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Think of it I don't believe I've ever been properly appreciated before. Maria (who is quite dark & looks Spanish) and I were walking down a road when three girls selling gardenias appeared - (they fill the sections of banana trees with the flowers - & it forms a natural refrigeration - the flowers stay fresh for days) - We shook our heads & Maria who speaks some Spanish said to go away that we already had some and didn't want any more! One of these Indian girls came up to me with a necklace of 28 gardenias strung on a cord  - and said in English - "A present for you - because you are so bee yuu ti fool"! and then proceeded to hang it around my neck - I tell you I just stood there with goose pimples running all over me - I was absolutely