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Photo: Citizen App   Sometimes when you take a big leap forward, you will hit a couple of snags. We felt this last night when a three-alarm fire hit our store and severely damaged inventory that we were going to move to our new location.We were one of three victims in the Grand Street fire and came out with extensive inventory loss. Initial estimates puts the amount at $60,000—which would be a huge hit for us since COVID has severely devastated our business and our goods remain uncovered by insurance. For us, the fire represented more than just financial losses...

Today is Qing Ming Festival. Every year, my extended family (uncles, aunts, cousins etc.) would pool together money to buy a roasted suckling pig, chicken, fruits and snacks to visit my relatives’ graves. This year though, in order to keep everyone safe, my aunts and uncles all agreed that we should not visit the graves.⠀⠀My dad decided that we were going to do our own version of the celebration at home, with improvised dishes that we made from ingredients that we already had instead of the usual feast. He even made a WeChat group at 5am, and pulled all of...