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January 21, 2004 Travis Long [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Pae Wu, a graduate student at Duke University, waits to take the stage with her dance group, the Yellow Tigers, during the Triangle Area Chinese American Society's Chinese New Year Festival, celebrating 4701, the year of the monkey. "I'm a monkey," said Wu, who was born in 1980. "If you're a monkey, it means good luck for you this year." The Chinese calendar measures time based on astronomical observations of the movement of the Sun, Moon and stars. Each year is designated one of twelve animals of the Chinese calendar.
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Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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