Sebastien Lai

So my dad took me by the hand and then the other hand had touched the railings.

And I still remember looking at my hand.

I looked at it and my hand was black from the ink.

And it was one of those moments where I kind of knew what dad did for work.

I think it was one of those moments that made it very real for me.

It wasn't something that I particularly wanted to do.

And I think part of the reason is because he was very free in terms of how he wanted us to live our lives.

He knew that this was his fight.

Especially there were occasions where he was followed, a house was firebombed, someone skinned a dog and pinned it on our door.

And so Dan knew that this wasn't a fight.

He would say himself that it wasn't necessarily a fight that he wanted to pass on to his kids because he knew the tremendous sacrifice.

And in fact, I think that's what is so remarkable about him.

This idea of someone arriving as a stowaway and becoming one of the most successful business people and then saying that I'm going to sacrifice all of that success, all of those opportunities to stand up for what is right.

And I still remember this moment.

It's me, him and my mother.

We're in London walking through Hyde Park, and it's a sunny day.

And my father was, you know, he learned how to sing.

To be completely honest, he didn't sing that well.

But he liked to sing, and that's how you get better.

And on this beautiful day in London, he's just singing in the park.