Then we made a trip to visit my cousin and her family. This was making me nervous. I have never met these people, let alone meet them without my parents. My mom told me I didn't need to go if I didn't want to, but I'm sure glad I did. After my aunt told my cousin that I was in Australia, she has been so persistant about me coming over. I was far from annoyed. I was endearing how much she already cared for someone that she has never even met. She even told me bring a friend. Thank god for Angel(a).
My cousin lives in Cabramatta, about 45 minutes to and hour outside of Sydney. She left work to come pick Angela and I up, but she lived so close to the train station, we could've found our way there. It was nice that she did this, though. I love her already!
She had a typical, ordinary family... And three dogs, one of which gave birth to puppies just a day before we got there!, and a sheep. Yes, you read correctly, my cousin has a sheep. Haha. She said they got a sheep because they were too lazy to mow the lawn. Her daughter told me they used to have a goat, but it was too agressive. Hahaha!
She has three kids. Two girls, 18 and 14, and a boy, 12. It so strange to meet Vietnamese people who spoke broken Vietnamese with Australian accents. Haha. They were so accommodating and fed us. Oh, the wonderful Vietnamese food that I haven't had the chance to eat in almost 5 months. I never thought I would live this long without home cooked food.
The oldest took us to town the next morning. It was small and quaint, but so unexpected. This was full of Vietnamese people. Sydney had Chinatown and something resembling K-town, but Cabramatta resembled Little Saigon. AHH! Angel(a) and I were so excited for the food! We ate and walked around.
After getting lazy, we walked back to her place and watch American Horror Story. Haha It was a good break from all the travelling we were doing. That night I had to do my familial duties and see the other elders. Its surprising how everything works out. I was so nervous about seeing and communicating with everyone, but they thought it was wonderful how much I knew and seemed to actually like me. Its a good feeling.
The next day my cousin took off work to take us out to eat. DE-LI-CI-OUS! Best shrimp paste on sugarcane I have ever tasted! She walked us to the station and quickly paid for our ticket back to Newy. Its so funny to see her immediate reaction to when the man told her how much it was. She's so funny. Haha. I really do hope to see her and her family again. Yay, Cabramatta!
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