indicated i was talking to an 'elder' or 'superior']
Re: Born in Zimbabwe but a big NZ cricket fan
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:51 pm
by betterdays
ZIMDOGGY wrote:Whats the bet that he turns out to be an above average first class Nz cricketer but not good enough to make Nz.
In other words someone very handy to us, but lost to us
hopefully by the time he takes to a FC field Zim would not be in need of above NZ-average FC cricketers.
""It starts with me, it starts with you, it starts with us!!""
