So even though I've been somewhat stationery in Worcester the past week, I've been tiring myself out working on some arm chair travelling and trying to make some real travel happen. The December break is all too soon approaching and I luckily have tohe option to get out of the snow, or at least out of Worcester (sometimes a change of scenery can kill the winter blues of a rather empty campus). Still the more and more efforts I have made, especially with visa offices, since my island passport is definitely a free pass to almost nowhere, I have found that the term 'Global Citizen' to be quite the worst kind of punch line. Its funny, but whatever your life record says - mine I un-cooly squeaky clean and staying that way - your country of origin is your make or break. And while I am always proud to be where I'm from, its frustrating to know that as exotic and one of a kind travel writers think Sri Lanka is, apparently having the islanders want to venture off the island is a little less of an exciting concept.
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I understand that this is a big picture converstaion, affecting a nation's balance of payment bottom line concerns and anarchic international system dynamics, but its tough to bite down and accept that when you can vouch that you, like that person ahead of you from 'better-passport-land', are not there to no harm. In the end I guess its inevitable to do some profiling to ensure that each nation does its national security dues by some citizen but then don't try too hard after to sell me on the fact that I am a global citizen. Instead perhaps we should rebrand it "Think Global, Travel Local".
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At Present: Listening to, Avicii - Fade into Darkness Wishing I was, outside. It is the most beautiful, sunny and WARM, November day in New England
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