Yesterday was Mother’s Day in Australia.
In my efforts to catch up on the Southeast Asia-related news from the weekend I stumbled upon this short article in the Geelong Advertiser. It highlights a group of refugees from Burma who were treated to Mother’s Day at an Australian Rules Football match. By the looks of it, they had a good time. Well done to all involved!
And, of course, a belated Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums who read New Mandala!
3 responses so far ↓
1 refugee son // May 11, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Wondering what on earth would inspire people to think that refugee mums want to watch Aussie Rules footy!!
2 Hla Oo // May 11, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Rugby-League-mad people from Sydney always said Melbourne-based Aussie Rules is for sophisticated boys and rough girls. May be the Karen Refugee Mums are in the latter category.
3 Luke Corbin // May 13, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Kudos to the Geelong Advertiser, or Addy as it is known to us locals. Unfortunately they have now reached their quota of one interesting article per year!
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