Wednesday, March 25, 2009

5 royal princesses

My family consists of 5 girls. 5 girls in a row. In America, that may seem a lot, and not that big of a deal. However, back home in Vietnam, having 5 girls in a row is extremely rare, and so they have a saying of "ngu long cong chua". That means 5 royal princesses. When a family has 5 girls in a row, everyone will see the family as a royal family, and they will respect that family as if it was royal. It has it's advantages as well as its disadvantages. Advantages because everyone in the vietnamese community know who you are, and everything about you. The disadvantages are that since everyone knows you, they talk about you. So if you were to do something bad and they see it, the word spreads around the community, and the reputation of the family is ruined. Thus, my family has a lot of pressure to keep a good reputation in order to not be talked about. Being a part of the 5 royal princesses in the vietnamese community is somewhat very different for me. Since I'm the baby of the 5 royal princesses, it's my job to keep the reputation going for my family as well as my older sisters. It's a tendency for the baby one to lose the reputation easily, and so there's more pressure put on me as well. =/

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