We are All Refugee

"Since you are volunteering at the refugee school. You should also volunteer here by buying us drinks. We too are refugees." This is a remark by one of the regular customers from the bar that I visit each Monday and Thursday. This is a small bar with no more than 5 regular customers. What this person said is very profound. In many ways, we all are running away from something. The few of us have known each other for many years and we shared many stories. Myself, struggling to grow the business and balancing between career and family. P, 40 years in the tyre industry. The business is now under attack by cheap alternatives from China. TS, rebuilt and service motor engine for 40 years. Owns a successful business but the kids refuse to inherit the business. He is too tired to maintain the business but not willing to close or sell the business. A, a electrical technician who left the wife and kids in the countryside to work in the city. To save on rent, he sleeps on the bar's sofa. Y, an…