Friday, February 19, 2010

Railroad # 1

The first thought I had was of an old movie where a young couple has to be separated because of war. Of that episode from Beverly Hills 90210 where Donna and David are looking at old pictures and then the episode is about how the guy has to leave and right when they have to say goodbye she tells him that she's pregnant. My basic thought is "leaving" and I can hear music like from "Gone with the wind" playing. It's all very 50s. Or maybe 40s. I don't know. I learned about railroads in U.S History a couple of weeks ago and how chinese people immigrated to America and got jobs at railroads because they would work for much less than americans because the conditions and pay was much worse where they came from. Its interesting how standards of living can be so different from country to country. Things we find not good enough can be like a dream for others. I was travelling a couple of years ago with my parents and well right now I can't really remember where to. Oh well. Bu we went on this train for a couple of days instead of taking a plane or driving so we could see the landscapes and it's just a different way of seeing the world.

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