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TI: And then you mentioned how you all sat together for dinner. What would a typical dinner be during the week day?

HH: Well, soup, rice, and not too much meat, but lots of vegetables, you know, what they call koko and stuff, pickled things, but they always had something.

TI: And generally the whole family, so you have eight children and your mother and father. And so when you all sat around the table, describe the conversation. What would people talk about?

HH: There's no conversation. You eat and go. [Laughs]

TI: So even your parents, there'd be not much talking.

HH: No.

TI: And so then the food would come out, people would eat pretty fast? And then...

HH: They leave. But they had chores. I think we took turns washing dishes and stuff.

TI: Do you ever recall your father or mother saying anything to the family during dinner, like a special announcement or they just wanted to talk about something?

HH: I don't know. I don't remember.

TI: And then after dinner, what would you do?

HH: It's pretty late already. You'd study and then you go to bed, take a bath and go to bed.

TI: Okay, thank you. I mean, it just really helps me --

HH: Oh, really?

TI: -- understand, kind of... you know, I love just the daily...

HH: Routine.

TI: Routine and how it's different.

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