Bahasa Indonesia

Bahasa Indonesia

Having read Mr. Yoshikazu Wada's letter, quoted from Media
Indonesia (The Jakarta Post, July 29, 1994), I recall my trip to
New Zealand a year ago. I met with a Japanese student who, beyond
expectations, greeted me with a surprising "Hapaa kabar.
"(Indonesian Apa kabar, How are you!). Because I understood that
there were many Japanese traveling overseas nowadays, and chances
were I would meet one, I brought a minuscule day-to-day
conversational Japanese dictionary and answered "Genki desu."

Now, wouldn't that have been a bizarre idea a decade ago, an
Indonesian-speaking Japanese in New Zealand?

I only hope that other Japanese students come to Indonesia to
study Bahasa Indonesia like Mr. Yoshi did.

As for Yoshi san, keep up the good work!

ALBERTUS E.P. HARYONO

Jakarta