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Chapter 14

The more that I stayed away from them, the more circumstances

seemed to draw us near. It was Saturday, February 1st, 2003, the Lunar

New Year. You see, Binondo has been the center of Filipino- the Chinese

community for centuries. While my mom was praying inside

Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, my sister kept on insisting that we

buy some “Tikoy” or Nian Gao to Mandarin or better known as Chinese

mooncake. It is a sticky cake and they believed that if one eats this

cake during the Lunar New Year, your family will always be together

and will prosper. Family ties are very important for Filipino-Chinese

people.

As a tradition, we participated in the Eight Lucky Rituals which

comprised of lighting the first incense, the ringing of the gong, and so

forth and so on. My sisters and mom greatly enjoyed them but since I

converted to Christianity, they were more like customary observance

for me.

Me, my sisters Agnes, Esther, Gina, and Mia were watching the Dragon

Dance near Ongpin stre
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