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Apr 15, 2023
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“去買雞”, my grandmother would say to me accompanied with bills amounted to $300. Nainai, I can afford chicken, I would say to her attempting to stuff the crumbled rolled up bills back in her pink blazer.

“哎呀!” (an endearing expression of sarcastic frustration.)

A few days ago, it was Ching Ming Festival (清明節, otherwise known as Tomb Sweeping Day or  Remem…

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