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KP: Do you remember December 7, 1941?

MS: I kinda do. I think, I know we had a radio and I'm not sure if we heard it on the radio or what. And it didn't affect me in any way. Yeah, I can't even... it meant nothing to me.

KP: You kept going to school?

MS: Yeah, I kept, nothing changed for me.

KP: Did you see any change in your parents at all?

MS: No. No, I didn't. If there was, I didn't notice it 'til... yeah, I don't know if they thought about it.

KP: Do you remember still doing the activities like going to New Year's in '41?

MS: Yeah, I think nothing changed for us. Yeah.

KP: Things eventually started to change. What do you remember about that?

MS: Yes. Well, I remember somebody came and lived with us. A Chinese man, and I remember his name was Leon Fook. And I don't know why he came, I think we had, I don't know, it wasn't in our house but I think there might have been something in the back but yeah, I remember the name and I remember the man but I have no idea why he came.

KP: And then you said that you weren't allowed to have certain things?

MS: Well, when it was close to the time that we were to move, we weren't supposed to, I do remember there was a burning of papers and things like that. Maybe, I don't know, books. I'm not sure but different things like that that we weren't supposed to have. I have no idea why, even.

KP: But you remember your parents burning things?

MS: Yeah. I do remember there was a bonfire or something like that.

KP: What other type of things were you not allowed to have?

MS: Well, I think we weren't supposed to have cameras. I don't know about radios, maybe things like that.

KP: But personally you don't remember much about --

MS: No, I don't. It didn't affect me. I mean, I didn't feel affected.

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