Aunt Peici is the oldest among my grandparents' eight children and the first who followed in my grandfather's footsteps and became a doctor. Though she's now in her 70s, she looks and acts younger than her age. Like all her siblings, she can be loud and boisterous at family gatherings, and she has a little of grandma's stubborn streak in her. She has stayed very active since her retirement a decade ago, taking up tai chi, studying English, and learning how to play the yang qin, a traditional Chinese instrument.
When we were visiting the family in Guangzhou in 2009, Courtney and I made New England clam chowder for our relatives for dinner one night. Cream-based soup basically doesn't exist in Cantonese cuisine, so it was a new experience for them. Aunt Peici, upon sampling the chowder, exclaimed, "I've lived 70-some years and I've never tasted anything like this!" (And yes, she did mean that as a compliment)
