At home the children and I speak Hakka, as I want them to be able to communicate with their grandmother and aunties and uncles in Surinam, Holland and Hong Kong. Also speaking Hakka would facilitate learning Mandarin.
為了讓他們和分散在蘇利南、荷蘭及香港的祖父母、叔叔伯伯等親戚們能夠溝通無礙，也為了他們將來學習國語能有個基礎，在家裡我從不放棄同孩子們用客家話交談的機會。