社评 0208 打虎要靠好兄弟

我看天下大小事，打虎要靠好兄弟

环球第一银行开业有感

我在十岁那年跟随家人从家乡云南移居荒芜之异邦缅甸，所幸父母眼光独到，热爱故国文化，在尘土及物资匱乏之坚苦情势下，仍然克服困难，在草屋下办起了一间小学校，让我们流落他乡的孩童们仍然每天熟读学习三字経，孔孟学说之传统文化。

在当时没有自来水及缺电缺水的困难环境下，我们在父母之庇荫下，也算是衣食不缺，她们経常指向山那边就是故乡，在妈妈囗中经常讲述年青时之温馨愉悦之往事，如今流落他乡，一切都得从头做起。

在如此艰苦之大环境下，父母持坚要我离家继续学业，就在我离家前夕，双亲在尘土飞扬的操场上為我举办一场欢送会，母亲一再鼓励我上台讲话，这也是我生平第一次站在群眾前鼓起勇气走到群眾之间，站在一旁的母亲对我施予微笑和激励，我总算「不辱使命」完成任务，走下来时，妈妈对我说，“蔚儿，你此去上学，千万记住「在家靠父母在外靠朋友」。”

数十年来，我们在学习和事业上歷经无数挑战和艰辛，我把父母之训诫铭记心头，更是结交了无数各族裔及中外友人和好兄弟，他们的拔刀相助和情义相挺，是我们最主要的支柱，我记得母亲叮嚀的话。

上週六，环球笫一银行开幕活动，在美南国际贸易中心涌进了近三百位各族裔社区之好友和同仁，他们包括市长、国会议员、州参眾议员，来自中国大陆、台湾、韩国、日本、印度巴基斯坦、尼泊尔、缅甸、菲律宾、加勒比海、非洲、墨西哥中南美洲之社区好友，我在会上向大家保证，这家银行是大家共同努力之成果，一定要继续為社区经济发展贡献心力。

我们眼见如此热情之庆祝大会，我从人群中把今年十岁的外孙女牵了出来和特纳市长、国会议员格林及其他贵宾见面致候，她表现得落落大方，毫无惧色，我们希望她将来能竞选公职，為社会服务，為华裔增光。

Fighting Tigers Depend On Good Brothers

When I was ten years old, our family moved from my hometown in Yunan to an unfamiliar foreign country, Burma.
Fortunately, my parents loved the culture of my hometown with a unique vision. Under the bitter situation of lack of materials, my parents started an elementary school which taught us a Chinese education.Back then we lived without running water or electricity.
My mom often pointed out to me our hometown just over the mountain and said we should go back in the future. But we were exiled in a foreign land and everything had to start from scratch.
In such a difficult environment my parents insisted that I leave home and continue my studies. On the eve of my departure, my parents held a farewell party for me on the dusty playground. My mom repeatedly encouraged me to speak on the stage. This was also the first time in my life that I had ever stood in front of a crowd. My mom gave me a smile and much encouragement. She finally told me, “Son, remember you are relying on your parents at home, but you should also depend on friends outside of your home."
Over the decades, I have experienced countless challenges and hardships in my studies and careers. Last Saturday, the opening event of Global One Bank was flooded with 300 guests and colleagues from all ethnic communities at the International Trade Center. Mayor Turner, Congressman Al Green and State Senator John Whitmire, we all shared such a warm celebration. I took my ten-year-old granddaughter Ava from the crowd to meet all the VIP guests. She was very generous and fearless. We hope one day she will run for public office to serve the country.