First day in Canada

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This is the first day of my 5 week holiday to Canada and USA to visit my relatives and friends. This trip initially came about because my mum (Ivy) decided to spend a couple of months to help my grandmother (My Dad's mother) in Richmond, just next to Vancouver. My grandmother is now 86 and is having difficulty doing things by herself, so mum has come to help around the house as we start to make arrangements to get help for her locally. So I thought this would be a great opportunity to catch up with the relatives again and to see my friends Martha and Jackson who live in Virginia, USA.

Besides my Grandmother, I have a few Aunts and Uncles in North America. They are all on my father's side. My Father (Bin Hooi) is the eldest son of seven children (4 boys, 3 girls). Just to give you a basic outline of who I will be visiting, here is a list of the relatives I plan to visit on this trip.

UNCLES
1) UNCLE BIN SOO (Gee Chek or Second Uncle) He lives in Richmond with his wife (Irene) and Son (Melvin)
2) UNCLE BIN KENG (Say Han Chek or Youngest uncle) He lives in Deep Cove, North Vancouver with his wife (Kelly)
3) UNCLE BIN SIEW (Sa Chek or Third Uncle) He lives in Vancouver, but works in Calgary, Alberta and only comes back once a week approximately. His wife (Winnie) stays in Vancouver. They have 2 daughters, Gabrielle and Danielle. Gabrielle is working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Danielle is an exchange student in Milan, Italy, but will be coming back, so hopefully I will meet her on this trip.

AUNTIES
1) AUNTY SEOK LAY (Say Han Kor or Youngest Aunty) She lives in Seattle, USA with her husband (Howard) and two children Christopher and Elizabeth
2) AUNTY SEOK BEE (Gee Kor or Second Aunty) She also lives in Seattle, USA with her husband (Neil) and two children Micah and Jordan
3) AUNTY WAN CHENG (Tua Kor or oldest Aunty) She lives in Ohio, USA, with her husband Larry. She has two boys, Wesley and Kevin. I plan to meet her in New Jersey, where her son Wesley and wife Lisa live.

Hopefully you will get to see all of these relatives over the course of this trip, plus more. They are all great people!

The flight went well, leaving Sydney on Thursday 16th July at 10.25am, and arriving the same day in Vancouver at 7.30am. So after a 14 hour direct flight, we have the pleasure of reliving the same day in Vancouver all over again.

So what's first on the agenda? Being asian, food of course! So after dropping our stuff at grandmother's (Ah Mah) we headed off to the local Vietnamese noodle (Pho) store for lunch.

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Photos

Vietnamese Noodles
Tastes about the same as in Australia

Mum
Something light after a long flight

Family Photos on the wall
These are photos of the family. I'm on the top right in my blue graduation gown.

Ah Mah on the balcony
Nice flowers

Dinner at Ah Mah's
Mum and Ah Mah in Ah Mah's apartment in Richmond.

Me and Ah Mah
It was nice to see Ah Mah again after a couple of years.

Mum and Ah Mah
Mum expounding her wisdom to Ah Mah!