We compete, for pleasure
And so does the gossip, also in the many ‘new’ churches catering for ‘their believers,’ for better or for worse. Bynow we are practically all Dutch nationals who were educated here, so there is an opportunity to ‘make good,’ if recognized by a Church or school. Surinamers became busdrivers or nurses and did their thing, they practically all do but the young ones come to church less, unless there’s a playground or party like the St. Patrick’s sing-song, a summer barbecue or breakfast or lunch, which a few churches organize around their services. These events could well attract the (rather few) Muslim offspring who now have a hard time, being pestered in school, especially by ex-Surinam youths v.v., orat the jobs they can hardly get. Just ‘normal’ politeness is usually enough to lighten up faces and they obviously need the service, as do all the single orjust lonely mums and their little ones, that may prefer to stay out of the hands of expansive ‘youth officers.’ The ‘games’ of typifying stories remain, where toddler-realm is monopoly.