When we flew to Taiwan in 2019 with
@vikivikiway , we already knew that it was possible to obtain residency after five years of living on the island and meeting certain conditions. Working as an ordinary dancer or circus performer in a park, however, would have been impossible for us because the salary was too low to meet the requirements.
Then COVID came, and during that time I fell through a cracked fountain tile while we were rehearsing there at the wrong time. As a result of the scandal, we were simply fired, given just one week to pack our things and leave. That was when I first learned what it meant to go without sleep and food because of stress — and that’s when I noticed my first gray hair.
In a short time, we found another job and moved to a different park, where we worked ten months without a single day off. But that also led to conflicts with the management and, eventually, to our dismissal. Yet the most important thing wasn’t that. It was the fact that in that place we met true friends who became like family to us
@sch.tw @chiayi1127 . No strangers had ever shown us so much love and understanding. They sheltered us in their home for three whole months, asking for nothing in return, seeing how hard we were trying to find work while a war had just broken out in our homeland. We had no money — we hit rock bottom, with only six dollars left in our pocket. But with God’s help, we managed to rise again. Slowly, but we did.
Our friends registered us in their company as circus performers, giving us the chance to keep working in our profession, even though we had almost lost hope that it would ever happen again. In the end, thanks to them, we were able to obtain residency in Taiwan. From that moment on, we could work freely anywhere and enjoy many of the same privileges as the citizens of this country.
Thank you so much, Dear Friends!