i met mr. de braun while i was picking up the half lot of books at bill's secondhand bookshop. he was an officer of the dutch indies back in the 1940s, i had an interesting talk. he was posted in semarang back then, he still speak a little indonesian. he went back to indonesia a couple of times. it was a nice long talk, i think i stand there for an hour or more. i got a little cramp now.



on the bus home, i met deby. i haven't seen deby for a while, she's in tafe now doing courses on aboriginal education. she didn't bother to finish untill year 12, she prefered tafe. i just realized something, i don't see any aboriginal doing yr 12 in my school. i don't think other school have much difference either. this phenomenan is quiet sad... same treatments with the indians in state and other indegenous groups.