This is a mix of an autobiography and notes on the social and political situations that the author has experienced as a child, an adult and as an old man at different times in three countries. Born in Malaya, he was primarily educated in the Chinese medium when the country was under the British colonial government and had to face inequitable disadvantages in accessing tertiary education. While away in the U.S. for his studies, he lost his birthright citizenship by a dubious law introduced when Malaya attained independence. He had to regain his citizenship by a tedious process in the country of his birth.