“To my daughter Dina, I hope you will be someone successful in this life and the next. With Love, Your Mother.”

(Translation) “Oh my dear family, I love you all and miss you all so much. I long to meet you all, even though I’m working hard away from home.”

“I miss my daughter so much. She is polite and loving to me. She always studies hard and is a good girl even though I’m far from her. She is independent and respectful to her lola and uncle.”

“My son will be going to university next year, so I’ll need the money. Even though I was a nurse in Myanmar, I decided to come to Singapore to work because the salary is higher.”

“Dear Justin, be good to your grandmother while I am away from you. This is for your future, my son. I miss you, I love you.”

(Translation) “My hopes for my family back home – May my mother and father, husband and children always be healthy, and may we be reunited again someday.”

“I have an agreement with my children: When my youngest son is done with school and we have saved enough for our house, then I will go home.”