Chicagoland.....?

Good to know.

TWIC you mean, right ? Do you have to get an endorsement for that?

 

Friend of mine here is from East Tennessee. His wife is from Japan. Saw them in their yard and stopped to chat. My son started talking to my friends wife in Japanese. I was surprised and asked him, "How did you learn Japanese? I didn't know you can speak that.". My friends wife said, "He's very fluent and I like talking to him. He speaks Japanese and our 3 sons can't speak any of it."
When he was born in Tennessee, I named him Hailong which means SeaDragon.

 

Heh heh, she seems to have been awokened already right here at the international school. Nothing major though. Saigon seems to have its own gay/lesbian scene with its own spots. Bars or whatever. It doesn't really affect us.

Yeah your boy is a few years ahead of mine. So he seems to have been able to make the adjustment going back and forth pretty well. My wife especially didn't think my girl could handle learning in Vietnamese. My girl too actually. So due to the ever increasing costs, we are looking at her finishing in an American or Australian high school.

 

Haha, I wouldn't be surprised if manga and culture stuff was a reason he picked it up. My girl really digs manga but can't read/speak Japanese so we print out English versions. And she loves Totoro and other movies by that guy. She had me download Akira recently to watch. Does your son follow their manga/movies/music etc.?

It seems like a lot of Koreans are here too, they have their own schools.

 

Yeah, China is loaded with gay bars. Google any city for that.
Gays aren't discriminated against in China, but they're not allowed to hang around schools and day care centers trying to groom children. If they try that, a long prison term awaits them.
Look at private schools and Christian schools and do some research. Most of them aren't into Wokeness.
Some gays in China get married via Zoom call routed through the state of Utah. It's legal also. The marriage license shows they were married in Utah, USA.

 

I have a friend in Germany. We met in an International Guitar Player On Live Group back in days before the WWW. Anyways, he is married to a Chinese Lady. She did not speak any German at the time and he spoke zero Mandarin. But, they both spoke some English and that is what they speak at home. Now some 30 years later, they are very fluent in English and have some knowledge of each others language. They find that now it is easier to speak English. They have no children.

 

Amazing the people we can meet if we're open to it.
Went to my sons former elementary school in Bejing the other day. Only people around at the time were the principle and the art teacher. The art teacher had a showing last month in NYC. He has almost a whole floor of one building just for art studies. He gave me a painting of his that's worth a few thousand USD. Cool guy; chain smoker, kept me and the wife supplied with fresh made hot tea from his antiquated tea equipment.
The table where we sat in the art room was huge and made from a large tree root. Table was one piece and large enough for 5 of us to sit around plus the tea equipment.2 or 3 more people could have fit at the table.

 

Your daughter is young, so her mind is like a sponge for learning and absorbing information. Las Vegas/Henderson, Nevada are communities rich in various ethnicities and cultures.
There's international high schools here and they're free to attend.
Your wife and daughter would like it here. There's about 40,000 Vietnamese living here, plus many Asian markets for groceries and foods for all Asians from countries all over the world. The weather is great year round also. Forget the winter clothing, you won't need it.
There's well over a dozen Buddhist Temples here also.

 

Yeah it sounds like Las Vegas is developing big time. I've never been there actually. When I think of Las Vegas, I always think of gambling, and I've never been into gambling.

I'll have to research it a bit.

 

I don't gamble, except lottery tickets on rare occasion.
First time I flew into Las Vegas I put a dollar into a one-armed bandit at the airport. First and last time I wasted a dollar in Las Vegas.
I'm in Henderson now and it's a great place to raise a family. Step out onto the patio and a beautiful view of the Las Vegas Strip and the Executive Airport. Lots, miles of walking trails (concrete), parks, weekends at the family movies in a couple of the parks which are free with free snacks.
Edit: the movies at the park are free; bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free soft drinks, pizza, popcorn. This is set up for family entertainment.

I'm in Seven Hills and been here a few years.