Break From Reality. Daily.
This story is by Justine H. Cho and was part of our 2018 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. The Man flinched when the sound of the bombardment shook the walls of the office as he entered it. He had not realized that the bombings were so near his…
“Red beans ward off evil,” I was told since I was little. Rice cakes stuffed or covered in sweetened red beans were part of every auspicious occasions from birthdays to weddings. Sometimes, people sprinkled red beans around their houses to keep out bad luck, sickness and demons.
Like any other kid in the village, I loved sweetened red beans in all its many forms, over shaved ice in summer and stuffed inside warm buns in winter. But, my favorite was red bean porridge made during Winter Solstice. When the longest night in the year came around, the entire village would smell sweet and nutty, full of aroma of red bean porridge.
