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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-07-18, Page 17• .. • 4' t t • o 4 7 pit n • e • 7 " 4 t fo.A.•••••,.' • •• By Margaret Stapleton Editor's Note: This is the final ,..„1...segment in a three7part series about a young Winghant man`l world travels. This week we join Tim Phibbs in Ns visits. to India, China Japan and his readjustment to life in Canada. - • If Tim found the poverty o the -,,- African continent a culture_shock, nothing prepared him for What he found in India. The first time be went to wash after his arrival:in Bombay, he was greeted by a rat in • Tim flew to India in,..early,Pebtut any of this year. Never hadlie seen such a mass of humani" crowded together in such poverty Bombay it a city of 10 million people, many of its inhabitants living in gigantic .. The thing he fouticl most digurb- Ing about the Indian culture is the saste_iyitem. No matter hoi4 harci one works to improve hirpselt-he always *Mains in the same caste or same pike in soCiety. It is impossi- :. ble for those born into a lower caste to improve their lOt htFe system. While m Bombay, rpn *tote this poem abOutarkkOltamidriverr A TyPieaLt4Y-itillIdia Out of the human soup pick me -SWooping down like vultures To deveur my White Skirt •Rupees in their eyes The first thing I hear is ,"Hello ... my friend" Amongst• themselves t- t ' -,. '744W-4A,A4if, • • -$1,-tew ••••••,,, They scratch and squabble the Chinese at the end Of thisceptAll.` 301.2Q...12...4 ry and much capitalhas beer(leaV-...,, The lowest becomes the highest ing the city in anticipation. He emerges from the motley pack Tim says he .10144 the Chinese With the smile of a millionaire.' people friendly, yet extremely shy. The other rickshaw drivers , • ced hisin' He alsmexpenen worst co Shrug their shoulders and forget munication problem of the trip, About me as soon as the next finding it virtually irnpossible to be .. Traveller comes round the corner , understood. , And plunges into the bow , Strolling through Chinese ma . Delhi) India, was muck, different kets, he saw dogs and cats hanging -.,• :.' . ' : says many Tani ; than Bombay, says Tim, very British feerselle,as,w. : s - antlers. Thn intone, -• ., . *8 E0Wevers IlutPan-rlife is '1.19-t:, ',90inet ec ' ' tiod much there ' er.., . ., es0 use All*010,bialt l' , - ' oughout all of souls of great people come back in From Chinai,,Tim flew to Tokyo '.914(i` ' undisturbed ' by pedestrians and dinner one evening ata Chinese .„...._.i.l'iv-4145.. "mornino- radio vehicles stop to let them cross: restaurant, just as we would pick a ludicl‘ Hindu religion dictates that the lobster. ' , Fle-p,‘,„-pt .. 1, : , 0 •,...- t.i- , , .., ,. . - is for ' '' ' ogi, 44‘,.... . or , . h A: re 0 treated with the utmost respect. ht on his world triP- ,.,,.- large aninial,s and therefore they ate on what:woukkbeOmelthe lastleg -4L-- ., • • t•Th'I fact, Tim says, restaurant ownersOriginally,he had intended to put out food for,the cattle in the 'ipenit two years travelling and mornings before customers are iwanted - to 'see AlistraliCatictScitith . , even considered. . - America yet. However, 'the.-SheOt After one month in India, Tim - mental'aP4:PhYSIC4U-Orra*: of 41-„, flew - to the Tibetan mountains, trip, the loneliness Where he stayed in remote villages, problems Werek.ttarting;4•Play'cofltinu One Of them at. the base , of Mount .14Y-04,$,; - Everest., • Poor health plagued .• ,6„1.bi throughout his stay the inOuti;. — stay in ni,-Ar-:-.PnYv 10" tains,,sonioting he blames onrthiT one of the most enjoyable Of .1 tilP altitude change and he Was not sad hospitable He m&T, to a ultand extremely to leave there foi;Chhia. •-• ;We 1-Iteln$An '• 4 He and a travelling companion . fact, some peop*,.Wouittrig01.111.043r:.: went into Clilliabythemselves. He miles out of their wayto give him a "eke"throughout Southwestern visi,ted Hong Kong in callint:- ride or invite him to stay at their Ontario 01101:theiiv to know as the. it a crumbling empire". The homes- :coax:v•-nionling inake.andirlitsgefil British turn the rich ,COIony_oyerict one•thin that was httle cuseort_him .whert4tt*Ittffito, advertising . • • ' "72 certtilttlim*h'ilvas their question- ing. Tim says they wantto know :tater Ilia month hestarts a new . everything about you and if you Foe' ata Kitchener radio station and don't tell them, they *ill usually willbe moving the family there. He ask. He Wai_asked. what size .of .0P4„.61,:e- miss ibe,;014rn Ihit 0k0e6The*frife7a7tiiiii..4, :11[4 their ; homeifor *most_ 20 The coun is ma t set a gigantic -Mount* range. Tokyo, ikesidents4itmghiltu.4.Wmits the second tagest 07.in the World, -. the fandlres Throughout .the is clean and, virtual* free of crime. years, Brian his heiorlyphteowith it is a trtedelfoiAe nuMerbiaterViceclubs:and:Mitior But: all good things .dome to an Sports; . . , end and was titnelOeTi*, • He' coached several B' tof decide" what •-:tq. do 'After some teams town, rncluding soul-searching, he chose: to return the ICentUeky Nuggets and the to ;Cariada: SuperX 'Atoms, saying. it is itupor- to his native country tint that. all youngsters have'an was mOre 'difficult -than he ever opportunity -to play and learn. He would have imagined:: says it also has coached softball I "' felt "weird" "weird" coining back and for a In 0,0410* to Sports, Brian has while, he viranted to hide and not been. inV9Wed. in other cointriUnity see anyone. • grouptjele Is a past vice president The culture shock is wearing off . Of -the, Winghain Kipfitnot Club and though and. he is working here in tonlintittity Living Association, Wingham for a, local construction company .with the hope,: atten inga*collegein the rtearfittnref, NCC adds How has tpar away ;changedTim Phibbs? ' ...4. -ittt:says he has been. Nct Publishhig h1. as added two Years:and' die' only hornet** fOur - children haViiknown. - „ • try Eptific n m ,„ • S s has been nt altil:erm asrften hera:s-Cr' btrieetn': 'itns")°pniretshaieNorth! dent from 1982 to the present, dur- ing a. time of steady growth forthe *ClAnitollinithe°r*Lrewarding project has ....been hosting the "Children's Mira- cle Network Telethon" each spring. In fact, Brian is booked' to come, • back to next year's telethon. On the home front, the family faced an extra challenge this past year when son Michael went to Sweden as an exchange student and Raye, was away all week- at school. However, with the help of the remaining three ihikiren, Brian Managed to keep the home fires binning and now Michael has returned -and Raye has graduated. Brian says he will miss the town that has given him so much, but says it time to move on in life. The town-wW miss the Ehnslie fam- ily too: • Have all the extra hours put into working in the community been worth it? -Yes, answers Brian with no hesitation. "Everything you put in, you get back ten -fold." agazirtes two magazines. Other specialty magazines print- ed by NCC Publishing's Ontario division include Ontario Corn Pro- ducer, Greenhouse Canada, Cana- • dian Fruitgrower and Are Fighting in Canada. Community newspapers pub- • lished by NCC Publishing include • -The. Brant News„ The Tillsonburg News, The Ingersoll Times, The Norwich batette, The Dorchester Signpost, The Caledonia Grand River Sachem, The Times, The Del- hi News Record, Paris This Week, Thetistowel Banner, The MilVerton The Wingharn Advance,. es; • it profoundly by the expel inote,speitialized magazines to its ' ence. Feir.;instange, he has more fOld.:The announcement was made sympathy for minorities now and last .week by Bart Crandon of ' 0 h� is iiiOS, Sen#iii3O# towa!d: .:.__ Net's magazine division. L: 4 . 7. '. . Cattadia.n Coin 045x and tanai- ff ikinY On 'Itk-OWit -alSO an'Vending* Specialized business as 'Strengthened his regolVe. to do- magazines will Torksite printed and 4What.he feels is right iiiid not be published by NCO's magazine divi- • : the majority. trefeelilie.... sit*, The two magaines will be islessrnMerialistic now as well. published'in Mississauga and Mitt - Wit he �mpIeti bis*inita tour,, ed at i new to square foot. sometime en. the ii* fossibly, printingplant hi:Delhi, '-'tnowhe is ti. ,. '' in Jim" -Haley' has been added to the c.,',...4,. It ,Canada'14 'by far the, ,has„,,,,. seen, he ; .0' ttio- , .,, totp ' ' o* tiliiixmlxitidesVseati; , ;Lkinso world 1 01 ' e.164,.i,,.1-. — , attikei, albs, ,.... v ,.„ ., .. AlliCA. wt.,. t • ? ' ' ' ° ” ' ' ' . 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