Family is everywhere!
So right now, I am sitting in the lobby of the Grand Hotel in Vung Tao, a beach town in Vietnam. I am here as a videographer to a charity golf tournament for the Vietnam Society of Petroleum Engineers. And my mom was worried that my film degree wouldn't get me anywhere...
Currently, I am waiting for their auction to be over so that I can play around with the HD camera that my friend, Teddy, loaned to his friend, Vien, who met me yesterday and hired me for an all-expenses-paid trip to video Sat.'s golfers.
At the reception, I ran into my aunt Mai's older brother, Sonny (Co Mai is married to my biological uncle, so technically, her brother is not related to me, but he is family). Still remembering me, he told me about how my cousin, Lien (more specifically, my grandmother's niece), had called him looking for me, but he didn't know how to find me, either (it's okay, I found her). Apparently, the man who hired me, Vien, is his cousin. Oh, and Vien went to UT, too.
It's like being in the mafia....without all the scary assasinations. And crime.
Currently, I am waiting for their auction to be over so that I can play around with the HD camera that my friend, Teddy, loaned to his friend, Vien, who met me yesterday and hired me for an all-expenses-paid trip to video Sat.'s golfers.
At the reception, I ran into my aunt Mai's older brother, Sonny (Co Mai is married to my biological uncle, so technically, her brother is not related to me, but he is family). Still remembering me, he told me about how my cousin, Lien (more specifically, my grandmother's niece), had called him looking for me, but he didn't know how to find me, either (it's okay, I found her). Apparently, the man who hired me, Vien, is his cousin. Oh, and Vien went to UT, too.
It's like being in the mafia....without all the scary assasinations. And crime.
posted by Vivi at 6:18 AM
5 Comments:
by failm degree ...you mean film degree? wow, didnt you ever think youd be using your RTF skills over there? thats awesome!
Hi ViVi, it's Vung tau, not Vung tao. You have fun huh!!!
Ong Ngoai
ps...miss you lots!!
Did you go swimming? How was the beach? Vung Tau used to be the best of the very best weekend get away for your mom, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Did you try the scrumptious crabs that they offered there? Please give us more descriptions of the sceneries, people, food..... I am coming for Christmas for sure, BTW.
Mom.
hehehe i like this entry vi, it's nice to hear from you...im really glad you're keeping up with this blog :) I'm also glad that you're running into family...and yes, being asian is kinda like being in the mafia? hahahah! Anyways everything sounds so exciting! Mum and I are coming for christmas, did u know that? i miss u vi, i hope everything is well.
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