Most of people have at least one unforgettable person in their heart; it is either in their memory with great respect or with full of resentment. In my case, the first term holds the truth. There are several people who have a great impact on my life that I always have to pay a full respect every time thinking of, but the best of the best is no one else but my mother. Growing up in 1940's of the North of Viet Nam in the middle of the war, she was taught to be a girl with all solid of Vietnamese traditional and also who influences me for the rest of my life.
             She was taught to obey her family's regulation without question, and then used to be that way. She lost her self-defense. My father encouraged her to speak up for herself, which she had never done before her marriage. I had lived with my uncle for eight years from two to teen. When my mom transferred her position, not to travel any more; I was sent back to her. During living with my uncle, I was very careless and stubborn. I left my stuff all around the house and never cleaned up because my uncle would not care either. For example, I did not even remember where my sandal was or what homework should be done for school. Living with my mom for the first couple months, still with the same habit, I left things around and never cared of what I had done. Of course, my mom was very upset and the result was, punishments very series a lot of time. She always mentioned something about cleanness and discipline, which I had never heard of. Then from that time on, I was in special attention!
             of my parent. I had to write down what I had done for today and what the plan for tomorrow was. At first, this type of punishment really gave me headache, but gradually, I had used to and enjoyed doing that.
             At the age of seventeen, I did not have many friends because of my cleanness and discipline. Most of the kids around my block were still very monkey, they did not accept my character
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