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76 became sick & homesick was able to get a job at Patuhaw in 1981 because brother at P.T.P. XII -says w/out connections difficult to get a job on plantations; was given 8 mo. to learn all the work & processes on the plant. & then directly made kepala mandor unlike most youth born on Patuhaw. Berhan keeps up on news by reading papers & maps at home of kepala afdeling p4 - likes living on the plantation because quiet & cheap I don't pay rent don't have to buy kerosene because can collect fuelwood don't have transport costs because seldom need to go anywhere don't need luxurious or modern goods -Berhan does feel he needs a TV because wife can't stand the quiet (kesapian) & is not yet used to planta- tion life has only been married a few mos. -Berhan likes & simple life; says frightened by the prices in town, surprised by all the big buildings going up 77 says he doesn't really place much im- portance on getting rich; pts out that if wanted to get rich would have stayed in Kalimantan acc. to Burhan, a career on the plantations greatly affected by a person's morality ("moral") - says a man's career (often ruined because playing around with women workers, noting that in fact there are a lot of workers that are "janda" (divorcees, widows i.e. women who are likely in his opinion to be available for playing around) Berhan says the key to a good career is studying from those who are more senior & experienced than he is wife from Mo [[strikethrough]] village in Majalengka are; Berhan feels sorry for people in wife's village because always short of water & he would like some- day to go back & help them overcome that problem but intends to continue career at Patuha- wattee (2) second interview with Tata, young man of 24 with grade school education (tamat S.D), but very shy & lacking in self confidence