As of late, I have been hanging out with a lot of internationals from all over the globe. It has been very fun and quite interesting learning from them with such different backgrounds. Tonight was a little different though. Last week I met a girl, Ha, in the ISC computer lab whom I believed to be Vietnamese. After speaking Vietnamese to her, my doubts erased. She invited me to this Vietnamese student social event to which I accepted.
I met Ha at Kalvin Ter tonight and we headed to the end of the line. The event was held at this hotel, or should I say khach san? As I entered the room it felt as if I was in Viet Nam again with over one hundred Vietnamese students--both living here and from Viet Nam. I received the curious stares like I did in Viet Nam, probably because I look Korean. My hope of looking more Vietnamese with my “fu man chu” mustache apparently is not working. The activities included Karaoke, dancing, and eating. It was nice having some Vietnamese food again--banh khuc, banh bao, banh phong tom. At first, I would have to say I felt a little out of place, but as I started speaking to them more, in my now broken Vietnamese, it got better. I followed Ha's group of friends to a karaoke room where we sang a lot of American oldies and few Vietnamese songs. I sang "Hotel California", "As Long As You Love Me", and part of a Vietnamese song I forget the name of. Afterwards, we went upstairs to where the festivities were being held and danced a little to some American hip-hop and some European electronica. I would have to say I enjoyed the former over the latter.
Ha and her boyfriend drove me back to Kalvin Ter which ended my night. Having an itty-bitty taste of the motherland culture here in Budapest is nice. I hope to practice my Vietnamese and hang out with them again while I am here in Budapest. Who knew, an American-born Viet Kieu would actually be hanging out with a bunch of Vietnamese international students in Budapest. Tomorrow I head to Bratislava, Slovakia for a day trip. It should be fun.
Until next time,
Tran, Quy-Hac
2 comments:
Dear Quý Hạc:
Hope you enjoy and improve your language skill in Vietnamese.
Learn some other fields to get some experience in human relationship, moderate your activities and take care of your health.
Family Love You,
Bo Son
^^
I want to improve English.. you want to improve Vietnamese.. ^^ I have to say your Vietnamese is very good, you only need to learn more words.. your grammar is also perfect..Anh Hac, co len!
that night was so nice to us, you were a little bit ngai ngung, werent you?
Next time we will dance in a better place.. Hihi
Ha (Bonnie)
Budapest, Oct 8th 2007
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