i love mr. le

annie's uncle is the bomb. i just went to the video store to pick up mamma mia and i was chatting with annie's uncle. he's sooo cooooooool. he's super cute, as a cute old man kinda way! we were talking about mamma mia and horrible james bond's singing was and then a little bit about hairspray. then he gave me some of those purple yams and told me their story..well a story that he learned in elemetnary school back in vietnam..i guess the king ran away because he was under attakc and he found this vegetable field and there was a woman there and she helped hide him and fed him the purple yams for several months before it was safe for him to go back. it turns out she was sent from heaven. no one knew who she was, only that she had arrived several months before him to plant those yams that kept him alive...her name was..something in vietnamese which is the name of the purple yam today! good stuff. he also told me the story of com chien something which is fried rice. so the king wanted to be an ordinary person so he went to a common restaurant place but it was late at night and so there was no more food but the chef offered to recook the leftovers from the other people. he m ixed it all up and gave it to the king and the king liked it so much that he went back to his..palace? place? and introduced it there. =) mr. le also reminisced about stories from when he was younger and there would be these trucks with food but one time it was late so th ewoman ended up giving him and his mom just noodles with water cuz there was no soup left. they all laughed about it. it came up because he went to santa ana on saturday and i guess it's super crowded there right now cuz people are getting ready for new year, so anyway they ended up eating at this restuarant and it was CRAP because it just tasted like water. =/ event hough just afew months ago it was supposed to be the bomb. then his sister got him food from another restaurant and it was tooooo salty and horrible. anyway, it was awesome to hear mr. le's stories! and he always lessons about life and being a good person. he's super cooool! it was with him and annie and john that i went to temple for the first time. anyway, he's such a good person. i think today's lesson was to be good and invest in my future and when i'm older help my parents out..he said "don't forget" =) and i said "I WON'T!" =) man..so awesome. anyway, now im back home with my mamma mia dvd. woo hoo!!! :D