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Living the American Dream
Yeah, that was kind of— and I do not like to get too sentimental, but I— I mean, yes, I do. I love to get sentimental. But, you know, I love American stories. Like, if I meet someone from another country and they moved here, I love to hear them say, I love it here.
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Say more things that my mom would have said.
She was like, I did not care. I cooked the pies. It did not matter to me. I was so happy. I loved coming home and watching Cosby Show. It was just awesome.
Nothing better than feeling custard up into the doughnuts. That was my release. The custard represented me coming into this country. It was the most remarkable experience of my life.
Yeah, that was kind of— and I do not like to get too sentimental, but I— I mean, yes, I do. I love to get sentimental. But, you know, I love American stories. Like, if I meet someone from another country and they moved here, I love to hear them say, I love it here.
Oh, yeah.
I love to hear that. I'm like, oh, you like it here? That's awesome.
It's the best. But my parents love it here because it's great, like, financially. But they hate it. They just hate— they miss the culture. They're so old-fashioned. And that's like the part where we completely differed on. I was like, America, America, Americ…