ESL Journal - All's Well That Ends Well

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All's Well That Ends Well - Marriage dreams

By Ngoc Lanh Nguyen

Ngoc and Fiance. Click on photo for another picture of Ngoc.

Mar 22, 1998 -- My dream is to marry and have a good life. I have a fiance, An. He graduated fromn South Seattle's computer program and works as a database administrator with the Chamber of Commerce. We plan an August wedding. This is a wonderful time for us. Recently we went to the tulip farms near Mt. Vernon, WA, and took pictures. Both my fiance and I work hard. We want to have a good life.

I was born In Dalat City in Vietnam. I have three sisters and four brothers. When I was seven years old in 1975, the Vietnam War came to our city. My father said, "if the war comes here, we will have to move to another city." We moved to Phanthiet. It was a terrible time.

My sister came to the U.S. to live and sponsored me. I am saving money now to go to Vietnam to visit my family. I am worried about the money, and I'm working long hours, but I
am looking forward to going. Then I will return to become a wife. I'm very happy.