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What a day to wake up to.

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I yawned. What was that noise? Music? From where? From my sister's room?

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It was late when we reached the monastery. At the gate I took off the robe and left it on the back seat. I didn't need it anymore.

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I woke to a knock at my door.

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I was full, and I didn't want to be.

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"Wathone. Get up. Hey, boy. Come on, get up. You sleep like a pig."

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I was watching a movie in my room when I heard my father's voice downstairs, and under it the sound of a lot of other people. I was curious, so I went down.

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I woke up to the sound of my sister crying. It was starting to annoy me. Then I heard my father shouting too.

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I woke up very early that morning, too excited to sleep. I went downstairs to find my father. I knew he would be getting ready for work.

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The music on the rooftop got harder and louder. I smoked and thought about tomorrow.

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"Sir! Sir, what happened here? Young master, wake up! Are you okay?"

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We had been driving for a few minutes, and KoMg looked happier than I had ever seen anyone look behind a steering wheel. His smile was wider than the road. He took the busiest route, but it didn't matter. It was late, and the streets were almost empty.

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My phone woke me up. It was Thura. "Bro! It's time! Where are you? We're already here! Tonight it's 17th Street, baby!"

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Sunlight came through the window and hit my eyes, and I opened them slowly. "Wathone, get up. It's already nine." My mother was standing in the doorway. "I made breakfast for you. Eat something and get ready for court."

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Halfway home, the rain came out of nowhere. One moment the road was dry, and the next it was gone, swallowed by water so heavy the wipers couldn't keep up. Everything outside turned black and silver. I couldn't see the car in front of me, so I pulled over and turned off the…

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I woke up to the smell of my own blanket and the soft gray light coming through the curtains. I hadn't slept like that in years, deep and heavy, like a dog after a long day in the sun.

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On the way to the club, I put on my favorite song, "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters. The first guitar came in thin and nervous, the way it always does, and I turned it up until the windows hummed.

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Most people in Myanmar have never eaten a sardine. They know the word, and maybe they've seen a tin of them in some foreign movie, but sardines don't belong here. Everyone knows that. A sardine is the last thing you'd ever expect to find in Yangon.