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MN: Let me ask you a little bit about your schooling. Your Japanese language school, which Japanese language school did you go to?
YY: Gosh, I can't remember but I didn't enjoy it, I'll tell you that much.
MN: You think it was probably Chuo Gakuen in Boyle Heights?
YY: That sounds familiar.
MN: Do you remember going every day or just Saturdays?
YY: I think we did every, after school. Sometimes we took a bus, I think.
MN: And what is it about Japanese school that you didn't enjoy?
YY: I don't know, I just didn't enjoy learning, I guess. I just wasn't interested.
MN: Okay, so you're going to Malabar every day, then you go to Japanese school. What did you do on Saturdays?
YY: Play with my girlfriends, different things, Hide and Seek, do something in their house, play.
MN: What about Sundays, what did you do?
YY: I think my father took us places if I recall.
MN: Did you have to go to like a Sunday school?
YY: Yeah, I think I did go. Somebody picked me up, I believe.
MN: Do you remember which Sunday school you went to?
YY: I think it was a Christian school, actually. But I don't remember, it's too far back.
MN: Now in 1933, L.A. had this huge earthquake.
YY: Oh, yeah, I remember that. I didn't know what it was, I think I had my roller skates (on). She was cooking or something and she grabbed me and took me outside in the street. I didn't know what was going on, but I remember that she said it was an earthquake. It really frightened me.
MN: Did your house sustain any damage?
YY: No. Well, actually, we were renting, but no, no damage.
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