My Life Story

I was born in Los Angeles, California on June 13, 2006. I lived in California for the first few years of my life bouncing between my aunts, uncles, and grandmother since my parents were almost always constantly working. Although I don't know the context, I know my first word spoken was the Vietnamese word for "dad," shortly followed by the Vietnamese word for "mom." I mainly spoke Vietnamese growing up, since everyone in my family was speaking it. My first steps were at about 10 months to grab a TV remote, even though I probably didn't even know what it was used for. After living in California for about 2 years, my parents moved to Missouri City, where we currently reside now.

Me when I used to be happy.

I'm sure my parents saw a large amount of potential in me when I was a toddler. I wonder how disappointed they are in me now. My dad taught me basic English and Math, and his strict lessons of discipline are ingrained in me, even if I am lazy nowadays. Eventually, I had a sister named Jacqueline, and she added a new dynamic that I would have to learn to work with: caring about others. I attended Dulles Elementary where my headstart in English and Math served me well, as I performed well in my young years, leaving a lot of free time for me to do whatever I want. I picked up various hobbies such as video games, speedcubing, and cards. I went to Dulles Middle School where I met a lot of the people I still am friends with to this day. I started to play tennis, and I began to become independent from my parents as I tried to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do. 

High School Tour Picture

I currently attend Dulles High School, and contrary to popular belief, am not in the Math and Science Academy. High School has been tough emotionally and mentally but every day I know that I'm still alive, so clearly, I'm doing something right. As for the future, I don't really know what to do. I know I should probably graduate from Dulles next year, and I know I want to go to a Texas college and study something math and physics related. Career-wise, I want to do something hands-on that isn't necessarily just sitting at a desk the whole day wasting my life away. Working at NASA would be cool. I hear the tour guides make a lot of money. As for marriage, ideally, it happens. I'm generally a practical person so none of those crazy over-expensive shenanigans are going to happen for my wedding. Just sign the papers and we can celebrate later. I would want to have a few children, max three. I want to guide them with the knowledge I have learned from my mistakes. I never really thought about names, but I would like it to be something unique but not so unique that it's ridiculous like I don't know, Bioluminescence.  When I retire, you can catch me chilling at home all day, playing with cards or video games. I don't really know when I'm going to die or how it'll happen. I mean any of us could die at any time via a reckless teenage driver or whatever. Whatever happens, I hope I get to live all the things I talked about. It feels weird thinking about the future. Sometimes, we stress about what just happened or what's about to happen that we forget that likely, those things don't matter. At least we're still here.