| Things were no different when the waves of change and possibility rolled in upon my own family.  As a young boy, after being told of my parents' decision to uproot and immigrate to the United States of America,… |  | I would periodically stare out of our apartment window at the airplanes taking off from nearby Kai Tak Airport and shed my tears silently.  Is life really better for a plane's passengers once they arrive at their next destination? |