2 years and 3 months ago
I left Vietnam to be something in England
it wasn’t always easy
2 years and 3 months later
I found my feet
found some friends
found this guy too
now I am flying home to see my family
so I'm in now
I'm just waiting for my flight
it's lunch time
I'm going to eat lunch
I am in Bangkok Thailand already
I cannot wait to see my family
one more hour to go
I haven't gone home
in Vietnam for two years and three months
so I'm so excited to surprise my family
it's not like I surprise them
they know I'm coming
but this trip is so sudden
I didn't even think about going home
until a month ago
so I just book the ticket and go home
I cannot wait to go back to Vietnam
and eat good food
meet my family and friends
and then just enjoy my holiday
I cannot wait to speak Vietnamese again
I cannot wait to be the majority again
oh my god I’m finally here
after 15 hours, guess who is here?
the first question that the guy asked me
do you speak good Vietnamese?
the guy who checked the passport
I need to find my baggage first
I am waiting for my family
this is my first time waiting for my family
they always waited for me
(in Vietnamese) why do you look so small?
my family doesn't know how to vlog
Vietnam welcomes me with a rain
I just had a haircut
my parents invited all my uncles here
to celebrate me
and right now my mom is giving me massage
that's it
it's the end of my first day in Vietnam
and I'm really happy about it
this is my sister
and I'm going to sleep now
Thiago really envied me
when I got massage from my mother
see you tomorrow
I will vlog tomorrow
I'm going to a water park
I don't know how to ride anything in Vietnam
except for a bike
I don't know how to ride a car or motorcycles
so my mom is riding me to the park
it's been a few years
since I ride a motorcycle
so many people
so many students
more and more
I'm going to the water park
with my sister's friends
I went to this water park a lot when I was a kid
and now going back to it as an adult
amazing
the feeling is the same
hello friends
I finished swimming and it was really fun
but to be honest
I was a little bit self-conscious
about wearing my swim trunk
because I gained a little bit of weight
during the pandemic
but after taking that shirt off
I was like nobody cares about me
so I feel so empowered
I feel so strong
many of you were so kind too
for asking me for pictures
this was the first time
so many people asking for pictures from me
and I feel a little bit
a little bit powerful
I make a difference
it was so cute
now I finished swimming
I'm going to show you some of my favorite slides
in this water park
I have been playing here ever since I was three
but apparently I'm too grown up now
this is my favorite thing to do Tarzan
and this is my favorite slide
it is really tall
we are eating chicken barbecue
so good
I like this a lot
it is called Xoi Chien
something like Fried Rice
yeah fried rice
hello friends
today my family and I are going to Vung Tau
it is a beach city in Vietnam
it is really close to Ho Chi Minh city
but this is one of the rare occasions
that all my family members
well except for my little brother
because he's in America
go together on a little family trip
we are almost there
now we are going to the beach
wanna go with us?
I am going to take you to the beach with me
just a little bit though
look what I found
want me to open this?
say thank you
here
this is wintermelon by the way
is it good?
he is my nephew
but he has only been listening to English videos
so he speaks really good English
he doesn't know how to speak Vietnamese
very much in Vietnam
in Vietnam because we are a coastal country
we love to eat seafood
we love love love to eat seafood
but because Thiago doesn't like seafood very much
I don't usually eat seafood when I'm with Thiago
but now since he's not here
I'm going to eat so much seafood?
say hi
hi
I brought him all of this
from the UK
you like this?
and he bought this
that's not mine
(in Vietnamese) grandma
instant noodle
so much
the food is done
and now I'm going to eat it
my dad is watching football, or soccer
but first this is fried noodles
basic but good 8 out of 10
this is octopus
my favorite ever
so hard to find in the UK and I love it so much
so 10 out of 10
this is scallop with butter
8 out of 10
this is a special soda
in Vietnam I couldn't find this in the UK
this is snail
I know a lot of people don't like to eat it
but I like to eat it
and this is how we Vietnamese people eat it
we get a toothpick
do this
you take it out
everything okay?
and eat it
so good
I love to eat crab with seaweed and rice
but right now we don't have seaweed
or rice
so I'm going like this
still good
but I will give it 9 out of 10
can you hear people singing?
Everybody say good night
I guess not
good night
see you tomorrow
good morning everyone
I just woke up
that's why my voice sounds so deep like this
and also can you see how swollen my eyes are?
It's because of jetlag
it is 7am now and it's beautiful outside
and I promised you
yesterday that I will vlog more today
So I will vlog a whole day okay
so let's get going
are you ready to be blinded by the light?
so pretty just like me
oh my god
so we're renting a whole villa right?
and there are two floors
I'm the only person
that sleeps on the second floor
because I'm so energetic
I can always run up there
nobody wants to stay there with me
everybody sleeps on the ground floor
on the first floor
this is paper flower
because the texture is like paper
and there're so many of them in Vietnam
I can show it to you
there're also white ones
let's go
this is Hoa Su
I used to have this in my kindergarten a lot
this is pretty
especially when you throw it up like this
see
it goes down
(in Vietnamese) so sunny so sunny
I'm gonna swim in the beach with my sister now
so sunny
as you can see my clothes are
soaking wet right now
initially I wasn't going to swim
but my sister told me that
excuse me
I want to swim
so I swam with her because I'm a good brother
also my hat is really wet
and now we're going to the swimming pool
and it's like a ritual in our family
that after we go to the beach
we have to go to the swimming pool
vegetable
Banh Khot
pickled vegetable
fish sauce
this is sugarcane juice
there is a lot of this in Vietnam
and I couldn't find it
anywhere in the UK or the US
I love this
it's so sweet
you don't need to sweeten it more
also if you put lemon or lime in it
it tastes extremely amazing
we had like 20 plates already
we eat so much
we got home right now
but we bought so many snacks
and I will show you what we got
first of all we got
Banh Bong Lan Trung Muoi
this is like sponge cake
but we have salted egg right here
this is really good
and there's cheese inside too
so let me try it
see
I will give this a 10 out of 10 of course
this is a specialty in Vung Tau
my sister's bubble tea
but she is swimming outside right now
this is Banh Phen La
it's like a mini pancake
that my nephew just took a bite out of it
not that special
so I'll give it a 6 out of 10
are you ready for the next one?
longan this is Trai Nhan
it is a fruit in Vietnam
and it tastes so sweet
the seed is really big though
it's like an eyeball right now
that's all the snacks
and now I'm going to the swimming pool
to swim for the last time before we leave
(in Vietnamese) two three go
yesterday my nephew and I went to the beach
together and we collected so many shells
let me show you
this is my favorite one
looks so pretty
and it's intact
this one is pretty too
looks like sunglasses
yeah it's big right?
and this one is a unicorn horn
so these are his
I'm sweating so much
but right now we are gonna go home
bye
say goodbye
bye