'The Happiest Refugee', Anh Do

Timeline of events:

v-12: Prologue
Arrives at fathers house (age 22)
Meets his half brother named after him
Lora
Chapter one:
Father saved mother from being caught by the police.

13-26: Tam was almost caught fleeing Vietnam (age 2)

Boat trip began (age 2)
Patrol boat shoots at them
Mrs Makes international waters
Bassett Storm
Loc jumped in
Pirate attack number 1; motor stolen
Pirate attack number 2; Aunty Huong almost abducted
German ship appears Tam smashed the boat to be saved

27-41: The German ship took the family to the refugee camp in Pulau Bidong (age 2)
The Saint Vincent De Paul nun's brought the family the clothes (age 4)
1982 Anh started at St Bridget's Primary School (age 5)
Ellicia Anhs fight with Sammy (age 10)
The family started their clothing business (age 11)
Moved into the factory with Uncle Two and his family (age 12)

42-55: Cousins move out of factory (age 7)

Uncle six moves in (age 8)
Anh runs for school captain (age 11)
Annaliese Anh gets his first girlfriend (age 11/12)
Uncle six moves away (age 12?)
Anh's dad buys a duck farm (age 11)

56-70: Death of first pet (11)

Decides to go for scholarship at St Aloysius (12/13)
Had to sell farm and other properties for a loss (13)
Sammy Dad and uncle three try to kill each other (12/13)
Uncle 3,5,7 & 9 try to travel by boat, uncle 3 and 9 found the dead bodies of 5 and
7

71-84: Anh's dad goes to Vietnam. (13)

See's his dad for the last time. (13)
Mrs Borny inspires Anh. (14)
Molly Big Mac Banquet.
Family doesn't have money for textbooks. (16)
85-99: Decides to play basketball (14)
Distant cousin lives with them (15)
Plays cricket (14)
Emily Three kids try to mug him on the train (14 or 15)
Gets a job delivering pamphlets (14)
Buys Siamese fighting fish (14)
Gets an electric shock when the fish tank breaks (14)

100-113: Year 9 chess team tournament (age 15)

Volunteered for homeless shelter (age 15)
Anh applied for army but wasn't accepted due to having asthma (age 17)
Isabelle Started university and first met Suzie (age 18)
Anh enrolled in a visual arts course at TAFE while still studying law (age 19)

114-127: Anh thinking about skipping law classes in Uni (20)

Anh sings Suzanne to Suzie. She has no desire to "date a Veinamise football playing,
palm reader. (20)
Jeremy
 Mum says "My son ok. No worry." Old man is relieved, everything is ok but car. (20)
$4000 insurance for car. Got to get a new computer for Uni. (20)
Gets job at post office.(20)
New sewing machine, Gets stolen (20)
Gets dads phone number (20)
Anh goes out with Rachel and starts a stall with her (20)
Dumps her because she is very annoying about her eating habits. (20)

128-142: Anh breaks up with Juliette

Anh did his first comedy routine at an open mic night
Got a lawyer job with Anderson consulting but followed a career as a comedian (22)
Sam Won a national comedy competition in Canberra
Anh goes out with Suzie

143-156: Anh Do started to get small comedy spots on TV but just 5 minutes of stand up here and
there on obscure late night shows. (143)
The Australian women's forum gives Anh Do and wanted to interview him
Ben

157-171: Anh gets engaged -AGE(22)

Anh's mother makes speach to the two families about how Anh will "lup Suzie for ever"
Anh's mother, aunties and grandmothers descended into the kitchen to cut the pig with
Nik a small knife and frozen chicken
Suzie endured wave after wave of strange foods
Anh takes over from Robert to jack hammer the pool
Anh and Suzie get married at St Aloysius College, an old school chapel in Kirribilli
Anh and Suzie have there reception at Taronga Zoo
Anh's Dad finally admited that he had a tumar in his head

172-186: -Anh gets back to Sydney after seeing his father

-Anh is worried that Suzie isn't happy being a lawyer
-Anh starts doing stand up in clubs and people are being racist comments
Neve -Go on Anh, deck him." "Honey, he's enormous."

187-200: -2002 Audition for kids show 'Don't Blame Me'

-2003 Volunteer for a charity 'Open Family'
-Khoa Do won 2005 Young Australian of the Year
Sharlie -Created his own show 'Footy Legends'
-Almost drowned on set
-Thank god You're Here
-Dancing With The Stars
-Day Of Difference Foundation

201-213: Nash
*Dancing with the stars
*Anh meeting uncle six
*Anh won $200,000 on Deal or No Deal
*Thinking about his dad in Deal or No Deal
*Channel 7 gave Anh his first solo show when the beijing olympics, he visited a bunch of
different citys in china.
*Tried snake and snake gallblater? at a restaurant.

214-229: -Anh goes to Vietnam- 1988

-Helps bus over floodway ("he's very good at these things...")
-Ahn's mother watches show for first time and understands
Chloe - Anh sees uncle 2 on tv in a mental institution
-Anh's father says "...you know I still love her" re his mother
-Khoa and Tram visit their father
-Anh's father is clean
- Leon is born-2009
"I named him after you"
-Go on a boat- happy family day out