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Trang grew well in the new soil, but just getting so lazy. *Wake up Trang. Winter is over. Get yourself out of the ground. No need to hide anymore*. The last post was almost 3 months ago. Well, what can I say?!
So many things have happened lately. Have been busy enjoying funs, as well as solving some troubles. First summer abroad is not bad so far. Thus, I hate the sun in South Texas. The heat carries fire in it. I miss the humidity back home. First week back to work, my face was exposed in the sun, resulting facial skin pain and annoying looking! Doug brought me the *mask* so that I could be a Vietnamese traveler again, in Texas! *This is Trang that I used to know*. I wore the mask in the car, out of the car to HEB, to church, everywhere I noticed the sun. Instead of the sun was catching me, I was waiting for it to avoid it, LOL…
Backwards, I was back from Houston on May 25th. It was really a nice trip except for the annoying flight that I was in on the way home. My cousin, who was the tour guide for me in Houston, was whole-hearted to me despite his busy business work. Running 3 business services at the same time, taking me on trips around the city and further was really a great effort.
Yes, I’ve been to The Rice University, a gorgeous campus. A big reputation! A pride of the students who study in it. University of Houston was the second destination. This campus was not less wonderful! Plus, it owns an adorable charm with trees and a lot of flowers and a big bookstore (where I got my GRE guidebook. The one put me to sleep whenever it’s opened!).
My cousin also drove me to College Station to visit Texas A & M,
one of the most academically prestigious in Texas and national-wide. But Texas A
& M was also a paradise in my eyes for its beautiful landscape. Huge
buildings will tall trees. Students were either in hurried pace on shadowed
sidewalks or laid down on green grass or sat beside artificial lake reading
books. It seemed to me that students here were very studious and looked smart. There were a lot of huge oak trees and parks and statues in this pretty campus. An
hour and a half was not enough for me. But again, the heat was annoying, and I
could not let my cousin keep following me in the sun.
A week in Houston was for Hue dishes, at Dong Ba!!! And jack fruit, and *# 1 craw fish* (worded by a Californian Vietnamese), grilled fish, fertilized eggs, *walking chicken* (free range), grilled shrimps, steamed clams and everything else of Viet Nam!!! I did not drink, but constantly presented myself on each and every drinking table where my cousin was at! I told my cousin not to drink much, but he said sometimes it’s a must. He’s a business man.
It’s also a good chance to visit with his Vietnamese friends
who came to America almost 20 years. They are prosperous, well mannered and
very American; thus their Vietnamese characteristics remained, deeply, and
subconsciously.
A week flew. With Vietnamese people and language. Little English spoken. I left with nostalgia, though Houston is not my home at all! But, one of the very few reasons that I am glad I was *not* living in Houston, that I would not have to put myself into English practice, and that’s against my objectives being in America.
A week back home with Doug and Cindy was sweet, as always. McAllen
is really *my home* in America so far. Doug laughed so hard when I said
*Houston is so crowed and noisy for me*. *Trang, you’re getting so American.
You become to enjoy the quietness, eh?*. *Yes, I do*. (And today my boss told me
that American has a saying *when it’s too loud for you, it means you are
getting old*). Hichic… Am I? I always think I am *Young*…hehe…
And now, I am in my new apartment, the Palms, getting all over
such ridiculous problems in a new place. However,Palms has so far given
me joys: views, trees, swimming pool, spaciousness, privacy, savings, and a get-along
roommate.
You are an honorary "Young", so you're not to old just because it is too loud.
Posted by: Doug | June 12, 2009 at 02:09 PM