Progress:
I've decided to make a compilation of videos and photos of what it was like growing up in America and Vietnam in his eyes. I think this is a more visual sense of what he has gone through compared to the interview questions. I sat down and asked him for different songs that he enjoyed listening to, what type of activities he enjoyed doing during his past time, and the type of stuff that he saw during the 70s. Since all of his pictures are in Texas, and we are not going back to Texas any time soon- I had to google search all of these pictures with him and ask him which pictures had the closest representation of what things looked like from his memory.
Songs that he listened:
Love Is A Battlefield, Pat Benator
"This is what I thought teenagers of this time acted."
I've decided to make a compilation of videos and photos of what it was like growing up in America and Vietnam in his eyes. I think this is a more visual sense of what he has gone through compared to the interview questions. I sat down and asked him for different songs that he enjoyed listening to, what type of activities he enjoyed doing during his past time, and the type of stuff that he saw during the 70s. Since all of his pictures are in Texas, and we are not going back to Texas any time soon- I had to google search all of these pictures with him and ask him which pictures had the closest representation of what things looked like from his memory.
Songs that he listened:
Love Is A Battlefield, Pat Benator
"This is what I thought teenagers of this time acted."
Power of Love, Air Supply
"I can go to sleep with this song. It gives me a good night sleep or a great start to start my day."
"I can go to sleep with this song. It gives me a good night sleep or a great start to start my day."
Fashion
"I think we all looked very cool if you ask me."
"I think we all looked very cool if you ask me."
Social Media:
"We didn't have anything to communicate with. We only had one phone of the desk. It had cords. We have to drive to their house. Our entertainment at that time was basically movies. We had movie theaters. We didn't own CDs. We had arcades. We had to go through the game room or the supermarket to play games. 5 cents per game. My favorite game was the galaxy. The spaceship. Pinball is really fun."
"We didn't have anything to communicate with. We only had one phone of the desk. It had cords. We have to drive to their house. Our entertainment at that time was basically movies. We had movie theaters. We didn't own CDs. We had arcades. We had to go through the game room or the supermarket to play games. 5 cents per game. My favorite game was the galaxy. The spaceship. Pinball is really fun."
Favorite places to go to:
"Six Flags, Water Parks, the beach to swim and go fishing."
"Six Flags, Water Parks, the beach to swim and go fishing."
Reflection:
This had turned out to be such a fun activity to do! We shared a lot of laughter and giggles. He thought all of these pictures were cool, I thought they were beyond hilarious! I mean, look at those Bell Bottom Jeans! Hahaha. I couldn't believe that they didn't have cell phones. For some reasons I keep thinking that they had some form of social media back then. But they didn't. He had to use a home phone with chords attached like shown in the picture. He claims that, that phone looks exactly like what they had. I think this was a really fun activity to do with your parents because you get to go through some funny pictures and listen to some good ol' 70s music while surfing the net. Even though in my eyes, my Dad is still fairly young, I can't believe how far we have come...I'm literally looking at the 70s through this laptop. Oh, the irony.
This had turned out to be such a fun activity to do! We shared a lot of laughter and giggles. He thought all of these pictures were cool, I thought they were beyond hilarious! I mean, look at those Bell Bottom Jeans! Hahaha. I couldn't believe that they didn't have cell phones. For some reasons I keep thinking that they had some form of social media back then. But they didn't. He had to use a home phone with chords attached like shown in the picture. He claims that, that phone looks exactly like what they had. I think this was a really fun activity to do with your parents because you get to go through some funny pictures and listen to some good ol' 70s music while surfing the net. Even though in my eyes, my Dad is still fairly young, I can't believe how far we have come...I'm literally looking at the 70s through this laptop. Oh, the irony.