Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Me and My Family(2)

I cannot give much detail about how my grandfather trying to find his father dues to the lack of information. I would have to ask him and others in more detail first. After I gained more knowledge and got more evidences in this issues I will compose a short story out of it (^^). The thing I can tell now is that he is a virtue man that value his honor the most. He refused to stayed or changed his family name back to get heritage from his real father. In the other hand, he chose to stay in Phuket with his mom and his new dad. He told me that although he is not his real father, he looked after my grandfather as his own son all the time. "He did not give life, yet give him the chance to live." - My grandfather's word.

My grandfather life in Phuket is not beautiful though. His(Our/My) family at that time is very poor. He has to quit studying and started working . He married my grandmother at young age and has 5 children. Each of them has their own tales to be told but I will save that for later.[My laziness :P]

The disaster struck when there was anti "Ang Yee"[อั้งยี่] event in Thailand. This event is a result of USA's communist containment policy. Thai government reacted to this policy by destroying almost every books and scriptures written in Chinese since most of the people at that time believed that China is the origin of communism. My great grandfather[2]'s younger brother was announced to be Ang Yee and must be sent to jail. My great grandfather[2] tried to help his brother by confessing that he is Ang Yee himself. As a result, he was sent straight to jail in Bangkok while his brother fled to Pinang, Malasia. [Later, I had chance to meet him and his decendants before he passed away] The fact that my great grandfather[2] was jailed affected my family alot. My great grand mother, my grandfather and my grand mother had to work a lot harder to attain their living. Even after the Ang Yee revolution in Phuket was subsided and my great grandfather[2] was released, everything is not gonna be the same again. He got diseased from the dirty jail and passed away in few years after that... I never saw him in person.

Besides all the facts stated, my grandfather tries very hard to work for his family. Although he was seriously injured his back-bone while working, he could get pass through it with the help of his friends and supervisers. [His straight forward nature have made him popular to the locals there] Finally, he can support all his children to graduate university level. After that, my family's economy was growing gradually better until like what we have today. [Not rich as Bill Gates but can get any reasonable things if needed]

Here I conclude the story of my family, my root and my origin. There are still many exciting things not told here though such as my aunt took part in the 16 October incidence in Thailand. But again, that is another story.

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