by Sam J Christopher
He stepped onto this foreign shore when just a lad of 20,
In hopes of a better opportunity of which he heard was a-plenty.
Found no one with a vacancy or a lodge,
So he slept on the five-foot ways of Telok Anson town.
He gave up his watch with a heavy heart, for a train ticket,
To travel to Kuala Lumpur without burden of loan or debt.
At that time it was his only prized possession,
But he didn’t let that get in the way of his vision.
