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Our Fairy Godmother's Apprentice

Amber flew off to Hong Kong in April. Five months, an overseas internship at Hong Kong Disneyland, and the first time she would be living on her own, far from home. Celest and I sent her off on her first day of work. We stood at the entrance with her, the castle somewhere behind us out of sight, and took a photo. She was nervous but putting on a brave face, the way she always does. Amber is actually doing an engineering-related diploma at the poly. So when she told us her role at Disneyland, we had to pause and make sure we heard her right. Fairy Godmother's Apprentice. At the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. If the name means nothing to you, it comes from the old Cinderella cartoon. When the Fairy Godmother waves her wand and turns a pumpkin into a carriage and a servant girl into a princess ready for the ball, she sings the magic words. Bibbidi bobbidi boo. It is complete nonsense, of course. That is the whole charm of it. And they named a real boutique after it, where real childr...

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