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Life In A Vietnamese Family

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Being from a pure Vietnamese family, my parents like to take me and my little brother to Vietnam for vacationing and to visit my mother’s side every few years if the money allows it. The last trip being several years ago when I was in middle school. Unlike other households, my mom’s family was well developed. Their two story home was located in the moderately large city of Quy Nhon, housing my grandma, my mom’s brother and two sisters, and several of my cousins. Nobody there had an outstanding career with high salary; just lots of hours, hard work, and sweat. That, plus some money from my mom’s job in the States allowed her family to buy a new home and better motorcycles. My favorite people to hang out with were my cousins. I’d wait at home

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