TOH-018Family questionnaireChinese
Anonymous — Family questionnaire
Submitted September 25, 2026
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- What languages get spoken in your house, and who speaks which to whom?
We all speak mandarin
- Describe a normal weeknight dinner at your house.
Rice, some kind of meat(usually chicken or beef) grilled veggie
- What is in your kitchen that would not be in most of your friends' kitchens?
Ginseng
- Where does your family food shop, and how far do they drive to do it?
Hmart and Whole Foods, 10-15min
- What sport, instrument or activity did you end up doing — and who decided?
Tennis, my mom picked it because she used to play
- What do your parents expect of you, said out loud or not?
dont fail school
- What was the first job or business anyone in your family had in America?
My dad worked as a software engineer for amazon
- What city or neighbourhood did your family first live in when they arrived?
Massachusetts whole time
- Who in your family would you most want interviewed properly, and why?
My mom because I keep finding out new things about her
- Look around your house. What is one object your family would never throw away?
My moms tea collection
- What do you want someone to know about your family in a hundred years?
My parents worked hard to get us where we are
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Anonymous, “Anonymous — Family questionnaire,” September 25, 2026. Asian American Oral History Archive — Tarita Foundation, 2026. https://taritaarchive.org/voices/entries/toh-018.html. Accessed [date].