hey folks.
So i told some of you that i was going to write a post about my christmas and stuff... and i did! i swear... i wrote alot actually. But in true Vietnamess style the internet conked out half was through and i didnt notice and so i had to save what i had written to the desktop of the computer i was on. This should all be fine, i have done such a thing before... But the only problem now is that the computer i saved it on is rather a popular one and so is always taken by somebody playing Counter Strike or Dance Mania. Damn those Vietnamese and there need to play games...
So long story short, there is a post. It is comming. Just as soon as i manage to communicate that i need THAT number 15 computer
sleep out,
Oh and happy new year
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
merry christmas
Hey guys,
So we got our christmas tree today. Well our students got it for us. I say "got" and not "bought" becuase they stole it from somewhere around song cong town - they wouldnt tell us where. Ms Yen told us that students would be at the front gate in about 10 minutes and that they had brought us something for christmas. Natural we were somewhat excited, but with the track record of presents so far, we had a vague thought that it wouldnt be anything to write home about... Boy were we wrong - well seeing as i am writing home about it :P
We walked outside and there on the nature stripe was a pine tree. We started to get rather excited and our teacher said that it was a tree for christmas. Awsome. I immediatly picked it up and it was taller than me! good sign... But now it possed the problem of getting it through the front door, up four flights of stairs and through our tiny front door and out another door onto the balcony! Luckily for Bridget and I it was quite light and after arguing with the doors for a couple of minutes, we only managed to drop a few pines for the cleaning lady who doesnt clean to pick up and get it out safely onto the balcony. Now the walk through the school with a Ginormous tree being carried by two westerners didn't go unnoticed and we caused quite a stir as everybody took one look, and then did the double take and then the question face and then the "ohh, western, christmas, tree." links in there heads. It was quite fun :D
We ended up standing in our room with many a visiting teacher - 6 all up i think - who had never been in our rooms before simply admiring the tree. It is rather spectacular and there is going to be many a photo of it when its all pretty.
And so now we have a tree. A stolen tree, from our students, which makes it all the better :D
And "why do we need a tree if we are only going to be here for another week after christmas?" i hear you ask. Becuase we are having all the Gappers from Hanoi over to our little house in the hills, in the middle of no-where for christmas. I can hardly wait to show the city slickers what there missing and show them around the real Vietnam - that i am now so used to that the persistant blackouts have lost there charm and now mean that i end up abusing song cong, Thai Nguyen and Vietnam, terrible i know... Anyway, so there all coming up, all 20 of them and were going to book the only restaurant in our street - well the only place within 5 kms... - and visit our local Bia Hoi for rediculously cheap 1.300 dong beers and chill out in our oddly inclosed balcony and sing christmas carrols and well, i wont deny it, have a bit of rice wine and generally be merry :P We have organised a KK so there will be a nice exchange of gifts also.
Anyway, Brdgets mum just called and i have to go...
Missing all who is reading this!
Sleep out!
So we got our christmas tree today. Well our students got it for us. I say "got" and not "bought" becuase they stole it from somewhere around song cong town - they wouldnt tell us where. Ms Yen told us that students would be at the front gate in about 10 minutes and that they had brought us something for christmas. Natural we were somewhat excited, but with the track record of presents so far, we had a vague thought that it wouldnt be anything to write home about... Boy were we wrong - well seeing as i am writing home about it :P
We walked outside and there on the nature stripe was a pine tree. We started to get rather excited and our teacher said that it was a tree for christmas. Awsome. I immediatly picked it up and it was taller than me! good sign... But now it possed the problem of getting it through the front door, up four flights of stairs and through our tiny front door and out another door onto the balcony! Luckily for Bridget and I it was quite light and after arguing with the doors for a couple of minutes, we only managed to drop a few pines for the cleaning lady who doesnt clean to pick up and get it out safely onto the balcony. Now the walk through the school with a Ginormous tree being carried by two westerners didn't go unnoticed and we caused quite a stir as everybody took one look, and then did the double take and then the question face and then the "ohh, western, christmas, tree." links in there heads. It was quite fun :D
We ended up standing in our room with many a visiting teacher - 6 all up i think - who had never been in our rooms before simply admiring the tree. It is rather spectacular and there is going to be many a photo of it when its all pretty.
And so now we have a tree. A stolen tree, from our students, which makes it all the better :D
And "why do we need a tree if we are only going to be here for another week after christmas?" i hear you ask. Becuase we are having all the Gappers from Hanoi over to our little house in the hills, in the middle of no-where for christmas. I can hardly wait to show the city slickers what there missing and show them around the real Vietnam - that i am now so used to that the persistant blackouts have lost there charm and now mean that i end up abusing song cong, Thai Nguyen and Vietnam, terrible i know... Anyway, so there all coming up, all 20 of them and were going to book the only restaurant in our street - well the only place within 5 kms... - and visit our local Bia Hoi for rediculously cheap 1.300 dong beers and chill out in our oddly inclosed balcony and sing christmas carrols and well, i wont deny it, have a bit of rice wine and generally be merry :P We have organised a KK so there will be a nice exchange of gifts also.
Anyway, Brdgets mum just called and i have to go...
Missing all who is reading this!
Sleep out!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Hoi An
Hey guys,
Thats right, I am currently in Hoi An. for the few of my readers who are a little geographically challenged, that is in the middle of Vietnam. It is also the place to go for tailor made stuff. Dresses, shoes, coats, shirts, pants the list seems endless! It is a beautiful little place almost surrounded by water. There is a river and the ocean which I will admit that I have yet to visit yet, but I do have some spiffy boardies for when I do finally get a chance to get there!
I say "get a chance" because we have been so hell raisingly busy. This is our one week holiday and it is really nice to know that i dont have to teach at all this week, i think it was driving me a little insane! But we flew down from Ha Noi on friday - me with a massive hangover becuase it was Laura - mentioned her before - birthday and i had my first Pint, but anyway i recovered and we romed the streets and visited some tailors.
There was only a small group of us and it was really nice and chilled and relaxed and we just sat down and had some dinner in prep for Saturday. More people were flying in and they came knocking on our door at an un-godly hour of the morning. We continued all day to scour the tailors for cheap prices and go to fitting and then collapse for a meal of some sort.
Sunday after breakfast we went for a walking tour of Hoi An. It is a beautiful little place where some of the streets are blocked off to cars, so there are lots of little streets were you can wander and get lost in and its just beautiful. There are very few street stall to get food which is a little annoying and so we end up in restaurants quite alot, but its worth it. We visited 5 locations including a museum and the red Japanese Bridge. It just expanded my knowledge of Hoi An so much!
Monday was a little different from the very begining. The night before we planned a trip to My Son (pronounce me son). It is about 10km south of Hoi An, and we planned on taking Motor Bikes. 3 people took a Xe - om and the rest of us hired 4 bikes form the hotel and drove our selves the whole way. It was INCREDIBLE! i wont lie, i managed to drive the bike back from my Son, and being an auto it was really really easy. The traffic had died down ant it was really easy and sooooo much fun.
But why did we go to My Son??? Well there are these ancient relics that have been discovered and its quite a nice day trip out to see them and do a bit of a walk to get to them and find them and it is just really pleasent. As a result, My son is just awesome, but only worth a day....
Today was another good day actually. we booked our self in for a cooking class. It was really cool and included a guided visit to a market to buy the food, a boat trip and a chance to actually cook. It was like being back in Mrs Mac's cooking classes, but no where near as good! We got to eat our creations - as usual - and we sat in a restaurant by the river and some enjoyed the wine. It was really nice. The rest of the day - once again - was spent at the tailors.
For all the time i have spent there, i haven't gotten too many things. My first purchase was a pair of jeans - perfect - and dupilcates of my favourite tee-shirt. Also as a previously mentioned the board shorts and now i have a fab summer dress and a LBD on the way with some shoes. i'm pretty excited actually and pretty happy that i havnt gone off tat. Some people are spending SOOO much.
Anyway, i had to write it donw now - as a so far - becuase i am already struggling with recounting these past few days - let alone a whole week!
Hope all is well
Eat out
Thats right, I am currently in Hoi An. for the few of my readers who are a little geographically challenged, that is in the middle of Vietnam. It is also the place to go for tailor made stuff. Dresses, shoes, coats, shirts, pants the list seems endless! It is a beautiful little place almost surrounded by water. There is a river and the ocean which I will admit that I have yet to visit yet, but I do have some spiffy boardies for when I do finally get a chance to get there!
I say "get a chance" because we have been so hell raisingly busy. This is our one week holiday and it is really nice to know that i dont have to teach at all this week, i think it was driving me a little insane! But we flew down from Ha Noi on friday - me with a massive hangover becuase it was Laura - mentioned her before - birthday and i had my first Pint, but anyway i recovered and we romed the streets and visited some tailors.
There was only a small group of us and it was really nice and chilled and relaxed and we just sat down and had some dinner in prep for Saturday. More people were flying in and they came knocking on our door at an un-godly hour of the morning. We continued all day to scour the tailors for cheap prices and go to fitting and then collapse for a meal of some sort.
Sunday after breakfast we went for a walking tour of Hoi An. It is a beautiful little place where some of the streets are blocked off to cars, so there are lots of little streets were you can wander and get lost in and its just beautiful. There are very few street stall to get food which is a little annoying and so we end up in restaurants quite alot, but its worth it. We visited 5 locations including a museum and the red Japanese Bridge. It just expanded my knowledge of Hoi An so much!
Monday was a little different from the very begining. The night before we planned a trip to My Son (pronounce me son). It is about 10km south of Hoi An, and we planned on taking Motor Bikes. 3 people took a Xe - om and the rest of us hired 4 bikes form the hotel and drove our selves the whole way. It was INCREDIBLE! i wont lie, i managed to drive the bike back from my Son, and being an auto it was really really easy. The traffic had died down ant it was really easy and sooooo much fun.
But why did we go to My Son??? Well there are these ancient relics that have been discovered and its quite a nice day trip out to see them and do a bit of a walk to get to them and find them and it is just really pleasent. As a result, My son is just awesome, but only worth a day....
Today was another good day actually. we booked our self in for a cooking class. It was really cool and included a guided visit to a market to buy the food, a boat trip and a chance to actually cook. It was like being back in Mrs Mac's cooking classes, but no where near as good! We got to eat our creations - as usual - and we sat in a restaurant by the river and some enjoyed the wine. It was really nice. The rest of the day - once again - was spent at the tailors.
For all the time i have spent there, i haven't gotten too many things. My first purchase was a pair of jeans - perfect - and dupilcates of my favourite tee-shirt. Also as a previously mentioned the board shorts and now i have a fab summer dress and a LBD on the way with some shoes. i'm pretty excited actually and pretty happy that i havnt gone off tat. Some people are spending SOOO much.
Anyway, i had to write it donw now - as a so far - becuase i am already struggling with recounting these past few days - let alone a whole week!
Hope all is well
Eat out
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