life felt complete after getting my nails done. that night, i got some good sleep for once. then the next morning. me, my dad and his personal driver/best friend drove us to saigon. i slept some of the way. finally got the whole back row to myself. when we got there, we first ate with my mom’s cousin. then went to muji!!! and i bought so so many pens. never counted them. just took a bunch. then we went to the apartment thing my dad rented. very nice. one of the nicest (compared to the other places we stayed at). it was afternoon by then, and we just did nothing in there for awhile. thats pretty nice. then me and my dad went downstairs and walked a few blocks down to a convenient store. my first convenient store run. i dont remember what my dad got but i got yakult, konjac jelly and turtle chips. a delight. and we walked back home. and that was nice. just being able to do that in peace. just me and my dad. idk where my dad’s friend was. but he cameback later. or he was there the whole time. for dinner, we ate with my mom’s whole family. and i saw diep and nghi. i could feel the uneasiness. but we talked a lot. and even though i know they wished thuclam and thucdan were there instead, they took me out that night and we got tanghulu. i got to ride with nghi and it was scary. but so fun. she talked a lot on the ride. mostly about her school drama. which was funny. then their mom insisted that someone would stay the night with me because i would be lonely. i didnt mind either way. nghi said she couldnt. diep said okay. so she did. and we had so much fun that night. we talked a lot that night and played roblox and screamed and i didnt feel lonely at all. opening the door to the kitchen and living room was scary. i could only keep it open for 2 seconds because it reeked of alcohol. it took a good 20 mins to get toothpaste. i had to mention that. anyways, me and diep just doom scrolled on tiktok till we fell asleep. she fell asleep first. i think. i called eva. i missed school. and it was the last day of the quarter. so i called her and i asked if i was missing anything. but i guess nothing went down. sigh. crazy that it was midnight for me but for eva it was the morning. and calling eva gave me a bit of comfort. like she wasnt having too much fun without me. the next morning, me and diep woke up at like 5am. i was still jet lagged so yeah. of course, we stayed in bed for a few hours. then we walked so fluffing far. diep seemed used to this. so i guess i was just being a local. interesting. we ate at jollibee because yeah. she put me on the spaghetti and it was sooooooooo good. then we walked another 15 mins to this place where she usually gets her boba i guess. and it was good. really sweet. it was fun. the walk made me feel like a local. and i was less scared of crossing the streets. then we got back and then went to a diy house. we made a candle and that was super duper fun. it was pink and we put our names on it. after that, we walked 5 mins to this photobooth place. where we took a bunch of photos and print them out. supaaaa fun. then we walked. and walked. and wandered, and wandered. after that we went home. and i thought my dad was home but he wasnt. so okay. it was like 5 by then and we were hungry. so we went to a really good pizza place downstairs. and it was superrrrr deliiiiciouuuuus. it felt like i was a real adult because we went to a restaurant alone.
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