Month: June 2023

Nam, Bien, Angel, my annoying sister, and I decided to go down the ravine in the forest near the house. It was around 1/4 of a mile, but the uneven terrain in the ravine would slow down our progress. We began treking down the ravine, the first part was the easiest as it wasn’t steep, and there wern’t many obstructions except the occasional fallen tree. After a bit of walking, we encountered the second part of the ravine which was a small creek. There was a “sewage” tunnel that had a small amount of water flowing out and into the creek, however, the were many rocks throughout the creek so we could practically walk on it without getting wet. Unfortunately, after a feet we encountered a roadblock. There were a bunch of fallen trees intersecting eachother which made it a bit difficult to cross without getting wet. We managed to get across though by crawling other with some rocks below to step on. After getting through the main difficult part, we went to the side of the ravine as the creek got deeper. Unfortunately, we were met by another roadblock as the side got too steep ahead and we needed to find a detour. The intital plan was to crawl across a fallen tree that went above the creek. Nam and Bien crawled across sucessfully while Vien somehow sank her foot into mud. I then found another way to cross over by climbing over stable rocks, so Angel and Vien followed me across. After crossing the creek, we continued treking down the ravine and arrived to the end. From there, we wen’t through the forest reserve and intercepted a trail that went back up to our home. We hiked the trail for around 5-7 minutes then treked back through the elevated forest for another three minutes. We esentially made a full circle and returned back to the house. I hope you enjoyed this blog and I’ll see you next time.

It was around 12 PM, noon. Everyone was packing up to go on the road trip from Cleveland to Old Bridge. There were two groups of people, the first group which contained 90% of everyone departed at noon, while everyone else departed at 5 PM. The drive to Old Bridge was broken down into two segments, the first segment went from Cleveland to a rural area in Pennsylvania, and the second segment continued to the trip to Old Bridge, NY. The drive for the first segment was uneventful, but when we were nearing the destination, we stopped at McDonalds for dinner. After that, we finished the drive to the destination. The destination was a cottage in the woods, it was comprised of a “shed” building and a main building. Between these two was a campfire and the backyard. The shed allowed for two people to sleep there, a large TV screen, foosball, a poker table, and it had decent A/C. On the other hand with the main building, the A/C did not function correctly, the TV in the living room was small, and the only thing that cooled the place down was fans. In one of the rooms, if you jumped the fan would’ve decapitated you because of how low it was. Everyone moved over to the shed to play a tournament of Foosball and a game of Poker.

The next day, we drove to Old Bridge NY. We would be staying there for a few days.

On June 2nd, my family had a large wedding event for Christina and Liem. The wedding started at 5:30 PM, so everyone got ready at around 3 PM. After we all dressed up, we piled into two cars and drove 1.5 Hours to Tarrytown, NY. The drive was uneventful, but after an hour and a half we arrived at the wedding venue. We met a few relatives at the entrance and then we went into the dining hall. The staff later moved us outside since the place was still being set up, and then everyone was called to the outdoor ceremony area. Unfortunately, rain began pouring for a big so the ceremony was expedited. After it was over, everyone was moved inside for pictures and for the Cocktail hour. During the cocktail hour, I got two glasses of Coke and loaded some food onto my plate such as meatballs, shrimp, bread, and even steak. After an hour,  everyone was told to enter a large room where there were many more large dining tables, a dance floor, and a bar. This was the reception time, and I got to eat a multitude of things. They served us a four course meal, which consisted of an appetizer, salad, entree, and desert. For the entree, I chose the chicken with some other sides. During desert, staff walked around and handed out things such as bite-sized lava cakes, pretzel cream cakes, and other things. If I had to rate this wedding, I would give it a solid 9.5/10. The only drawback there was is the rain, but other than that the wedding was good.

After the wedding, everyone drove back to Old Bridge, NY to crash for the night. The whole thing was exhausting, and I had a good sleep. The next day, we didn’t do anything for the entire day but we had a barbecue and some people went to NYC. The next day, we all drove home to Cleveland, OH. Some of the adults went to JFK and flew across the world for a trip.

I hope you enjoyed this blog, and I’ll see you next time.