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Forty Days Left: How Witnessing My City's Transformation Changed My Understanding of Home

There are moments in life when you realize the ground beneath your feet is shifting, and nothing will ever be quite the same again. For me, that realization came forty days before my city would transform into something I barely recognized.

Here is the translation to Tigrinya script: ውሓጥ ታሪኻት ካብ ቫንኮቨር

I've been observing Vancouver intimately for over five years now, not as a tourist or casual resident, but as someone whose daily existence depends on understanding its pulse.

ኣብ ህይወት እተን ከምኡ ክኾና ዘለወን ግዜታት ኣለዋ፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ እግርኻ ዘሎ መሬት እናተቐየረ ከም ዘሎን ዝኾነ ነገር ድሕሪ ደጊሙ ከም ቀደሙ ከም ዘይከውንን እትግንዘብ። ንኣይ፡ እቲ ግንዛበ እቲ ኸተማይ ብዘይንጸባረቕክዎ ነገር ክትቕየር ቅድሚ ኣርብዓ መዓልቲ መጸ። ብዙሕ ዜደንቕ ግላዊ ጸቕጢ ወይ ህይወት-ቕያሪ ፍጻመ ኣይነበረን፡ የግዳስ ብሓደ ቐሊል ልማድ፡ ናይቲ ዝነብረሉ ቦታ ዘለዎ ምትሓዝ ንምርዳእ በተኺ ምርኣይ—ብሓቂ ምርኣይ—ምግባር እዩ ነይሩ።

This journal entry isn't really about soccer, though that's the catalyst. It's about what happens when you're forced to see your daily environment with fresh eyes.

ንቫንኩቨር ካብ ሓሙሽተ ዓመታት ንላዕሊ ብምሉእ ኣተሓሳስባ እስከብሮ ኣለኹ፣ ከም በጻሒ ወይ ተቐማጣይ ዘይኰነስ፣ ንዕለታዊ ህልውናይ ኣብ ምርዳእ ምትሕዋሱ ዝምሰረኒ ሰብ እየ። ስራሐይ ንዅሉ ዘበለ እዛ ከተማ ክጐብህ ይድልለኒ፣ ካብቲ ራእሳዊ ሕንጻታት ኣብ መንጎ ከተማ ክሳዕ እቲ ድሕሪት ናይ ምዕራብ መወዳእታ ዝህብ ሰላማዊ ጎዳናታት፣ ካብቲ ኣብ ዙርያ ናይ ቐጽሪ ኣሃዱላት ዝርአ ህጹጽ ውዕውዕ ክሳዕ እቲ ንውልቀ-ሰባት ጥራይ ዝፍለጥ ሓቢኡ ዘሎ ሓጸርታት። ሕጂውን፣ ምስ ምምጻእ ዋንጫ ዓለም ፊፋ፣ ነቲ ዝፈልጦ ዓለማይ ንሓደ ዘይተኣመነ ብርታዐ ናይ ትብዓት መባብሳ እናዳለወ ኸሎ እሪእ ኣለኹ።