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Submitted to Contest #35
When I was younger, Chinese New Year was an exciting affair. They call it the Spring Festival. On the lunar calendar, it occurs at the end of winter, at the start of spring, and, on its cusp, we would take the nine hour drive back to Sibu, Malaysia without fail. Ma would wake me up at midnight and prepare a bag filled with blankets and snacks and mint candies while Pa took the wheel. I would sleep for most of the journey, waking up for meals in between and when the road got too bumpy to sleep. When we arrived at Sibu, we stayed at Er Gu’s ho...
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