Lets get drunk in 2019
02 January 2019 | Vaitahu, Tahuata
Rolfo
I see a lot of people having a good time over new years . I see them posting pictures on Facebook etc with many good wishes for us . Thank you very much �...same to you . What I noticed for a while is that there is often a wine glass in the middle of the picture. As if to say : if I am relaxed and have a good time then its because I have booze. No booze , no fun ? The people from the North do the fireplace and glass of wine picture . It says:its cozy, so I have wine. If I have wine , it gets cozy? I don�'t know. I do drink as well and might have published a picture with a beer bottle in the past ? Have I ?? I dunno, but I see a lot of them, creativity seems to go overboard ! And when the Northern people go south : same all over. Its the beach , the umbrella at a bar �...feet in the sand AND the glass . Like you couldn�'t do anything else on the beach but drink and drink. I know drinking people get bored with people that don�'t drink. And I just had a feel for that the other way around. I didn�'t drink for a few weeks but sat with the drinking sailors. What a bore: the stuff they laugh about so loud, IS NOT FUNNY. I would have to get a few shots down quickly to laugh as well. Sober with the drunks �...its a bore. Here the men in town were howling all night, to welcome the new year. When we went ashore early in the morning, they were still drinking. Stumbling, mumbling and begging us to join them. Why do alcoholics always have this great urge to get me drunk as well? Daniela gets tons of that , she never drinks. It bug's the people ,when they see that she wont do it . So this morning we watched an new years day procession. From up a hill down to church, the villagers carried a statue of the virgin Mary and sang along with her. In church it continued for quiet a while. You cant just sit down inside. They get up and insist to shake you're hand . Then they sing . Men and women in turn and with beautiful voices. You feel their heart is in it. Its not a show for us . We were the only white people there. The expat French that work here, don�'t do church. And when its over, they come up to you , and men and women that I never met before kiss me and wish me a good new year. Bonne anee �...bises bises. I wipe my wet eyes and step outside into the bright sunny day. And think : Those people are lazy fat fucks in the eyes of the oppressors from overseas. But the Frogs haven't got a clue, how the Marquesans tick. The kids that run around church. Climbing from one aunty to the next uncle. They all hug em and kiss em, even if they are noisy. In Switzerland I was told to shut up and BEHAVE in church�...or else!!! The warmth among the people is contagious. They are not all saints and good hearted.They overcharge you for fruits or veggies, if they can. But only if you're silly enough to let them. I like them a lot!
So I send this toast to you : Keep on drinking in 2019 , just don�'t make it a bad habit. And if you are all ready hooked on it �....there is help : sit in a circle with other victims and confess : �"Hello, my name is Rolf and I am an alcoholic�" .
Do you think I am crazy or what?