We headed out at 6am this morning and took 101N back up to norcal. We made a few stops along the way, and it felt like my dad was giving me a tour of California, the countryside. We first stopped by a town called Solvang. It's a Danish town, with Danish style restaurants, buildings, and homes. Really cute place. We ate at this pancake house, which was pretty legit. I asked my dad how he knew about this random gem in the Santa Barbara area. "Books! Internet!" There you have it kids, keep reading and keep surfing if you want to educate yourselves.
Along the way, we shared some pretty hilarious conversations...well, hilarious on my dad's part at least. One of the particularly funny ones was when we started talking about our people, teochew (or diojiu):
*Teochew/chinese
*English
Dad: "There are 50 million teochews worldwide, half of which are in China, another quarter of which are in Southeast Asia, and the rest around the world."
Me: "Since we're so underrepresented, why don't we just start our own teochew country with the 50 million that are present? Like on an island or something!"
Dad: "Are you kidding me? The whole island would be DEAF from all the loud talking!"
Me: "We're not THAT loud. What about Cantonese people?"
(unintentional comedic pause)
Dad: "SAME SHIT!"
Gosh I could've died right there! So it was a pretty fun road trip. We got in around 1pm, and we went to go help set up for the reunion later that afternoon. The reunion was kind of fun, I got to see all the cousins and nephews. My 5-year-old cousin Kimberly clung on to me the whole day, but it was fun acting like a kid again. She's bright for her age, and everything she says could be quoted.
I captured some of her craziness on video, so I'll upload that next week. My forgetful self left behind the connector for the camera to the laptop. Also got some fun pics of the grown-ups. Adults can be pretty hilarious too =)
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