Friends from hometown invited me to join a small party, and I made an
effort and joined it last night. Like any other local shopping streets,
the most of the shops were gone or shut for indefinite period, very sad
looking compare to what I remembered from my earlier days. We gathered
at a family run sushi restaurant, catching up with really old faces, how
much weight they gained, who got sick, how old their kids were, what's
happening with schools we used to go, etc. Wondering how many times we
would be able to meet up again... Fun time flies really fast, we said
good by to everyone, and I drove my friend's car back since she had
quite drinks and I didn't at all (well, I simply can't). I hadn't driven
for more than 10 years, and it took me a few times to figure out how to
unlock the hand break, open/close window, change the light angle, etc.,
but I made it back home OK! Oh, driving was fun even I had to drive
really dark streets in a middle of rice paddles without a single street
light.
Overheard a conversation between two senior ladies on the bus way back to home from work. One lady said she was worried about her daughter not getting married. "I was worried about her going out when she was young, and was careful not to let her go on date with some boys, but now I regret what I did. If she had more chances of meeting, she would've been married by now." The other lady was telling her that she was embarrassed by her daughter married to a man not from the good family. "Children of my brothers and cousins all married to the people from the good family. My daughter is the only one not married to such a good family. Even my husband's end relatives also married to decent family. I'm so embarrassed." The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. One is not happy about her daughter being single. One is not happy that her daughter doesn't belong to decent family that she can claim to her relatives. Probably both of them were trying to ...
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