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This is the year of the Fire Pig - not that I know what it means, since I'm not Chinese.  Ok, scratch that, I actually have Chinese blood - nearly half.  If you have to know, it's actually a cumulative total of three-eighths Chinese blood pumping in my veins, my father being three-quarters Sino.  It's just that you can't tell from looking at me, my other ethnic legacies deciding to assert themselves more forcefully. 

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FIRE PIG
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This is the year of the Fire Pig - not that I know what it means, since I'm not Chinese.  Ok, scratch that, I actually have Chinese blood - nearly half.  If you have to know, it's actually a cumulative total of three-eighths Chinese blood pumping in my veins, my father being three-quarters Sino.  It's just that you can't tell from looking at me, my other ethnic legacies deciding to assert themselves more forcefully. 

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