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School

Teachers

Work

Distance

Beef

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02

Career

1950s

School

"I was the top student to graduate from my middle school. After that, I went to the Municipal School of Commerce."

Teachers

"The teachers were a lot more strict back then. Now, they aren't as much. Nevertheless, the teachers were all right."

Work

"I, at first, was working at a fishing company in JiRong. Because the company wasn’t based in Taipei, everyone had to get there and get back by bus."

Distance

"After a year, I stopped working there. It was simply too far. I had to get up extremely early in the morning, and by the time I got home, it was very late. Work actually began at 8 in the morning, but to catch the bus, I had to leave by 6. In the afternoon, work ended at 3:30 p.m., but the bus had to back a roundabout trip back to my house. I usually got home at around in the afternoon."

Beef

"At that time, I was okay with beef. But, the boss and and the workers? They were mostly foreigners, and they all ate beef. In and around work, they ate beef. And now, I’m afraid to eat beef; I was exposed to too much of it at once. Breakfast was beef, lunch was beef. I would shrink away from the smell of it. Now, I just don’t eat beef."