Kathmandu, March 25 -- This is the 61st episode of Diaspora Diaries, a Nepali Times series in collaboration with Migration Lab providing a platform to share experiences of living, working, studying abroad.

I interrupted my Grade 11 education to go to Malaysia to work as a security guard. During the Maoist era the environment in my college was not conducive to studies. I stayed on in Malaysia for eight years.

Overseas earnings helped me support my family and buy land, and more importantly, to spend on the treatment of my father's heart condition.

Our duty was 12 hours and we were on our feet all day checking in visitors and employees at the gate. Nights were slow and all we did was walk around with our dogs and check every hour on our ...