Harmony Day

If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
Mohandas k. Gandhi,Indian leader and pacifist(1869-1948)


Confucius said: ‘When people are born, they are kind’. Why do some people turn bad? This is because they get bad influences and educations when they are growing up. We want to teach children to love peace so that after they grow up, they will love peace. In the future, there will be peace in the world.

My First Day in Australia

I was excited to go to Australia with my children, my sister and her children on 14 February 2001. I arrived to Australia during dusk. When I went out from the airport, I felt hot and humid. My brother-in-law picked us up. He came to Australia one week before us. He took us to his unit, which he had rented one week before.

We talked about the difference between NZ and Australia on the way home. I saw the streets were very narrow, many houses were made with tiles. There were many units in Australia, and here transport is convenient. After about 30 mins we arrived home. We organized our sleeping area, and discussed our plans for the future. We were excited about our new life. We didn’t sleep until very late.

I knew I would do many things a few days later. Such as, my children would enrol in school, rent a house, go to the bank, apply for a tax number, and receive our shipment…. I was very happy to do these because this was the start of our new life. I hoped my children would have a better education and future in Australia.

The Stolen Generations

Aboriginal children were taken to the institutions or fostered by non-Aboriginal families in the mid 1800s-1970s.

This is a sad history in Australia. Aboriginal children could not grow up in their families. This was traumatic to the children and their families. The children who left their parents maybe were abused in physical sexual and emotional ways.I think this is a wrong history. The government should say sorry to Aboriginal people The same thing should not happen in the future anywhere in th world.