My cousin, Sau ran around the house chasing my brother, Nam, as they fired nerf bullets at each other. Sau had visited NZ before, though it was a year ago. Aunt Mai was scolding the 2 boys for running around in the house but who blames them? It’s like 45-60 degrees outside.
Uncle Tai ushered all of us in the car as we drove to the hospital. Even if we already spent 2 days here, the road and driver seat swap was still strange for us.
We arrived at the hospital and I exited out into the burning hot air. Did I mention it was really polluted?
Floor 5 was the floor my grandma’s hospital room was in. I opened the door and took a deep breathe of the cool conditioned air. Grandma greeted me in Vietnamese. I felt really bad at how frail she looked even though it wasn’t my fault. There was an IV cable plastered on Grandma’s hand and it was connected to the drip bag. We talked for a bit and then left. That was my grandma and also the reason our family went to Vietnam.
Day 4
“Hello Sa!” My other grandma said in poor english. Meet other Grandma and Grandpa, my dad’s parents. Grandma used to email me, telling me stories or sometimes just to say hello. Granpa… Well, we don’t really get in touch that often so I’m not too close to him.
This is my family in Vietnam. I’ve got more relatives but I didn’t visit many of them. We stayed there for 4 more weeks and had a lot of fun. Sometimes it was a bit boring.
