even though i try to talk myself into believing i am a fighter, i am not. at least not always, sometimes i give up way too easily. i had an offer to take a trip to north korea accompaigning the austrian women’s hockey national team to the b-pool world championships. i forwarded that offer to my newspaper asking if it would be any interest to them (who wouldn’t be interested in north korea?) – first i got an email back telling that the newspaper was not interested in the trip and there would be no funds. i wrote a second letter to my editor in chief stating that this would probably be a once-in-a-lifetime-chance to see a country that not too many people will ever see in their entire lives. today i got an email back, the initial decision was revised, now it seems they will send me there. and all that just because astrid told me not to give up on it in amsterdam.
i believe.