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Future Prediction at 1st Birthday

As an old tradition of Chinese, 1 year old kid is given a number of articles symbolizing the future career or interest. Among them, the first grasp of the kid will be taken as prediction of future... see what our baby chose.

from YouTube on Thu, May 29 2008

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20 Mar 08 visit Ethan 1 year old birthday (抓周)  »  YouTube videoLittle Ethan is one-year-old! We prepared 12 items for him to grab. This is a Chinese tradition which is used to "guess" the baby's future profession...
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