“This is my youngest daughter at her elementary graduation. When my daughter speaks to me, she tells me to eat properly and gets angry if I tell her I ate instant noodles. But she never wants to speak to me on video. Both of my daughters, if it’s a video call they just run away. They don’t want to see their father. I think it’s because if they see me, they will miss me too much. The only way I see them is when they’re asleep, my wife calls me and shows them sleeping.”

“When I came to Malaysia, I had no skills. None. I didn’t make it to high school. But I am a really fast learner and I quickly learned how to work with construction materials, electricals, plumbing. But what I really enjoy is working with building plans. All the calculations and measurements. I used to love mathematics in school, so this is my chance to do that. I think even when I retire, work will never end for me. Sitting around at home, relaxing - that’s how you get sick.”

“I was imprisoned in Malaysia for an immigration offence. The living conditions in these detentions centres are horrible. But when I was there, they were building a mosque for the prisoners inside. I used to just watch how they work with tiles. I’ve never worked with tiles before, now I had the chance. I learned how to lay out the cement, layer it and finally put on the tiles. When I was deported back to Indonesia, I laid tiles in my home with my wife. We didn’t hire anyone. We did it ourselves based on what I learned.”