In Vietnam, where I grew up, chances of being rich are almost impossible. Actually, I have to know and socialized with other upper class people or ones with vast reputation to become rich. Even if I am brainy and canny, without opportunities to go higher, I might end up in a Nike’s sweat shop, or opening a trivial business. Great deal of people can barely survive with their salaries, and high school degrees can’t get you anywhere. So for me, an opportunity is a gate to a better future

The dew that day was dense and heavy, maybe because it caused by the rain a day before, or because it was 5 in the morning. “Only in Vietnam, the school starts at 6 AM, only in Vietnam…” I mumbled, “But look on the bright side, rain forest is extremely hot at noon, sometimes I feel like I’m a stick of butter in the microwave”. Simple breakfast: bread, milk, ham are all I eat, every day, then head to school. It was simple