Vehicle Rapture

Back then I lived beside Olga's skip service whichclaimed to be the cheapest skip hire in whole ofAleksandrregion. The area was very near toPolkserRiver in its final course. Everyday I would wander far and away, for hours, along the river. I would generally think about Aleksandr and how it was here in the past. Back then, we had various festivals, particularly May Day, and All Saint's Day. The young women would all wear traditional coloured garments and dance to the tune of our flute. All that tradition is a big laugh now. Men and women don’t care about it anymore. Things are changing fast.

On season, the salmons would come up the great Polkser river and will be an easy game. We respected salmon, the give us many important lessons about will power and spirit to move forward despite all odds. They were our greatest amusements and ideal friends. At present, with the rates of cars slashed, every one has a new car nowadays. Yuri was even saying that they would get another new car in a few days. The next generation never learnt to be contented. It was not like this back then. Aleksandr was a town then, still adhering to the old customs and values of past and myths. There was no technology except some PCO phones here and there. Now there is Internet connection in every home and electronic online test has replaced old writing system. Someone said that Poland University is also trying to replace its age old tradition of written test by online test.

The younger generation has forgotten many things, Polkser River, true love, love for nature and many more. But the most important thing that is forgotten is lessons learnt from nature and history. Living here is painful now. It is hard to face the reality after so many years of glorious past. I will soon be leaving Aleksandr. Farewell to you, Aleksandr, reincarnated with someone's new car, many forgotten lessons and haven of online hype. I want to move to Reichemer, a very small village, my maternal birthplace. I am sure changes will take long to reach there. I can live there in my own way, away Polish entrance online test, away from changing times and in the lap of my real Poland.