After my four installmants concerning my people and my country, I may have left a somewhat sombre image. Maybe you've come to believe the worst about them. It is my mistake in this case. I tried to be honest, but in being too honest I overlooked why I still love my people. I love them for their bewildering hope against hope that everything's gonna be alright, even when nothing is alright. I love them because they can thoroughly enjoy a political scandal without bearing malice. Guess what?! We had our own Monicagate about 5 years ago. Our then president, a married man with children, was accused of improper relations with a young actress. People giggled, were outraged, shocked or dumbfounded, but in the end the general opinion was that "poor Mr. President already has enough scandal at home with the missus". In the end he was even proved innocent of the said improper relations. And then the Romanians showed their ability for compassion: "and the poor man didn't even do it!" Making a short diversion from our President, I may add that when President Clinton was given the impeachment, the opinion in Romania was: "so what if he did it? He was a darn good president and didn't deserve it!" History repeats itself with amazing swiftness: President Bush jr. had troubles with his little girls - the twins. Back here in Romania, our President has troubles with his little girl (the elder one is married and settled down with a famous rock singer). Of all carreers in the world, little Elena chose to be a model. Now, model means a lot of things, including posing in very revealing clothes. These days all the newspapers are full of Elena's pictures modelling for a well-known designer in summer outfits. Summer means short, transparent, big cleavage and all. You would think our people were shocked to see the president's little girl posing like that. Well, you don't know Romanians then. The general opinion is that our President is very fortunate to have such a beautiful daughter. And of course, we are all proud that we have the most beautiful presidential daughter in all Europe, if not in the entire world! That only goes to show that when it comes to dealing with people in public places we don't forget that they are people after all. They make mistakes, even do some wrong, they have problems at home like everybody and have to deal with difficult and spirited children. But, hey, ain't we all having the same problems? So, instead of losing a good President by asking him to resign, we gain some personal satisfaction when we're in family trouble: even the president's going through that!