| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired teacher |
| Location | I live not far from Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands |
| Introduction | I was born in Rotterdam in December, 1933, raised in Indonesia on the Isle of Java. During the war I was a prisoner of a Japanese concentration camp for women. After the war my parents, sisters and I returned to the Netherlands. I became a teacher, married, got three children and four grandchildren. One daughter lives in Australia, where I regularly visit her. My husband died in 1999 and has not seen our youngest grandchild. |
| Interests | Reading, religion, travelling, photography, music, history, politics, geography, languages, biology psychology, anything but sports. |
| Favorite Movies | The Chosen, Gandhi, Amadeus, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility. |
| Favorite Music | Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Grieg, Celtic music, French chansons, the Beatles, Jazz, musicals |
| Favorite Books | All books by Chaim Potok, Daphne du Maurier, Tolkien, by Lewis, Jane Austin, Somerset Maugham, Charles Dickens |
If you were a wrestler, what would be your finishing move?
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