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Oops...I forgot to keep it short and concise!

Here, let me try again...

Day 1: 12:30pm, first flight's take off, flew Korean Air: The flight was 14 hours long, the pilot said we were a little bit delayed, so in order to make up for it, we'd fly faster. Then we landed in Seoul, Korea. As my mom and I walked towards the gate for our next flight, we realized that we only had 29 min. before take off! But regardless of our time constrait, mom wanted us to change into some nicer clothes. The next flight was only about 4-6 hours...I don't exactly know. Oh, and on both flights, we had to fill out papers about our health, I think it's because of the Swine Flu. Once we landed in Saigon, Vietnam...well technically, Ho Chi Minh City, it was May 13, and almost midnight. My aunts, uncle and cousin came to pick us up in a taxi. We sat around and talked some, and then I took a walk with my uncle down the street to grab some late night pho from a food stand. It was goood!

Day 2: I thought I had beaten the whole jet-lagged thing, but despite my efforts to stay awake until night time, I ended up taking two 3 hour naps in the middle of the day. On this first day in Vietnam, I met lots of family. My aunts, Ma Muoi, Ma Tam, and Ma Bay, my uncles, Dung Muoi, Cau Hai and Cau Thu, my cousins, Chi Thanh, Anh Dat, Anh Thinh, and Chi Bap (sp?). I rode on a motorcycle for the first time that day, with Dung Muoi (on our way to Ma Bay's jewelry store), then with Chi Thanh (back home). It's really fun!! And in the morning I ate some banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) and some other stuff....let me try to remember later. Oh, and in the morning there was a procession of music playing outside, which my mom tells me is what is done when somebody passes away, they play music in the streets for 3 days.

Day 3: Today. I'm at Ma Bay's store, I'm trying to write quickly, because I feel kind of rude just being here using their laptop. So sorry if lots of this sounds choppy and fast. I'll make sure to take some notes on paper, so then later, whether it be when I'm back home, I can elaborate on the whole trip! But this morning Dung Muoi, Ma Tam and Ma Muoi sat around asking me what I wanted to eat, and I told them, so Dung Muoi went out and bought some of the food that was on my list. So this morning I had banh bo, banh bao, and some wonton thingy. It was all very delicious! And then Cau Thu came over again, and mom made me ask him why he had left me this morning, so he said it was because he went to get coffee. Then Chi Thanh came over, and I went on the her motorcycle back over to Ma Bay's store. And now I'm here...but now I should probably go. Ok, until next time! BYE!