Any Questions for Ben? Page #5

- Sam, you don't get paid.

- Tell them to f*** off!

OK, just, shh-shh.

Mm-hmm.

No, it's like, uh... it's an honour

to even be asked.

You know, it's a big thing.

Oh, yeah. No, I get it.

Yeah, an honour. Well done.

What's it about?

Uh... career, success after school.

That sort of thing.

What's the secret to life?

Mmm. Vany.

You know what

I would tell these kids?

Ah, it's... What?

About the essence.

The essence?

It doesn't matter what you do.

'Cause at the end of the day,

the only thing that counts in life,

the only thing

that truly means anything,

is that you win.

You beat the other guy.

You take the challenge head-on

and you crush him.

Can I use that?

- It's yours.

- Great.

And it's the truth.

Ow.

Ben!

Hey... g'day, mate!

- Jim.

- Jim! Good to see you.

Great to see you.

I didn't know you were doing it.

I saw your name...

- What an honour.

- Yeah.

- And, hey, congratulations.

- Oh, thanks.

- Olympian.

- In archery.

Still, just to make it there.

Yeah, I suppose, and win a medal.

Yeah... bronze.

I mean, great! Fantastic!

Well done.

What about you? Did you

keep up cricket after school?

- Yeah, a bit. I had to let it go.

- Oh, that's disappointing.

- Not really...

- You were such a good cricketer.

Well... yeah, thanks,

but I did other things.

Oh. That's good.

Yeah, great. OK, mate, well,

I better probably keep going.

But I'll see you afterwards.

- Ben.

- Sir.

- No need to call me 'sir' anymore.

- Can't stop.

- Thank you so much for coming.

- Vy pleasure.

- Full house tonight.

- Really?

Yeah. Big thing now, these nights.

Had to tell the Year 10s

they couldn't come.

- Kept up your cricket?

- No.

Ah, that's disappointing.

Few years back...

Hey, it's nice to see you.

Hi! So nice to see you.

An honoured guest, I see.

- You too.

- I think I got the wild card.

Ooh, I'm so nervous.

Honcstly, I don't know

how I ended up in Africa.

Especially when I think

back to school

and all I wanted to be

was a professional netballer

or a member of the Spice Girls.

In the early days with the UN,

you get rotated quite often.

So this is my third country...

The thing about Northern Africa

is there's this incredible diversity...

...incredibly rich oil economies

through to totally bankrupt nations.

...they're also far less likely to be

caught up in extremism...

...agencies and the NGOs

like the UNHCR, USAID...

Sorry, do I sound like I've just

swallowed a dictionary?

Anyway, we're all trying to help.

I'm sorry, should I...

should I stop or...

No, no, no. Don't.

That child is currently in school

and she drew me

a picture of herself

with the word 'shukran'

which is Arabic for thank you.

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