A memorable story that I remember goes back about a year
during my cousins wedding. Although she
was legally and officially married, they never held a party or celebration in
honor of their marriage. I was excited
about this party because it was only once in a while that I ever got to see the
faces of my blood relatives. What I did
not know was that they would also be inviting a girl that I knew but never
spoke with physically. Story goes, I get
to the party and everybody had already skinned the cow, cut up the delicious
meat and started smoking the steak, frying chicken, stirring up shrimp,
steaming the rice and tossing around salad.
I went to congratulate the wedded couples and sat down at the table
where all the men were supposed to sit.
Now it may be illegal but in my culture, drinking is okay so they passed
around a few shots of Bud Light and it kept going around and around the
tables. Out of the corner of my eye, I
saw my friend Keiko from Arkansas running around and helping out the
women. I didn’t have the guts to talk to
her because I was the biggest wimp. We
knew each other for about a year or two but never officially spoke to one
another. It was a coincidence that we
also met each other at the same place around the same time but for a different
reason. Anyways, my older cousin Pheng
went ahead and talked to her and introduced himself. I walked over and built up the courage to
finally say a simple “Hi Keiko.” It was
awkward but finally speaking to her made me happy. Secretly, she did not know that I had my eye
on her for a while but I left that subject alone. Now whenever we talk, we always bring back
that day and how buzzed I was after that party and moreover how long it took me to say hello.
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