I’m not sure why, but living in Sweden has suddenly made me very patriotic. I’m proud to be an American. Sure we have our problems and struggles, but what society doesn’t? Growing up in such a diverse community of people I always felt “American”, even though my parents were Vietnamese immigrants. My childhood friends were […]
This past weekend we hosted Father’s Day at our place. It was a special occasion because not only was this our first Father’s Day with Daniel’s father, this was the first time his grandparents (Dedo & Baba) saw our apartment. They have been wanting to come to our place for awhile and we thought this […]
In the United States all citizens are given a Social Security Number. Although its primary purpose is to track individuals for Social Security purposes, the Social Security number has become a national identification number for taxation and other purposes. Americans guard their social security number because it is extremely important in establishing credit. If you want […]
On my search to eat at all the Vietnamese restaurants I can find, I found another one called Rice & Soup which is located in the Triangeln mall in Malmö right next to what I presume to be another pho restaurant called Noodle House. That is on list for the next time I venture out […]
Since my Swedish vocabulary is as limited as a small child, I decided to get a book of common words usually used to teach school children. This was a recommendation from another student in class and I have found it to be quite helpful. Now that my intensive class is over, I have to do […]