If this writer had to pick a Tom Hanks film to depict his three-and-a-half decades of life in this country, it would be a tossup between "Forrest Gump" and "Big."
The latter, of course, is about the misadventures of a kid who magically finds himself transformed overnight into an adult, albeit with the mind of a child.
I happen to stand 189 cm (about 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches) in height. Please don't think I'm boasting; the fact is, I'm still too short to make first string on most U.S. high school basketball squads. And besides, I'm lousy at dribbling.
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