By February, I made a quick stop back in Siem Reap, Cambodia (from the southern end of Laos) before heading to Binh Duong, Vietnam to celebrate TET (Lunar New Year) with my mother’s family. What was a planned two-week stay turned out to be a four-week stay. I eventually had to leave because I gained ten pounds from eating 4-5 meals a day; I was being mercilessly overfed. For most of my life, I had only known half of where I came from; now knowing the other half, makes me feel whole, not so different and accepted for who I am as opposed to what I should be.
