Rich young man

Posted by hazelrchua on April 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Warren and I were invited to have lunch with a former client from Houston, Texas. He is in the country for a three week vacation with his family and to do some business as well.

Tim and I go a long way back, back to late 2006 or early 2007, but back in the days we never discussed anything that is near religion. I have always assumed he is a Buddhist.

You see, this man is a Vietnamese, he was one of those boat people who paddled their way out of Vietnam in the 1980’s. He was eleven at that time. Staying six full months in a Vietnamese refugee camp in the Philippines (he could not exactly remember if it was in Batangas or Palawan), he was later boarded on a plane for the United States of America where he was eventually naturalized as a citizen.

Tim, indeed, is a very lucky man for having been given the opportunity to rebuild his life in the land of milk and honey. He got his education, became a software engineer, earned enough to start his own business, got laid off from work and finally had reason to become his own boss, and now, he is one of the young, successful and powerful (hey, you are powerful when you are rich, by human standards, isn’t it?) rich men in Texas. He is only thirty two years old and a father to two beautiful boys. Life is rosy and full of promises for him. Or is it?

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