Khanh Le Le and Aliza Katzman
September, 2025




- What is what? 

- There’s like a…there’s a little wasp 

- (gasps) Oh my god I saw so many fireflies - there are fireflies in front of my apartment - Oh really? - Yeah it’s so cute - There’s a lot in my backyard - (gasp) How’s your backyard going by the way? 


- Oh it’s good but there’re so many mosquitoes. I’ve trying to- 

- Still? 


- Oh look at this one! Do you see how many of the buggies there are - Yeah… I wish I know more about names of flowers and plants 

- Yeah… - You know? 

- I think these are [inaudible] maybe? I’m not sure



- Is that rose? That’s not rose 

- I think that’s a type of rose. Yah that’s a type of rose 

- Cute 

- You’re cracking me up with your cam corder 

- Is this a his-biscus too or no? 

- Ya I think so yeah…it’s a kind of hibiscus 

- Did you know that his-biscus is a national flower of korea, right? 

- Do you know what’s the national flower of Vietnam? 

- How do I zoom out? 

- Like that! Just like that. 

- What? 

- Wait-I forgot… The one that is from the slum, or the mud water? It’s pink and it’s from, like, the mud… What is it called? 

- Ah- it’s pink and it’s from the mud? 

- Yeah! You know what it is 

- No! From the mud?? 

- Oh! Lotus! Lotus is Vietnam’s national flower 

- Oh that’s beautiful 



- Oh my god that is so cute what is even is that? 

- Unicorn 

- A unicorn? 

- Yeah 

- Do you ever feel- I like how it’s thicc. And this is a lizard-liguana - Lah-gua-na 

- Mermaid 

- Oh these are Noah’ Ark! 

- These are sculpted by junior high school students 

- Oh so these are all the animal that were on Noah’s Ark? 

- Yeah but that’s a mermaid though 

- Umm.. Mermaid is not an animal, excuse me 

- That’s right 

- That’s cute. I was like is it zodiac sign you know? What’s zodiac sign are you? - I’m a tiger 

- Oh. I’m a dragon! 

- Oh! 

- No, actually I’m a…












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