July 2007
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Traditions - July 29th, 2007
This morning my family went to pay our respects to my grandparents - my father’s parents. They died long ago and any memories I have of them are extremely fuzzy and don’t make much sense. Regardless, we go “visit” them around three times a year and every visit follows the same routine. The same traditions. [...]
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Fourteen plus two! - July 26th, 2007
Last Friday, I was looking at a list of birthdays on the kitchen wall at one of my relatives’ house. “I should put your birthday on there. When is it?” my uncle asked me, when he caught me looking at it.
“Next Thursday,” I told him.
“Oh really? How old are you turning? Thirteen? Fourteen?”
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Assignments during holidays - July 14th, 2007
They are an absolute no-go. I hate them. I spend all of my lovely, precious free time worrying about when to do my assignments and only end up doing them the night before school starts. I’m battling a 2000ish word history essay that’s supposed to have an “extensive, annotated bibliography” and about 500 words on [...]
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Michael’s website tips - July 14th, 2007
Tonight, I said to myself out loud “I have the most boring website ever.”
Michael, who was sitting behind me playing his game boy replied, “Maybe you should add a games section.” I met this suggestion with hysterical laughter. “And you should add like funny things to read as well,” he continued. I kept laughing.
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Coming home - July 11th, 2007
I love family outings to Sydney. I love scarfing down dim sim at yum cha. I love looking into those kooky and cute shops filled with clothes that I may never fit into (but wouldn’t wear in public) and stuffed animals. I immerse myself into the large crowds and lose myself in all the people.
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Holiday or field trip? - July 2nd, 2007
I’m going on a SUPER LONG holiday (I lie! It’s only three days) with what I call our super-azn-family-group-thing. That is to say, my family and two other ASIAN families are going on a holiday - together. It’s going to be a disaster I tell you!
I can just picture it in my mind. My “average” [...]