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It is hard to imagine my little cousin will become a &#8220;she-boss&#8221; after graduate from her MBA.  Somehow I always has the impress she is a little girl studying high school.  My other cousin is getting marry this week.  To be exact, just having the banquet, where she had registered last year.  I was surprise her dad didn&#8217;t bother to tell my mom she is married.  Oh well!  Complicate family business.  Since I am not that good with this cousin, I am happy to save the money spend on air ticket and gifts.  I guess I am getting old, although I don&#8217;t want to admit that.  My age is reflected indirectly by things happens to my younger cousins.  This is the disadvantage of being the oldest cousin in the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My little cousin decided to quit her job and study MBA. I guess she must shared the same smart gene running in the family because she got admitted by both York and HKUST. 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