vietnam trip 2007 - family in the native land.

it has been a while since i wrote. since last, i had a wonderful chance to go to vietnam for a whole month. mostly, i stayed at my aunts. we'd go into the city on her motorbike (very cool, by the way). we'd stop by her old house to park the bike and go grocery shopping. food galore. i was full every minute i was there in the country.

i got to see both my grandparents' old homes in saigon. i feel like everyone i know in china. i mean, in canada, we all live slightly oblivious to the history that our parents had when they were younger. how they lived, what they enjoyed, and the pains they took when they were our age. as a child to newcomers in canada, i finally got to see the life my parents left and brought upon them, the hardships that went on when they did so, even when they landed in canada. i love vietnam.

i met family that i never knew existed until recently. they lived in the same house my father did when he was young. it was humble and no new renovations, or any at all. they were working hard to make ends meet. i met two cousins that i didn't know existed. all in a world of their own. they had their problems and life, part of my family that i didn't know too much of. these aunts were very chatty compared to the rest of my dad's family in canada. which was real nice. and how my mom's side was very interlocked with my dad's side in vietnam. they knew each other pretty well.

well. that's just part 1 of my vietnam adventures. i loved vietnam. i will go again in july before i head back to canada.