Today at the hospital, I was done with my own patient earlier so i went to help out another trainee who has Vietnamese parents.
I spent like fifteen minutes in her patients' room while she was doing something else with our teacher.
The mother, who has a hard time understanding french or English languages, has not spoken much during the day. However, while I was with her, she was eating her dinner or lunch? Anways, so of course we talked in Vietnamese. She said "Chi co chau nao chua?" Asking me if I have any kid yet... ahhh... and here we go again. During the last semester, a grandpa asked if I have any child ... Do I have "I'm a mom" written on my forehead or something? When I told her I was only eighteen (well going nineteen) you just can't imagine her dumbfounded look. Still, she continued to use 'Em' when she talked about herself and addressed me with 'Chi'. Um, it's fine to use 'Chi' as it is a formal speech in Vietnamese for female-female. And it's 'Co' vs. 'Anh' for a formal speech for female-male. Aisshh... what a burden. And today, Chi called me and as we were talking on the phone, she said that her friend was saying that his cousin was about my age.
Me: urgh, but you and I are of the same age.
Chi: yeh yeh I know, wait. I asked him how old he thought you are and he said about 22-23? And I told him that we were in the same classes during high school. Guess what... he was just couldn't believe it. Ah well, I guess I was born to be always four years older than my real age and Chi is always mistaken to be four years younger than her age. Really...
Wonder when that's going to stop.
I spent like fifteen minutes in her patients' room while she was doing something else with our teacher.
The mother, who has a hard time understanding french or English languages, has not spoken much during the day. However, while I was with her, she was eating her dinner or lunch? Anways, so of course we talked in Vietnamese. She said "Chi co chau nao chua?" Asking me if I have any kid yet... ahhh... and here we go again. During the last semester, a grandpa asked if I have any child ... Do I have "I'm a mom" written on my forehead or something? When I told her I was only eighteen (well going nineteen) you just can't imagine her dumbfounded look. Still, she continued to use 'Em' when she talked about herself and addressed me with 'Chi'. Um, it's fine to use 'Chi' as it is a formal speech in Vietnamese for female-female. And it's 'Co' vs. 'Anh' for a formal speech for female-male. Aisshh... what a burden. And today, Chi called me and as we were talking on the phone, she said that her friend was saying that his cousin was about my age.
Me: urgh, but you and I are of the same age.
Chi: yeh yeh I know, wait. I asked him how old he thought you are and he said about 22-23? And I told him that we were in the same classes during high school. Guess what... he was just couldn't believe it. Ah well, I guess I was born to be always four years older than my real age and Chi is always mistaken to be four years younger than her age. Really...
Wonder when that's going to stop.
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