| New year's eve dinner: Jenny's dad and mom are next to me; her brother- Lenny- is the one closest on the right, then his wife, and her mom's "God son". Despite the suggestion of some of my wise friends, that is not drug-paraphenalia on the table- it's a charcoal cooker. Her mom is a really good cook (now you know where Jenny's skill comes from), and she always fills the table with dishes like this. |
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| The first day of the new year is often devoted to games. Jenny's mother and brother are in the foreground, playing mahjong against her father's brother and a cousin. Later that night, her mother's brother hosted a marathon game that went until daybreak. |  |
| Another uncle broke out the dice table soon after he arrived for lunch. In this simple game, you bet on the numbers that will come up on a set of 3 dice, shaken under a cup. As far as I could tell, the "house" did very well that day. | 
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