One of my friend*

3 years ago, I’ve traveled Da Lat with my family. Once upon a time, when my parents were going shopping, I left my hotel and walked people-watching. Then, I met a person seemed reliable and weirdly kind and tender. I started to make friend with him. His name is Memidy Lollanchy. Time still goes every days, he became my pen pal as well as my typing pal after I got home. I understood more about him. He’s a black person came from Iraq. When he got familiar with me, I saw we have similarities such as hobbies and habits. We’re Buddhists and we’re 13 years old, too.  I asked him why he has been in Viet Nam. He said he migrated to Viet Nam 1 year before we met. I wonder whether why he chose Viet Nam  for living. He said “I went here because my parents got the information that Viet Nam’s a good place to live. Even though, it isn’t developed as much. But I still recognized it’s wonderful while I’ve time here!” Then, he smiled and continued with a joke “You know, every day, I don’t have to pay money to go into cinema, because I’ve seen the action and horror movies in real life. I ate the out-layer of boom and breathed with the smell of boom regularly. Booms nearly were going to be my friends, maybe. And the gang violence or some of the fanatic or revolt religious people were their bosses.”

Come back with the conversation, I nearly caught his memory. Later, I questioned him how he thought about Viet Nam. Happily, he answered me surely, he has visited 6 cities in VN and he said it’s awesome, with plants, flowers and moved sights. Moreover, Vietnamese are friendly, hospitable and kind. He was helped with many young children for suitable of living here. And when he had a first day at school, he was too interested and excited because he had lots of friends and found many things that he hasn’t seen yet. Besides, his parents also got careers and were helped by their colleagues. He added one more things that he was happy because he got many good friends, including me. He concluded that Viet Nam is better than his homeland before in any ways. If possible, he wants to come back there for visiting but not for surviving.