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Personal Family History (see Consider This, p. 96 of Samovar, Porter, McDaniel, and Roy, 2017) My family would be classified as formal. Indonesians are pretty strict and prideful of their family name and legacy. But Chinese-Indonesians are a completely different level. Informal is a rare word that only shows up in our vocabulary in times of need and desperation (i.e., hitting rock bottom)....

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Childhood, Culture & Traditions Until the age of 7, I lived in Makassar, Indonesia. It was and still is a predominantly Muslim city. I only remember growing up in one big house. But I am often told of stories of the first family house I had ever lived in. Back then, my grandfather was a well-known Adventist preacher in Indonesia. As you can...

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