Wonderful Day At Dauwendaele

WONDERFUL DAY AT DAUWENDAELE

Yesterday we had a wonderful day (reunion) of the KJBB (Children from the Japanese occupation and the Bersiap 1941-1949) in Dauwendaele in Middelburg (province of Zeeland in Holland).
A lively band played led by Mr. E. Nutsman. We had a delicious lunch with Indonesian food, prepared by restaurant Surabya. There were also guest performance from the women’s vocal quartet “Nock on Wood”. They sang English songs from the forties. Everyone thought these ladies did surprisingly well, I admired what they did. It was a wonderful day and we old people have lustily sung, accompanied by the band, songs of our tropical past.
Every two years we look forward to this day. You enter the world of your youth and that makes you feel well. Now that you no longer need to participate in the hectic life, you have more time to think about the earlier times, spend far away in an other country. Those years have made a deep impression and are crystal clear in your memory.
It was mainly the living with your parents that the fundamentals of the rest of your life have shaped in such a beautiful and imposing country with its magnificent mountains, forests and coasts. I have no nostalgia for those days, but remember it with great pleasure. Also this day I will remember, Dinky.