Chi-mei, who is taller than her husband by half a head, was 34 years old, and came from a family of eight brothers and sisters. With her father already in his eighties, the family relied on her older brother, a fisherman, to make ends meet. They lived in a wooden hut rented from Indonesians.
陳季梅高湛森琳半個頭，嫁他的時候卅四歲，家裡有八個兄弟姊妹，父親已經八十三高齡，家中經濟來源主要靠哥哥打漁，住的房子是向印尼人租來的木板屋。