Category: Family & Friends

My parents just stopped by, glad they’re doing well. Working hard as usual. I told mom winter almost over, we can start planting seeds for vegetable garden. Where they live water is 100% free, they can use all the water they need, not abusing it that is 🙂 I like that, if I can have all the water at my disposal at my home, I will have a big garden, grow all kinds of vegetables and eat it, if I have extra I will save it in the freezer by simply lightly boil it, then freeze it for use in winter, then if I still have extra, I will give it to family, then friends, then donate it to the needed, then off course I could sell it in local farm market for cheap :), then take money to buy bonds or long term investments for my kids and grand kids, ensure my vegetables are clean off course 🙂 heheheheh.

 

Ummm yummy, what can I eat for vegetarian today? it’s Ash wednesday, my wife went to church early in the morning I couldn’t even wake up and start warm up the car for her, well at least someone in the family went to church frequently especially required mass ASh Wednesday 🙂

Surprised earlier today received an email from an old friend back from old days online friends. He’s older but a very nice person to hang around, I did visit him at least couple one time while on business trip in Kentucky, I drove to PA to visit my g/f back then and stopped by his house, his cook good banh canh. Well his email was in regard to the latest vietnam human right expand trade something that required 60,000 signatures which it did read its goals a couple weeks ago and waiting for Obama administrator to review, there is no guranteed that Obama will take action, but it’s a good start and vietnamese communitites are united to take action. It was nice chit chat a little bit with him again, I’m cure sure everyone is busy, however it’s nice to say hi once in a while, in this case it’s almost like 4 years 🙂 heheheh

Mom also gave some dau hu nhoi thit, it’s good, tofu stuffed with meats and tomato sauce, wife like it 🙂 awesome dinner with previous post snack 🙂

I just stopped by mom’s house and to pick up some appetite foods 🙂 this one on top colorful one are bánh tầm, so call. I remember having this in Vietnam school when I was in elementary there, well if we have money, we would be having a few of this colorful sweet coconut tasty snack. It’s good, I missed my elementary year in Vietnam, quê cù lào Tỉnh Tiền Giang Huyện gò công tây Continue reading “Banh Tam and Bap Nhao (Vietnamese sticky corn)”

I have a friend long time ago and we’re still in contact, we met at AMAT. He had dating different girls here in the USA different states. None of them seems to work for him, not sure why, let say he’s at the age where he need to married soon, he’s much older than I am, pretty well educated and own a business, let say it’s a seasonal business. He had family problems as well with his siblings sometime asking me for advice and stuff. I’m not a pro at it but I offer some personal advice don’t know if it help. Anyhow he went back to Vietnam 3 days ago, meeting a girl there and hope that it work out then marriage.

 

The first snow fall today, I believe winter been started already, but today officially the first day of snow fall for winter, hopefully it’s not big. My step dad (Tony) encountered his first snow fall while working as a delivery man for a warehouse company far away from where he live. Him and the rest of mom’s family never really encounter snow before, especially for him it impact his job. He mentioned seeing the snow then later one the road was icy, and he couldn’t control his van and had to abandoned his day of delivery. He called me to ask for searching for a good snow tire, I did some research online and found some legitimate website that done some consumer research on snow tire, provided him the link and where to get the tire. I can tell he was a little bit frighten on his first encounter with the snow, his delivery van tire probably got worn out and have no grip which making worst driving on icy snowy surface of the road, the van tire kept on slipping even at slow speed, so he called his boss and took a day off.