While You Were Working… | The American Asian, Ep. 3

America…ahhh, the LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!

I was intrigued by a statement I heard from my tour guide when visiting Cambodia many years ago. Our young and personable tour guide, whose nickname was Adam, took pride and joy in telling us about his country Cambodia, sometimes referred to as ‘Cambodge’ or ‘Kampuchea.’ Adam shared with our travel group about the time that his Cambodian grandfather, who Adam absolutely adored, told him to live life as a good person – so that in his future life he might be blessed to be reincarnated in either Hong Kong or in the United States.

While I believe the Biblical teachings of the afterlife, I was still very humbled and impressed that they considered both my birth place and my current country of residence as a crowning achievement for a person to be born in. There seemed to be a ‘status’ symbol attached to being born in these lands which are deemed very prosperous, and offered freedom. (By the way, this was told to us years prior to 2020, before China noticeably breached its agreement with the United Kingdom that it would allow Hong Kong to continue its “high degree of autonomy” in social and economic systems and in lifestyle until the year 2047.)

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