I would like to talk about an old lady who was also an old acquaintance of my father. So actually I knew her actually a very long ago because my family was very indebted to her because she held us in a way and this person she actually she followed an old local tradition it’s called self-comment which involves the ladies the women to style their hair just like the one who is married to only to demonstrate their determination to remain single for the rest of their life so it’s like maybe just a little bit like a wing on your finger and she also told me that when she was young she immigrated to Singapore and she had been working there as a factory worker for over a decade she saved a lot of money and sent them back to support her family I mean her sister’s siblings family and she also sent us some money when we needed and yeah I feel I also feel very thankful to her because without her maybe we would be in a very like bigger trouble
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I would like to talk about an old lady who was also an acquaintance of my father. I knew her a long time ago because my family was very indebted to her; she helped us in many ways. This person followed an old local tradition called self-comment, which involves women styling their hair like those who are married, to demonstrate their determination to remain single for the rest of their lives. It's a bit like wearing a ring on your finger. She also told me that when she was young, she immigrated to Singapore and worked there as a factory worker for over a decade. She saved a lot of money and sent it back to support her family, including her sister's family. She also sent us some money when we needed it. I feel very thankful to her because without her, we might have been in much bigger trouble.
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