M_Marsman

Yes, I try to fight against it, however without much success.

We were raised as 'Europeans', so there was not really a culture shock. But we were astonished of the ignorance and the desinterest of the Dutch people. They considered us as monkeys and some where even amazed that we could speak and read their language at all. This led to situations multiple times, but these were mostly funny to us since we had a strong sense of humour.

In hindsight, we felt more "Dutch" in Indonesia than in the Netherlands.

Hobbies during the war and right afterwards? Struggle for life.

Courtesy, decency, sensibility, inner refinement :-} AND THE RICE TABLE!

Politics were far beyond me since I was only fourteen years young, so those days I followed the general opinion: that Indonesia was a colony of the Netherlands. Only in hindsight you can see "our" faulty actions and views.

There are only two left. One lives in Florida, the other in Amsterdam and we are still close and in touch.