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My mother grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us in the same way. Of course, she was not a slave driver or anything, but she 31 showed affection openly. Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways.

My parents couldn't have been more 32 emotionally. My father is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from my dad, mother did try to 33 but it was clear that she never 34 quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually she returned to her old self.

The difference between my parents was most 35 during the times when I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump for joy, 36 warm and affectionate words of congratulations. And my mother? "Ah, good, good," she would typically say 37 a tense smile etched on her face, "Do better next time, OK?" I tried not to hold a dislike against her for being so 38 . That was just her way, I reasoned.

It was the kisses that we children secretly yearned for. We received a peck on the cheek from her 39 a year on Chinese New Year when she gave us our red packet for money. I can remember the kisses, awkward and wet, from her Dior lipstick. We would rub the mark on our cheek, trying to look disgusted but 40 glad to get a once-in-a-blue-moon kiss from our mom.

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