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6
It's a beautiful morning, as I stare outside the bedroom window. I can hardly see anybody
outside; I'm sure everyone's getting ready for mandatory Sunday morning church service.
Gabriel is still sleeping— big surprise— so I decide to get ready by brushing my teeth, taking a
shower, fixing my hair and putting on my new parental-purchased Hugo Boss dress shirt with
matching pants, so that I look prim and proper like a good Asian and represent— show off—
my family's status.
I walk down to the kitchen to see that Auntie is ready as well. There's a disgusted look
in her eyes, as I pass her to get some milk out of the fridge. It can't be because of me, since
I'm all dressed up and ready to go to church, so it must be because of Gabriel, who's still
sleeping. I decide to skip breakfast altogether and rush upstairs to wake Gabriel up.
“ Leave me alone! ” Gabriel pleads, as he buries his head under the pillow. He pulls the
comforter over his head to form an impenetrable fortress of fluffy cotton.
“ Dude, we have to go to church. Auntie's already pissed at you for sleeping so late. ” I
really don't care about what Auntie thinks, but I do care about what she'll tell my parents.
“ Alright, alright. I'm getting up. By the way, I was dreaming about Emilie, my nubile
love, ” Gabriel mutters with a pestering tone. I grab his pillow and proceed to beat him with it.
He laughs and nearly trips over the bedroom rug, as he runs into the bathroom. I'm laughing,
too, because he's completely naked.
After Gabriel finishes getting ready, in a record time of only two hours, alongside
another record of Auntie complaining just once, we pack in my car and drive to Auntie's new
church, Unity Mission Church of Christ. Unity Mission Church looks like a giant stadium: tall
beaming steel structures supporting double-reinforced concrete walls, stain-glassed windows
the size of truck bays, massive marble columns shouldering the mirrored ceiling of the church
entrance— and featuring from the inside: a fully-equipped, Olympic-size swimming pool plus
spa, an arcade, a car care center, a complete fitness center that could rival 24 Hour Fitness