Stay and fight

I READ with interest Sharyn Shufiyan’s article, Why I have not emigrated (Tapestry, Star2, April 27).

I hail from the era when English was the medium of instruction. After the May 13 incident in 1969, my parents sent me to Britain for further studies. Their instructions were for me to stay there, if I wanted to. But I chose to return home. During my schooldays, my best friend was a Malay girl. Our parents knew each other well, and our families would visit each other during festivals and exchange fruits from our trees. We have kept in touch through the years.