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From the past, a few thousand years ago, in order to obtain food, people will farm for a living. Farmers will have a plot of land and workers will come and work on the land. The farmers will then sell the harvested crops to others and this is how the cycle of farming will continue. Hence, we can tell that farming was a very integral part of every tradition and farming has helped civilization until today. However, farming has been slowly dying off ever since globalization and now farming is deemed as the job of a laborer and an uneducated person.  This reminds me of a time when I used to live in Hong Kong when I was around 4 or 5 years old. We were living there because of my father's work and I can still remember that we used to own a very small area of land in the agriculture area of Hong Kong. The entire farm was run by a couple and we had a small area of land where we could plant whatever we wanted. My family and I planted many seeds and grew many vegetables. We used to visit the...

This memory - a one which I shared with specifically my grandmother, is very special and I remember it until this day. When I was very young, say 4 or 5, whenever my grandmother would stay with my family, she would cook dinner for us almost everyday. After cooking, she will go and take a shower because she will be very sweaty. Everyday, without fail, when my grandmother is showering, I would help her prepare her makeup bag for her to use when she comes out of the toilet. I still remember her makeup bag is a purple one, with flowery designs on the bag. My grandmother would come out of the shower with her hair wrapped up in a towel and I would always laugh at her as she looked hilarious that way. When she sat down on the bedroom floor to apply the makeup to her face, I would know the exact process in which she used the makeup, and would know to hand over the next bottle of makeup when she finished using the last one. I can still remember clearly that one bottle of makeup was a white Lane...