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| A big temple has been under construction right across from MingQi's house for several years. A loudspeaker begins playing very loud Buddhist music around 7 AM every morning. |
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| The view from a Taiching department store window looking east towards Taiping. |
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| Colorful sweet potato snacks. |
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| Selling fruit. |
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| Mei-O and her sister MeiHui in MeiHui's courtyard. |
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| JiaZhen and JiaXin in dance class which they go to every Tuesday night. If you look at my reflection in the mirror, they are on either side of me. |
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| I spent a lot of time walking around the gated community where we stayed and saw all kinds of interesting things. This was one of the more surprising sightings. |
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| This is our tiny bedroom in MingShun's house. It was small but comfy. |