In the case of Eric's wife, her early years were difficult too. Her dad chalked up heavy debts and then disappeared overnight, leaving his wife and three children. The poor woman worked as a baker in the wee hours and laboured as a farmer to pay all those debts. Each of her three children were placed with grandparents or uncles. As those relatives weren't bad people, there was enough to eat and each was able to go to school.
She was hard working and has been employed since her teens in various part-time jobs. After obtaining the education certificate at age 18, she went to work as a cadet reporter for a Chinese newspaper. After years of frugal living, she saved up enough to study accountancy in TAR College. Three years later, she graduated at the ripe age of 29.
Due to their early suffering and the years of perseverence to overcome poverty, both Eric and his wife believed strongly in education. They trained their three children from young to excel in their academics and stressed the importance of qualifications. On the surface, they have succeeded wonderfully. The following three blogs would narrate details of their children's education and career achievements. But life, however, does not just consist of schooling and work. It is very interesting to follow the three offsprings' lives of these two overcomers.
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