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By Angie Sijun Lou“This year so far, I had said, Hello, Goodbye, Do you have change for twenty dollars, Where is the bathroom, and I love you. I had meant every word.”
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By Angie Sijun Lou“After a Tamagotchi dies, her spirit gets trapped in limbo. The player is tasked with raising the Tamagotchi in the afterlife until she is ready to join the league of angels in heaven.”
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By Brian Ma“I said that whatever happened in the chaos back then was just chaos, which meant there was no way to imagine if things had gone differently.”
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By Eka Kurniawan“The kids saw the scars on his fingers, that big slice on his pinkie, proof of his diligent practice morning, midday, afternoon, and night.”
