Friday, 8 October 2010

My uncle imigrated to U.S

It's been over 30 years now since the day one member of my family had to leave his homeland to go find freedom. I heard this story from my grandmother, that year there are over 68,000 Southern Vietnamese had to left Vietnam because the Communist had controlled over Saigon. My uncle, still 24-25 in that year forced to leave by my grandparents because he used to be a Southern soldier, if the Communist saw him, they will put him into reeducation camp. Rich people will become really poor at that time because Communist will also confiscate their money, their land, their rice, and a lot other stuff, also no rice or food to eat, only water flea to eat. My uncle left to go to U.S. He went to U.S because pull factor, there will be more chance for him to make money and better education. When he arrived in U.S, he seen no more Vietnamese, only him is Vietnamese in a punch of U.S people, he had no job, money, food, house. He had to collect trash to make some money; he got a shelter after got enough money to buy one. He went to learn English language to communicate with U.S people, that the biggest problem he had to get through when he in this strange country. Culture and the life also put him into trouble, but he did get through all of them. He lived in a place that are a lot of U.S people, no Vietnamese, he felt lonely, but he knew that he has to live, so one day he will return to Vietnamese, return to his homeland.
He lived there for over twenty years and found out there are Little Saigon in California and moved there, he saw allot of Vietnamese, pass twenty years, now he can use his mother language, in 2000, he returned to Vietnam and met the family in Vietnam. He said that U.S are a freedom country and a lot beautiful than Vietnam, but to him, nowhere is as good as Vietnam. He getting rich at that time and 2001 is the last time I saw him after he died.

No comments:

Post a Comment