Goodbye Mister!

It's happened.

Hello Mister is now Goodbye Mister. 'Passed by the place this morning and saw a bulldozer perched (precariously) atop a mound of debris; it was chomping hungrily away at the ugly bare concrete walls of the building. Workmen had put up a barricade that spilled onto the road in case pieces flew off - i was quite nervous that we might have a piece of Hello Mister 'souvenir' on our car roof as we waited to cross the busy cross-junction. Cos who could we sue for repairs??? No such thing in Timor -just your luck if anything like that happens! There has been a green zinc wall put up around the building for at least 2 weeks now so i guess today's demolition was inevitable. I wonder if it will really be transformed into that ultramodern 10-storey building, the drawing of which was recently circulated on the net? We shall wait with bated breath! It is heartening to see that things are moving on in this city, and that this was finally making way for something new - kinda shows that people are having faith again in investing here. And so, as our car finally rolled by (the jam was bad this morning!) i said 'goodbye' to this crumbling shell that has somehow become a testament to Timor's shaky beginnings as an indie nation. Adios!