My awesome and extended family

well, eveyrone knows that i have a massive family
asian=ridiculously huge families
you ought to knwo that
it's general knowledge for all who hang aorund with at least one asian friend
and if you're asian, SHAME ON YOU if you did not know that

so anyway
my support network stretches out pretty far
and those closest to me i treat as my family
they are like borthers and sisterst o me
and since i grew up ebing the eldest
i had no idea of what life is really like
and i had noone who i could ask advice and opinions from
if you hvae an older sibling
or were blessed with more than one
consider yourself very lucky
because growing up withuot anyone to talk to
without anyone who can show you the ropes is hard
it means finding things out for the first time by yourself
true, it's good to make your own mistakes
but still it woudl hav ebeen nice to have someone telling me what a guy likes in a girl
or how to do my hair in a way that would catch people's eyes

i have older cousins but they're mnostly about 10 years older than me (on my dad's side)
acutlaly more thant hat
and the cousins on my mum's side
well there's only one who i can really talk to
and he's phong
LOL phong's not the type to give advice about how love works or anything like that
he's one to lean on when i need
but not one to give advice
and my older female cousins
mai chi
lan chi
linh chi
they're just
well they dont seem to feel the need to bother with someone like me
i'm just so much younger than them
and perhaps so much more accomplished than they were at my age (quote by andy)
i know that this is the case with my cousins on my dads side
they jsut didnt' have the chances that i did
and with the chis well, i don't even know anymore. i don't care what they think anymore
i've broken away from them over the years
they can say that my dreams are shit
but i dont' give a crap
believe me, i've had all of that from them before "oh yen why do you want to study this? it's so..."
yeah

but anyway
because of my lack of older siblings
or older cousins who are able to act the part of an older sibling, (once again, besides phong)
[btw, my cousins on my dad's side ARE like my odler siblings. MUCH older siblings LOL like 15-20 years apart.]
i've learnt to seek whatever i need from an older sibling from my other friends
mainly church friends

atm i have a definite older "sister"
and a definite older "brother"
by "definite" i mean that they act the part
they fill in those holes in my life
for SURE
they'd never abandon me
and i know it

My definite older "sister" is Nhu
she looks out for me as if i were one of her longhairedverytallwithglasses REAL sisters
and trust me, she has enough maternal love for them to spare some for me
she teaches me stuff
she listens to the stories i have ot tell, when noone else would find interest in them
she can relate to me
she is plain awesome
love her =D

My definite older "brother" is Thien
hells yeah
he looks out for me too
he looks AFTER me
like seriously
at WYD YEN PUT ON ANOTHER JACKET yoU"RE GOING TO GET HYPOTHERMIA
or something like that
he asked me if i wascold
i said i wasn't
he looked at me and said yen your'e cold go put on another jacket
yes i WAS cold
but i didn't want him to wait
while i had to dig up another jacket
but he did wait anyway
and HE teaches me things too
he teaches me the stuff that he's learning at med school
it's quite interesting and time consuminga nd helps the time pass when we're going on stupidly ridiculously long walks
our awesome pilgrimage didnt' seem that long with thien by my side and talking ot me endlessly

anyways
i have other people who i consider broithers and sisters
Julian, my nooby older brother who's intelligence fails to beat mine (=D)
he's like the perfect older brother to me
he tries to make me ride a bike
i DO KNOW HOW JULIAN =D
yes i proved it to him ...that i can ride a bike, that is
and yes he was impressed =D
he knows me way too well
i know him too well
we're on the same page...most of the time
unless he's just too slow for me LOL
music. yes.
go us.
we rock the world when it comes to music ...and with nhu in the picture
we're done with this world
we're ready to take on the next world in terms of music
believe me, Jean Marie is incredibly lucky
i'd love to have a brother like Julian
nooby. incredibly hilarious. and a fool at times
but he cares for real
and we can talk for hours on end about anything. and everything
he may not be able to comprehend my mind at times
but yes. he's scared o f me when i'm mad, and he shuold be

Another older sister would have to be Van
Van. teaching me to play hide and seek like an expert
making me laugh all the time
about everything
me and her
we're on the same wavelength
yep
same frequency
we understand each other's lame jokes
and we drill Julian together
we're a team
and still unbeatable when it comes to paying out our loved ones =D
and i love it how we still get owned by each other
LOL
hope that never changes
it better not...>=

then there's Peter
and Tuyen
and Thao
and Tu
and Thy

Peter's more than a brother to me.
he plays the part of an older brother more than perfectly, but he's like the rowdy rebel brother of mine whilst Thien is the smart down ot earth one
both are perfect
Peter is like ...the one who makes me laugh at stupid things and the one who shows me the fun side of life, keeps me going through it all
he argues with everyone
but never fails to defend me
on my side all of the time
overprotective
perfect.
yep.

Tuyen, Thao, Tu and Thy are my dance buddies LOL
TTTTY....>__> yeah i noticed that too
and they keep paying me out about it
and they're all reallyspecial in their own way
i don't see them as family
just the awesomest friendsi could ask for at church
they keep me laughing
i'm closer to some than others, depending on what we're talking about, but i guess that's the same wtih every friendship group

i could go on forever about my loved ones
but i'll save that for later...