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Tossed with mint, carrots, red onion and peanuts, dressed with nuoc mam, the pungent vietnamese fish sauce. and mee kang, a rice noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed up meal here. sylvia: yeah! anthony: awesome. did you speak english when you arrived here? sylvia: oh, not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so i learned it literally within a year. anthony: yup. sylvia: because i had to. by fifth grade, this one teacher miss spikes just made me feel like i was the smartest little thing in the whole world. she built up my confidence that i could do anything. jonathan: you know, we learned how to speak spanish first before we learned how to speak english. anthony: of course. so you came over in 78, did you say? jonathan: late 77. i was 10 years old. and we literally left on i wouldn t call it a boat, it was more like a raft. anthony: a raft. jonathan: there was a hole in the boat. we sat in water the entire time, just sit ....
[ laughter ] whoa, everyone s laughing. oh, wow, okay. sylvia: a lot. anthony:: i mean, what s a lot? how many? sylvia: 40, 50? anthony: wow. sylvia: i mean, i don t even see us as interracial until people point it out. anthony: well, it s a typical texan family at this point. sylvia: mm-hmm, yeah. anthony: ayala cooks tamales de gallina from scratch. outside, fresh pupusas are being made on a hot griddle. jonathan s mom nina makes a dish of jellyfish, shrimp and pork, tossed with mint, carrots, red onion and peanuts, dressed with nuoc mam, the pungent vietnamese fish sauce. and mee kang, a rice noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed up meal here. sylvia: yeah! anthony: awesome. [ laughter ] did you speak english when you arrived here? sylvia: oh, not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so i learned it literally within a year. anthony: yup. sylvia: because i had to. by fifth grade, this one teacher miss spikes just mad ....
anthony: ayala cooks tamales de gallina from scratch. outside, fresh pupusas are being made on a hot griddle. jonathan s mom nina makes a dish of jellyfish, shrimp and pork, tossed with mint, carrots, red onion and peanuts, dressed with nuoc mam, the pungent vietnamese fish sauce. and mee kang, a rice noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed up meal here. sylvia: yeah! anthony: awesome. [ laughter ] did you speak english when you arrived here? sylvia: oh, not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so i learned it literally within a year. anthony: yup. sylvia: because i had to. by fifth grade, this one teacher miss spikes just made me feel like i was the smartest little thing in the whole world. she built up my confidence that i could do anything. jonathan: you know, we learned how to speak spanish first before we learned how to speak english. anthony: of course. so you came over in 78, did you say? jonathan: late 77. i was 10 yea ....
anthony: wow. sylvia: i mean, i don t even see us as interracial until people point it out. anthony: well, it s a typical texan family at this point. sylvia: mm-hmm, yeah. anthony: ayala cooks tamales de gallina from scratch. outside, fresh pupusas are being made on a hot griddle. jonathan s mom nina makes a dish of jellyfish, shrimp and pork, tossed with mint, carrots, red onion and peanuts, dressed with nuoc mam, the pungent vietnamese fish sauce. and mee kang, a rice noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed up meal here. sylvia: yeah! anthony: awesome. [ laughter ] did you speak english when you arrived here? sylvia: oh, not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so i learned it literally within a year. anthony: yup. sylvia: because i had to. by fifth grade, this one teacher miss spikes just made me feel like i was the smartest little thing in the whole world. she built up my confidence that i could do anything. jonathan: yo ....
sylvia: mm-hmm, yeah. anthony: ayala cooks tamales de gallina from scratch. outside, fresh pupusas are being made on a hot griddle. jonathan s mom nina makes a dish of jellyfish, shrimp and pork, tossed with mint, carrots, red onion and peanuts, dressed with nuoc mam, the pungent vietnamese fish sauce. and mee kang, a rice noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed up meal here. sylvia: yeah! anthony: awesome. lll did you speak english when you arrived here? sylvia: oh, not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so i learned it literally within a year. anthony: yup. sylvia: because i had to. by fifth grade, this one teacher miss spikes just made me feel like i was the smartest little thing in the whole world. she built up my confidence that i could do anything. jonathan: you know, we learned how to speak spanish first before we learned how to speak english. anthony: of course. so you came over in 78, did you say? jonathan: late 7 ....