Tar Heels! …in Australia?
Posted by Prashant Katwa
Okay so I’ve been in Australia for a little over three weeks now. Australia is probably as far as you can get from the East Coast of the US. So I thought that I’d never really see anything related to the East Coast or North Carolina or even UNC here.
But to my surprise, up until today I’ve probably seen like 4 or 5 sweatshirts on the streets of Melbourne that read “Carolina” or “Tar Heels”. No joke; I was most definitely surprised! I even managed to yell “woohoo Carolina” at two of the people that I saw. Unfortunately, I received no reaction. To my disappointment, the people wearing the Carolina shirts clearly had no idea what it meant. I feel like that’s a common occurrence here. People probably sell/buy shirts of which they don’t know the meaning. It reminds me of India. Except there, people sell bootleg stuff and claim it as real. lol.
Anyway, I think I did however discover at least one person who knows of the Tar Heels. Although I didn’t meet the person, I found a car, an old Mustang, that had two stickers on the back bumper, one for each of the past two NCAA National Championships that Carolina has won in ‘05 and ‘93! So, that’s how I know there’s at least one Tar Heel in Australia, besides me of course!
P.S. As I was writing this post there was a fire drill, so I had to leave. This is why I hate dorms!
P.S.S. If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to go see The Dark Knight! It was an amazing movie!
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Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Chris Moran