(1/9) 15 years ago, I discovered a lot of corruption while I was working for the…
(1/9) 15 years ago, I discovered a lot of corruption while I was working for the Syrian telephone services. The government wanted me to stay silent when I stood up against this corruption, but I wouldn’t. At that time, my children were still under 5, and there was a...
(Part 4 of 4) Pam and Harry – PAM Most of the people who work for us are teenage…
(Part 4 of 4) Pam and Harry - PAM Most of the people who work for us are teenagers. I give them all a chance. People say they have to have experience, but I say if you don’t give them experience, how can they get it? I always encourage them, and if they pass their...
(Part 3 of 4) Pam and Harry – HARRY I was nearly 10 when the Vietnam war started…
(Part 3 of 4) Pam and Harry - HARRY I was nearly 10 when the Vietnam war started. We saw dead people every day and we had to move around every day to stay safe. 8 years later, after the war finished, my family were no longer able to stay because of our Chinese...
(Part 2 of 4 – Pam and Harry) PAM On the first day I came here, it was just lik…
(Part 2 of 4 - Pam and Harry) PAM On the first day I came here, it was just like heaven. We got welcomed, and went to the Wacol Hotel, where we lived for one and a half years. Our family went from having no food every day to having food every day. Heaven. If we were...
(Part 1 of 4) Pam and Harry – PAM My story is very dramatic. I came from a well …
(Part 1 of 4) Pam and Harry - PAM My story is very dramatic. I came from a well educated, very wealthy family in Vietnam, but because my grandparents were working for the government, they were kidnapped by the Communists, together with my father and three other men in...
(Part 2 of 2) Before I came to Brisbane, I was a bit worried about how I would g…
(Part 2 of 2) Before I came to Brisbane, I was a bit worried about how I would go, as I didn’t have much education, and I thought that maybe because I was black, I would face some discrimination. I had the idea I would go and work on a farm, and just try to give my...
(Part 1 of 2) Armed struggle started in Eritrea in the month I was born. Growing…
(Part 1 of 2) Armed struggle started in Eritrea in the month I was born. Growing up, I remember we had to avoid the Ethiopian soldiers because they would rape you and kill you if they saw you. Most of my family was influenced by politics, including my older brothers –...
I began to question the existence of God when I was 16. It was a challenge for m…
I began to question the existence of God when I was 16. It was a challenge for me, in the family as well as in the community - I had to be very tactful and diplomatic. Then, I heard that some religious extremists had made a list of non-believers to be killed, and that...
5 years ago, while I was working in my uncle’s hotel in Aleppo, we had an Austra…
5 years ago, while I was working in my uncle’s hotel in Aleppo, we had an Australian guest called David come to stay. One day, he broke his leg when he fell on the street. As a result, I went to the hospital and later, I brought him back to the hotel and took care of...
My father’s Australian and my mother’s Brazilian. They met when he travelled to …
My father’s Australian and my mother’s Brazilian. They met when he travelled to South America to work as a Christian missionary. Six days later, he proposed, and 28 years later, they’re still together. When I was 15, they decided to move from Brazil to Toowoomba, in...
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