《活力新故鄉》EP89雙語預告｜馬來西亞 彭朝萍

「目前我沒有什麼很大的目標，就是快樂地過每一天，就好了！」
婚後定居台灣已經35年的彭朝萍，來自馬來西亞的森美蘭州，高中畢業後，隨即與妹妹跟著媽媽來台工作，並在工廠認識先生陳階昌，兩人婚後育有兩女，並在小女兒三歲時從屏東老家北漂桃園，為將來的美好人生奮力一搏。
在桃園打拼的這些年，為了想要增加收入和先生一起撫養女兒們長大成人，同時也想幫助馬來西亞的家人改善生活環境，朝萍可說是拚了命地在賺錢，直到六年前的一場大病，讓她爆瘦到只剩下33公斤、甚至還有一回OHCA的病歷紀錄，不僅讓家人們受到驚嚇，也讓在鬼門關前走一回的朝萍大澈大悟，開始懂得緩下腳步，並重拾縫紉、編織的興趣，踏著優雅的步伐，為她的異鄉人生再翻新頁。
“I am ambitionless currently. All I want just enjoy my life. It’s enough. “
Phang Chew Ping, from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, has been in Taiwan for 35 years since she married. After graduating senior high school, she and her sister came to Taiwan with their mom for jobs. Then she met her husband, Chen Chieh Chang. They had 2 daughters after marriage. They left her husband’s hometown, Pingtung and moved to Taoyuan when their second daughter was 3. They decided to take the plunge for a perfect future.
During her stay in Taoyuan, Chew Ping had made as much money as she could to increase their income for raising daughters with her husband those years. In the meanwhile, she also wanted to improve her family’s living standard in Malaysia. Six years ago, she lost weight and only had 33 kg due to a serious illness. She even had experienced an OHCA It’s not only an alarm for her family but also a wake-up call for her after knocking at Death’s door. She started to slow down her life and redeveloped her interests in sewing and crocheting. As a new immigrant, she turns a new leaf in her elegant life.