Mail Roundup – December 22, 2023
A roundup of messages we've received in the last two weeks
Vlad Palcu, 22.12.2023, 19:48
Hello everyone & Merry
Christmas!
This will be the last roundup of
2023. And since apart from regular messages and feedback, we also got a large
number of season’s greetings, well-wishes and messages for the year ahead,
today’s post will be a tad longer than usual.
We were overwhelmed by the large
number of messages, wishing us the best for the year ahead: we are honored and
humbled!
On behalf of the entire staff at
RRI, we’d like to thank you for your continuous support, for your words of
encouragement, for every reception report you invested time and energy in
writing and sending and for being our loyal listeners!
Happy holidays!
Happy New Year!
***
Bidhan Chandra Sanyal (India)
May the twinkling lights of
Christmas fill your heart with joy. I
hope your year is full of happiness and joy.
May you and your family have a merry Christmas.
Best wishes for a happy present,
a well-remembered past, and a bright future.
May you have a merry Christmas and New Year in advance.
May this festive season be
bright, may all your wishes and dreams come true and may you feel this
happiness throughout the year. Merry
Christmas!
May you and your family receive
gifts of happiness from Santa this Christmas, May your days be filled with joy.
Let all the sorrows of your life
fall away like the leaves of Baisakh,
And at the touch of the new, let
the heart be revealed with joy,
Happy New Year friends;
New arrival, new sun,
New light, new dawn
sweet smile mischievous eyes,
As many dreams as your heart
May it be fulfilled in the new
year.
***
Siddhartha Bhattacharjee
(India)
May the good times and treasures
of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow for your lovely family,
just as our childhood memories of holidays past are such happy recollections
now. Wishing you lots of love, joy and happiness. Happy New Year-2024.
HAPPY NEW YEAR -2024 to everyone
of your radio stations.
***
Mark Combs (USA)
Happy holidays. Wishing you a tranquil time of year.
***
Eric Bronner (France)
I wish you a Merry Christmas and
happy new year 2024!
***
Dost Muhammad (Pakistan)
sent us the following message:
I have been a radio listener for
35 years, especially international broadcasts on shortwave.
I came to know about your
frequency from a member of my organization and since then I have been listening
to your programs regularly and also sharing the reception report in my
organization’s WhatsApp group.
Our organization is an
international organization with members from all over the world. Our organization is known as
International Radio Listeners Organisation IRLO and our
organization motto is Radio is not the past, it is the future.
I myself listen to your
broadcasts regularly, but at the same time I urge my friends to listen to them
to benefit from these broadcasts. Ah’s
broadcasts give me a lot of information about the Romanian culture as well as
the current state of affairs. I hope you
will be continue your broadcast in the future.
Thank you, Muhammad, for telling
us more about your organization. It’s a very fitting logo, as public
broadcasters have been gaining increasing visibility in recent years. We’re
very happy you are part of our community.
***
Sanil Deep (India)
Happy, healthy and prosperous
New Year 2024!
***
Paul Capewell (UK)
All the best for the Christmas
and new year period.
***
Teruhiko Kachi (Japan)
I was interested in the Radio
Free Europe journalist Monica Lovinescu’s story which could be heard twice on
this month’s broadcast. Once on The History Show and once on
People and Places. I sometimes used to listen to the programmes of
Radio Free Europe in the 1960’s when I was a high school student. Among them, the Romanian and Polish
broadcasts were heard relatively well, despite heavy jamming. Unfortunately, I could not understand either
language.
Now, I know that she was working
for Radio Free Europe at that time.
In any case, listening to the
programmes I was strongly impressed by her courageous behaviour.
I would like to thank you for
broadcasting these programmes.
***
Malik Allah Bachaya (Pakistan)
Hope you will be fine and I am
fine. I am Regular listener of your Radio programme. As the New Year
approaches, I extend my heartfelt wishes for a year filled with joy,
prosperity, and personal growth. May the upcoming year bring you abundant
opportunities and the strength to overcome any challenges that come your way.
In 2024, may you achieve your
goals and aspirations, reaching new heights in your personal and professional
endeavors. May each day be a step forward towards success and fulfillment.
Embrace the possibilities that the future holds, and may your journey be marked
by meaningful connections and memorable experiences.
May 2024 be a year of resilience
and positivity, where you discover your true potential and unlock new horizons.
May you find inspiration in every moment and courage in the face of
uncertainties. Cherish the relationships that matter, and may they bring you
comfort and support throughout the year.
Here’s to a year of growth,
laughter, and unforgettable moments. May you reflect on your accomplishments
with pride and look forward to a future filled with endless possibilities.
Happy New Year, and may 2024 be your best year yet!
***
John Morris (USA)
Hellooo Fellow
Persons of Planet Earth,
Thanks for sending the eQSL (just
printed it here @ the local library). So-you are most likely even More aware
(than me) of Our very own Sun spewing… electromagnetic KRAP!!! * at us &
thus messin’ with your xmit.s. Lately your signal intended for the east coast
is stronger (more-or-less) than the 0400gmt. In fact, often the 0400 isn’t
there, period! Who knows when the atmosphere will clean itself from the sun’s
diarrhea!
Anyway, I will be viewing Rick
Steve’s dvd 10 New Shows 2017-2018 which includes a visit to your
home country. Plus I’m also gonna check-out (for a second time) Cultures
of the World: Romania, Cavendish Square Press, 2016. Gonna give it a more
thorough look. If you got any book suggestions gimme a shout (You can see what
sno-isle.org has). Being in my mid-70’s & a cold-war survivor
I’m always reading history & paying attention to The Now! So to speak. Any
way, Happy Holidays to you & yours.
***
Alan Holder (UK)
I hope that everyone at your
radio is keeping in good health and no doubt you have already started to
prepare for the arrival of Christmas.
With the beginning of Advent, some people here in the U.K. have already
put up coloured lights and trees in their homes. Others wait until about two weeks before
Christmas. The shops have been selling
Christmas foods, such as puddings, mince pies and cakes already, and many
people have been out and about buying gifts.
Celebrating Christmas in Romania
because of the customs and traditions, is a little different to ours. It is unusual in that children open their
gifts already late December 5 or on the following morning. Carol singing takes place on December 24 as
it does here. When I was younger, we
often had singers call at our house on that day, but in recent years this
tradition is no longer as popular, which is a great pity.
I sure wish I could sample some
of the Romanian foods that are popular over the festive period. I am very fond of eating cakes and I think I
would really enjoy the many different varieties of cakes, sweets and desserts
that are produced especially for the holiday.
Listening to RRI has become
almost a daily routine for me, not only because of the quality of your
programming, but the reception is consistently perfect in my area of the world.
I wish you all a very peaceful,
safe and a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024.
***
Matt Francis, Australia
With best wishes for the Christmas and New Year holidays to
all the staff at RRI.
***
Thomas Witherspoon (UK)
Have a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
***
James O’Brien (UK)
Your English transmissions are still very much as ever an
essential source of news and information that I rely on everyday in order to be
kept up to date with what’s going on in Romania. Bucharest has a lot to
offer that is jammed packed with history along with some incredible
architecture that would appeal to any visitor. The palace of
parliament I find still very eerie, but in a fascinating way, if that
at all makes any sense. Everytime I catch a glimpse of it here in the UK on television
I just stand and stare as I find it so captivating, I think about the time and
cost that went into building it, to equally what had to be removed to make way
for it which saddens me. In the summer months I have enjoyed viewing the
performance of lights that seem to go in sequence at the Bucur fountain in
Piata Unirii while listening to Radio Romania International
in the background, a perfect way to end the day. I wish all your
listeners as well as you all in the English section that make it all happen,
and make it sound so easy even though I know it is not, good health a very
Merry Christmas, and a prosperous new year!
***
Fred Waterer (Canada)
All the best to you
at RRI for a Happy Christmas and a Great 2024!
***
Rob den Boer (Netherlands)
Happy Holidays for all of
you!
***
Gary Readore (USA)
I was listening to
your station programming and really enjoyed it. I think your programs are
very interesting and educational and I like learning about new countries and
cultures.
***
Adrian Micaleff (Malta)
***
Debashis Gope (India)
Happy New Year 2024 to all!
***
Hari Madugula (India)
This is Christmas-the season of
perpetual hope. Christmas is doing a
little something extra for someone.
***
Jayanta Chakrabarty (India)
I would also like to wish all
the wonderful members of the Radio Romania International a Merry Christmas. May
this Festive Season and Holidays bring joy and happiness to all. I also
appreciate RRI Team for the unflinching support you have given towards listeners’
interests with your hard work and perseverance.
As the year comes to an end, I
happily recollect the value of information and entertainment provided by RRI
over the months to its listeners. They are comparable to the best in
international radio broadcasting. I hope you will continue to educate and entertain
us on the various facets of Romania’s vibrant cultural life, its economic &
technological development and socio-political aspects in the coming year. This
is to assure you that I remain an ardent and faithful listener to the
multifaceted RRI programmes.
***
Akiyoshi Teraoka (Japan)
A little early, but here’s a New
Year’s card from me as well!
Have a good New Year’s Eve and
New Year’s Day! Have a great year! Have a good radio life!
***
John Brewer (USA)
Many thanks for all the great
programming and for keeping your station on the air. I really appreciate you
and a very Merry Christmas from a listener friend in North Carolina USA
***
Peter Reuderink (Netherlands)
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year!
***
Rafael Gustavo Grajeda Rosado
(Mexico)
Happy holiday’s RRI
Gerard Gorman (UK)
Have a very Happy Christmas and a
great New Year from North Ireland!
***
John Cooper (USA)
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year to you also. Your RRI English Shortwave programs continue to be a valuable
resource of information on news, history, and culture in Romania. Keep up the
good work.
***
Lu Dacheng (China)
I feel so happy. 2024 is the
Year of Dragon in China. So Happy 2024 and Dragon’s Year
***
Timothy Marecki (USA)
Please accept my warmest wishes
for a safe and blessed Christmas and New Year!
***
We also got greetings and
well-wishes for the year ahead from Francisco Braccini (Brazil), Lawrence Cohen
(USA), María del Carmen y Jorge Roberto (Cuba), Ciro Ciaramella (Italy),
Mohammad Aslam (India), Dave Thomas (USA), Jon Collins (UK), Roger Young (USA),
Fotios Padazopulos (Greece), Ch Faheem Noor (Pakistan), Tirsa García Rodríguez
(Spain), Mark Elford (Canada), Aldo Solimando (Italy), David Harden (USA), Karyono
Wasmin (Indonesia), Ataur Rahman Ranju (Bangladesh), Chris Malboeuf (Canada),
Dr. Thamminana KR (India), Tony Morilla (Spain), Jayanta Charkabarty (India), Jeurgen
Wagner (Germany), Bijohn Das (India), Joandric Ávila Fernández (Costa Rica),
Frederick Duncan (USA), Radhakrishna Pillai N (India), Soutik Hati (India), Ian
Cameron (Scotland), Lars Wieden (Sweden), John Wright (Australia), Ernest
Dempsey (Pakistan), Arshad Ali Biswas (Bangladesh), Phil Royce (USA), Eric
Bronner (France), Lee Mitchell (USA), Ciro Ciaramella (Italy).
Thank you all!
73!
