Leaving behind many unfulfilled and treasured connections. But the uncertainties up ahead are more numerous. They are sometimes left blank, speechless, but Aamosi said, “Look on the bright side, how many people gets a second chance at life?”

What were you doing on your last evening in Hong Kong? In unison, the couple answered, “We packed and cleaned our home till past midnight.” Aamosi and Jisitip has lived in their home for more than a decade since getting married and giving birth to their 10-year-old daughter Naangomai…

“Let’s leave Hong Kong.” It was August of 2019 and the protesters were being met with increasingly harsher crackdowns. Aamosi and his wife, Jisitip, and daughter, Naangomai were in a café near Lockhart Road, Wanchai, an area where protests often occurred.

The day before his departure, M.O.S. did not make any special arrangements. He says, “I only wanted to live an ordinary life.” In the end, home is the everyday life we are accustomed to, like going around the street corner to chat with boss-lady of the dim sum shop, eating a crusted egg tart…

Late at night, M.O.S., who was temporarily living with his friend, would keep on looping the songs he was reluctant to listen to when he was in Hong Kong. M.O.S. stayed in Toronto for a while when he was studying for his university degree over ten years ago…

Twenty-Two wants to be identified by the age when she gave this interview. She came to Canada alone right after college graduation. It took just over a month from her visa application to her departure. She expresses, “the whole thing was rushed, and rash”. Few friends and relatives knew about her decision, and fewer knew exactly when she was leaving.