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1、SatelliteAdriftChapter5TheTeenagerandHisFriendsIstillpreferredthecompanyofDad’salumnifriends.Whentheycametovisitus,Ididn’thavetospeakEnglishandtheirkidscouldunderstandmyChinese.MomandDadoftenaskedthemhowIcouldimprovemyEnglish.They’dalwayssaythatI’dbecomeCanadian“soonerthanlater.”Theywer

2、eouronlyfriendsinCanada,sohangingoutwiththemwasouronlysocialactivity.Wecelebratedeverysingleholidaytogether,bothChineseandWestern.Myparentslikedtokeeptothemselvesbuteventheywerebecominginfluencedbytheirfriends,whosepartiescouldbealittleoverthetopattimes.WewenttoBai’stownhomeduringthefin

3、alweekendofSeptembertocelebrateMid-AutumnFestival,thefirstmajorholidaywespentinCanada.I’dneverunderstoodtheimportanceoftheholidaywhenIwasinChinabecausewewenttomygrandparents’placeallthetime,soitwasoftencelebratedwithoutmuchaddedsignificance.Thistimearound,itwasapotluckdinnerwithDad’sfri

4、ends.Everyonebroughttoomuchfoodanditlookedlikeweweren’tgoingtobeabletofinish.Therewerestuffedbuns,stirfries,andofcoursemooncakes,amongmanyotherstore-boughtsnacks.Ontopofallthatwemadedumplings,becauseitwaspartofthetraditionofeveryChineseholiday.AfterdinnerwekidswentupstairstoBai’scompute

5、randplayedvideogameswhilethegrownupsplayedcards.Dadrarelyplayedcardsbefore,andhe’dalwayslabeledthegameasgamblingevenifnowagerswereinvolved.Itwasdifferentnowbecauseweneededthecompany.Theadultstookcelebrationtoawholenewlevelanddecidedtotaketurnsplayinguntilthenextmorning.Theywerestillplay

6、ingwhenwegotup.Wedidn’tgohomeuntilafterlunch.Momsaidthatweneededtocutdownonthiskindofsocialactivitybecauseitwasunhealthy.Dadhadtojogtwentyblockseverydaytoshedtheweighthe’dgainedatthatparty.Eversincethenhemadeitahabittorunhomefromworkeveryday.Heclaimedthathewasstayinginshapesothathe’dber

7、eadytogototheNorthPoleifheevergotthatelusivegeologyjob.Nomoreovernightcardplaying,ZhaobroughtusalongtochurchforThanksgiving.IwassurprisedtofindthattherewereChinesechurchesfrequentedbyfamiliesjustlikeours.Infact,Ionlyspottedonewhitepersonandhewasthepreacher.Hewasuponthepodiumfor