A few days ago I had a call from a Burmese student studying at Curtin University. He had heard about the free Mac giveaway I am doing and wanted one. He took away a nice eMac and was very pleased with himself. The next day another Burmese chap rang and also wanted to get one...another eMac gone. Then yesterday the word had filtered down through local Burmese families and a couple of women rang saying they wanted to 'attend my house to get two computers'.
When they arrived they were keen to tell me where they came from ....'Myanmar'....'Aung San Suu Kyi!'
They figured that we Australians didn't know where Burma is and I suppose that until the publicity about the long house arrest of the activist Aung San Suu Kyi (see here) most Australians didn't know too much about Burma. It was brought to the fore recently when a looney Yank swam across a lake to her house and just as she was due to be released the Junta used that as an excuse to charge her with a breach of her sentence. Looks as though she may be housebound for some time yet.
These Burmese....it is quite difficult to say Mayanmarese, are pleasant people who look as though they will fit nicely into Australian's multicultural society.
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