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How fantastic, my cousin is a writer! And a paid one at that (gasp!) quite unlike myself. (Actually my cousin John in Taiwan is also a ‘real’ writer, but in Chinese, so I have no ability to comment on his works whatsoever).
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2006/cover0303b.html
As the only Hsu woman among a couple generations of boys, I’ve always felt a bit odd girl out. Ben and I played with Huan when he was a toddler living in Hayward (I beleive he used the term "picking on me", but I go with "played") & we first came to Cali. But then they were off to some boonie state my folks were never gonna take us to visit, and that was that.
No updates on my 4 Hsu boy cousins for years except the occasional photo from my Uncles. And lots of photos from my youngest Uncle who had no bio children but raised a brilliant Orangutang for many years .
Then one day I’m in my teeny grad school apartment and I get word that cousin Huan is coming to the Bay Area, could he crash for a while at our place ’til he’s settled?
Of course. I love playing host to wandering souls.
Within days of his arrival, this oddly familiar, near-stranger, blood relative, my roomie has decided we have some "REALLY good looking genes" in the family & my future husband has decided "you’re all (Hsus) brilliant and totally arrogant".
Hmmm. Should one be flattered or insulted…?
It was fun having Huan awhile. He was so like and yet unlike my own bro, and we got to talk smack and crack up about the fam in a way that I can’t with anyone else. Plus it’s always fun enjoying the bounty of SF food and fun with a newcomer.
I think all of our dads have published books and articles as well, so I need to get off my duff and uphold this particular family tradition. After all, it’s one of the few traditions I WANT to uphold- unlike say, flagrant mood swings balanced again Spock-like emotional suppression.
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