The journey took a full day and night. "I was seasick the whole time, and the baby kept wailing." All she could think about was what if she got caught on the way or what if her husband wasn't able to meet her when she landed. As for the rest, she could only fall back on the Lim Giong song, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now."
船在海上飄了一天一夜，「我一直吐，囡仔一直嚎」，黃秀珍說，她只怕半路被抓到，只怕上岸後老公接不到，其他的，就只能唱「向前行，什麼攏不驚了」。