Elected
After about two weeks after arriving in Hong Kong, we temporarily moved to the Centre for the Society and Religion or CIRC, which is located at the Maryknoll Convent School compound. It’s a red-brick building on a small hill in the corner of Boundary Street and Waterloo Road, diagonal...
Amoy Garden in Ngau Tau Kok
It was the bustling Ngau Tau Kok district where we lived in 1988. On my second day in Hong Kong, i.e. on the 15th July, my colleague Zita told me that she is going to take me to YCS office in Hong Kong. Zita is a tiny woman who...
Arriving in Hong Kong
Am I lost in this concrete jungle? Of course there are more tall buildings than trees here. I still remember my entry into this bustling city. I had no idea where I was going. I just wanted leave Sri Lanka at a time I was sensing no prospect of...
Leaving Sri Lanka in 1988
Eymard, Thusitha and I walked back through Darley Road from the direction of the Maradana Police station or Zahira College. We had one of the filling meals we could afford for five rupees—two thoosays (dosas) accompanied by generous supply of saambar and coconut chutney, red and light green served...
Kwangju and Friends
Memories of Kwangju and life-long friendships cultivated over decades on. Memories of May My friend Lee Unpretentious Eugene...
Memories of May 18 (518) over 24 years …
Today is May 18th or 518. It is a sacred day for me. Forty years ago today, on May 18th, 1980, students and ordinary citizens of Kwangju (presently referred to as Gwangju), a southern city in South Korea, stood against south Korean military dictators. They wanted democracy and the...
Soh Eugene: Unpretentious and bold hero behind the scene
“Sanjee, I am ready to go anytime. I have done my part, seen and lived the world. I’ve lived enough to see military in Korea sent back to their barracks [out of politics] for good. The greatest satisfaction is that I can die seeing a freer Korea, that...
Protected: Elections and the Servant of Compassion II
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Memories of May 2017 with Lee Jae Eui
I am at the Central Bus Station in Kwangju (or Gwangju). Its 11:00pm. I just arrived from a supposedly 4-hour bus ride from Incheon airport—the bus driver sped through the highway to arrive in Gwangju in less than 3 and ½ hours! I was late to start the journey...
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