for my little brother, Tai, who is by himself
this is the sound of summer
love it when I catch a smile from her
feel all the colours
and I don’t want no other
that smile on your face
it rises when I say
I’d love to spend all day
just watching the world go by
hello friends
my name is Nhân with a hat
and welcome back to my channel
right now my family is getting ready
to go to my mom's mom's house
which is my grandma's house
in the countryside
this is one of my most
favorite places in the world
my family go there once or twice a year
and I haven't been there
for two and a half years already
because I've been working overseas
I'm going to show you what
the Vietnamese countryside has to offer
I love it very much
it shaped my childhood
it makes me become who I am today
a beautiful man
it takes roughly 5 hours to drive there
so let's get going
Thiago this is picanha
it's actually not
it is goat breast
hello friends
as you know
I'm going to my grandma's house
but I haven't told her yet
I'm going to surprise her
my grandma and I haven't met each other
in two and a half years
but we talk on the phone a lot every week
and my grandma looks forward to seeing me a lot
and I miss her
so I'm going to surprise her
usually my family announced a few days prior
but this time I'm just going to
hi grandma I'm here
something like that
so it should be fun
we've been driving for 7 hours
but 2 more hours to go
and now we're stopping for dinner
and I am eating Banh Canh
it’s one of my most favorite noodle dishes in Vietnam
but it's not popular in the UK or the US
I'm going to show it to you
the noodles is really thick
like this round and thick
the food is delicious
the food was really good
and it was really cheap
the total all of us is 7 dollars
not even 7 pounds, 7 dollars
sapote smoothie
I'm not sure
what's the name of this fruit in English
but in Vietnam it's called sa-po-che
my sister is drinking strawberry
Thiago is allergic to strawberries
so we are here already
auntie are you awake?
surprise
grandma it is real
you are not dreaming
are you well, grandma?
yes
it is so funny
surprise
grandma is so surprised
It's a beautiful day
I feel a little bit shy saying this
but we are in Vietnam
I'm supposed to speak Vietnamese
in front of other people
not English
and I feel a little bit embarrassed
but that being said I'm vlogging in English
and I know many of you don't know Vietnamese
so sometimes when I speak
Vietnamese to other people
I'm going to do English subtitles
so just saying I'm shy
let's dance
now we are at our great grandma's house
and the aunties live here
they don't know
that we're coming here yet
so we're going to surprise them
when did you get here?
I just got here
hey you just got here
hi auntie
one of my most favorite food in the world
going to my relative’s house for a Death Anniversary
so we went to a Death Anniversary at noon
but we were so full from the breakfast
so we couldn't eat anything
now with an empty stomach we enjoy it a lot
grandma is so happy!
let's go
hello friends
right now we're going to have breakfast
and I'm going to show you
my most favorite breakfast ever
I always eat this
when I come to my grandma's house
we all eat it
a Vietnamese tradition to get rid of bugs
right now we're stopping at a riverside coffee
to have some coconut water and sugarcane
and sugarcane juice
my cousin
this is how they get sugarcane
right now my grandmother is cooking
Com Ga
which is chicken rice
she's going to boil the chicken first
and she's going to use the water to make the rice
and then she's going to fry the chicken
see that chicken fried rice
but in a very special way
grandma is making chicken rice
told you it’s all about eating here
hello friends we're playing Lo Co
I don't know the English word
this is Co Chep not Lo Co
same thing I don't know
and I'm winning at the moment
if you go through everything, you get a “house”
I'm going to draw myself a beautiful mansion
Nhân
I'm at the back of my grandma’s house
and I'm going to show you her garden
be ready because it's really big
this is jackfruit
there're big ones and there're small ones
but they're all ready to be eaten
these are banana trees
and it's really muddy
look at my shoes
there are some bananas
this is a guava tree
and that is guava
behind this jackfruit tree
is a starfruit tree
and I'm going to pick starfruit with this
oh yeah
this is starfruit
and these are mangoes
I want them to turn yellow first
because the yellow ones are more delicious
they are sweeter
they are sweet like me
that is my grandmother's garden
and I need to wash my flip flop
look
so muddy
these are my cousins
and according to the family ladder
I'm supposed to be the youngest
because my mom is the youngest
sibling of my uncles and aunties
so besides my younger sister here
I'm younger than all of them
although I'm the oldest in term of age too
that's how the Vietnamese culture works
that's how the Vietnamese hierarchy works
this is eel
I used to hate seafood
because my mom made this
I started eating seafood
I started eating fish first
and then I love seafood ever since
I love fried fish
we eat everything together as you can see
I love it
It's my last night here at my grandma's house
and I'm going out with my cousins
first I have to do this
this is mosquito spray
there are a lot of mosquitoes in the countryside
it is only 7 here
but it's really dark
we are playing billiards
guess who hit this?
me
we lost
the winner is
Team 2
we are all winners
it is my last day at my grandma's house
and we're sitting at a cafe
the view is phenomenal
let me show you
this is the view
oh my god who is that?
this is a small river
and it goes out to the big river outside
so nice
oh my god look
I can touch the river
I'm going to try to go down
when I was a kid I like to swim in the river
but now the river is so low
and also a little bit polluted
so I don't want to swim
but I want to touch the water
at least to show you
okay I'm going to go down now
but be careful it's really slippery
really slippery
too slippery
when I was a kid
I always swam here with my cousins
it was really fun
I want to try doing it again
goodbye
goodbye, Ngoc
goodbye
goodbye YouTube
goodbye uncle
it may be another 2 years before I see them
kinda sad
it was time to say goodbye
but my grandma is coming home with us
I just want to say
thank you very much for watching this video
right now I'm going to eat noodles
Hu Tieu Nam Vang
I hope you enjoyed the video
please don't forget to like it
and I’ll see you next time
next time