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My grandpa was born in 1928
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My grandma was born in 1935
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My grandma began teaching as a professor at TschingHua university in 1958
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My great-uncle on my dad's side joined the chinese navy in 1963. He served as an engineer, not as a foot soldier.
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My father, Jun Gao, was born on August 20, 1964
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My father started elementary school in 1972.
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My mother, Hong Chen, started school in 1975.
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My mom was born on November 29, 1979.
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My father bought his first car , a Honda accord, in 1990.
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My grandfather became the chairman of the Beijing Science and Technology foundation after retiring from being the executive director of the Beijing technology comittee.
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My parents attended the University of Saskatchewan in 1990.
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My parents immigrated to Canada in the same year, even though they didn't know each other yet
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My mom got her driver's license in the summer of 1992.
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My mom and dad were married in Canda in 1993
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My grandma left China for the first time in 1993 to visit my parents in Canada.
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Both my parents began working at H.P. (Hewlett-Packard) in 1997
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My parents traveled to Amsterdam for an international telecomunication conference.
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In July of 1997 my parents moved from Canada to the United States
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My brother Daniel was born on August 18, 1998
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I was born on October 25, 2001
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My brother began elementary school in August of 2004.
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On August 30, 2004 my family and I went to China, which was my first time going there
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My parents, Jun Gao and Hong Chen, recieved their U.S. citizenships in 2005
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I went to Argonaut Elementary School for 1st to 5th grade.
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In 2009 we took a second trip to China because my grandfather had a stroke.
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My brother started middles school in 2009
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In February of 2010, my brother and I attended the Community School of Music and Art's fundraiser Gala event to help the school raise money. He played violin and I accomponied him on piano. We were the only children in the whole school who were invited.
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In 2011, I went with only my mom to China for my grandmother's birthday as a suprise for her.
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Our family traveled with two other families to Yellowstone National Park.
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In 2011, I went to the U.S. open piano competition held in Oakland, CA
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I won the rotary club award in the fifth grade. I got personally from the superintendent and also an award of 100$
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Andrew began Redwood Middle School in August 2012
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On April 12, 2014, I raced with the 11-12 relay team at Morgan Hill at the Far Western Championships.
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Our family went to Spain for two weeks, where my brother played a duet with the Saratoga High School orchestra.
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This year I attended the Far Western championships for swimming in Concord, Ca.
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My brother performed with the Saratoga High School orchestra on their 2014 spain tour.
