新秩序的镇压已经把印尼的中国文化带入了家庭，甚至注入了中国后裔的血脉中。主人公哈瑞是生活在印度尼西亚的一位华裔居民，他从过去可以明白的一件事是，生命就像水。现在步入老年的他俨然更像纳入百川的大海。

The New Order repression had moved Chinese culture in Indonesia into the house, even in the mind of a Chinese descendant. One thing Haryy can understand from the past is that life is like water. Now at an old age, He can become a sea.