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I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!

The rugburn became increasingly inflamed, and, through trembling lips, which were pursed as if to whistle, my cure began singing its sublime, plaintive painsong.

Your family, friends, and connections are your real treasure. says my guama 外婆 (in Hokkien) or grandmother, Hermiña. I was only around six years of age when she said it. Yet I still hear it in my ears now and then. That and the quote, Tell me your company, and I will tell you what you are. from the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.