http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/11/27/making-good-use-of-disposal/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:10:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/11/27/making-good-use-of-disposal/comment-page-1/#comment-10304 New Mandala » My secret war Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:56:15 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/11/27/making-good-use-of-disposal/#comment-10304 [...] I must admit that I had mixed feelings when I see pictures of bomb shells in Laos. A feeling of a guilty person, for up until my mid 30s I never knew what happened in part of my mother’s land. How ignorant is that? And yet a feeling of at last I have opened my eyes. I have listened carefully and think about the stories that people shared with me and try to understand what happened to them. [...] [...] I must admit that I had mixed feelings when I see pictures of bomb shells in Laos. A feeling of a guilty person, for up until my mid 30s I never knew what happened in part of my mother’s land. How ignorant is that? And yet a feeling of at last I have opened my eyes. I have listened carefully and think about the stories that people shared with me and try to understand what happened to them. [...]

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