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1. Bowl haircuts were cool
2. Your friends would always want you to teach them how to use chopsticks
3. But they would never be able to reach the levels of your mastery
4. If relatives said “I’ve bought you some lunch” they meant this
5. Clothes were always optional for household tasks like cooking and food prep.
6. In restaurants, you got used to seeing fishtanks...
7. And fish heads...
8. You know who this guy is...
9. This apparently cured everything from cuts, bruises, aches, pains… especially when eaten...
10. You often heard the sound of these late into the night...
11. Despite living in another country, this always made you feel proud.
12. A family trip to a show looked like this.
13. The smell of this made your eyes water...
14. ... almost as much as the smell of this.
15. There was no such thing as an internal monologue.
16. Home cooking looked like this.
17. Packing for trips was always interesting.
18. Parental expectations could sometimes be a little stressful...
19. These were always better than sandwiches
20. It took a while to realise that not everyone was actually your 'uncle' or 'aunty' or even related to you...
21. ... but it was always handy come Chinese New Year.
22. Quiet conversation over dinner was never a thing.
23. "Lazy Susans" were good for food and banter.
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24. Your Grandparents totally owned it without knowing
25. Later on in life you realised eating your veg was a good thing.
26. Seeing this for the first time was the scariest thing in the world.
27. "National Trust" type visits looked more like this.
28. Bartering was not optional for your parents.
29. You developed an easy-going nature around dangerous things like fire
30. Chinese rice porridge always made sick-days feel better.
31. Family was always important.
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