the weight of migration
Mar. 17th, 2007 12:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
It is an unspoken law of immigrants that the suitcase stuffed with all of the gifts for the relatives "back home" is the heaviest one.
That suitcase must also weigh at least 1/3 as much as the strongest person in the house, and at the very least, 1/3 of the suitcase weight is dedicated to food. I still remember when I dragged up 30 pounds of roasted peanuts for my grandmother when I was 11, but customs is a bit stricter nowadays.
That suitcase must also weigh at least 1/3 as much as the strongest person in the house, and at the very least, 1/3 of the suitcase weight is dedicated to food. I still remember when I dragged up 30 pounds of roasted peanuts for my grandmother when I was 11, but customs is a bit stricter nowadays.