Almost All There

So to con­tinue what I was say­ing, I hung out with the guys again yes­ter­day. We went to Davis to work on Will N’s car. Why there, I’m still not sure. But I did man­age to con­trol my eat­ing bet­ter. Drank more than I planned on, still, but it’s impos­si­ble to meet my goal when play­ing beer pong.

But this post is actu­ally about the blend­ing of Viet tra­di­tions and mod­ern Amer­i­can liv­ing. Tet, our Lunar New Year, is com­ing up on Mon­day, and my fam­ily was dis­cussing some of the things we needed to do to get ready, and it led to a more gen­eral dis­cus­sion of inter­pre­ta­tions of Viet traditions.

For instance, one tra­di­tion is to invite a per­son with a lucky name to come over, because if “Luck” is the first thing that comes into your house in the New Year, then luck will come in all year. Dong Ha asked if that worked the other way, mean­ing if she went to “Luck’s” house, if she would encounter luck all year? That led to this -

“What if I go to Costco first? Will I be thrifty all year and find whole­sale prices every­where?“
 – Dong Ha.

I didn’t know how to respond to that. Later on, she also asked,

“If I have a good hair day on the first, does that mean I’ll have good hair days all year long?“
 – Dong Ha.

My mom actu­ally smiled as she yelled at her for ask­ing such things.

Tags: America, Dong Ha, Family, Viet, Will N, Work