I have a 6 am flight. Now that I’ve missed one before, I am NERVOUS! But all will be what is it meant to be, AMEN
This meal was a result of missing a flight: not exactly punishment but you know….
Ahhhhhhhhh! So I am excited actually! I can’t wait for some beach action and good times with dear friends of mine It’s just a short lil trip: 3 days BUT 3 good friends in one place! Non, ce n’est pas vrai: en fait, c’est faux: elles habitent dans 2 endroits, DN et Hoi An. But who’s counting? Whatever! Yippee!
If I’m feeling ambitious, I’ll go to Bana and chill out at the waterfalls. If not, I’ll just buy my two lamps and teapot accessories and watch Narnia part II.
OK attendons-nous les resultats! Oooooor at least, I’ll be waiting to see what’s up in DN
ciaoness! Quick question: who else out there loves Korean dramas and KBS? Sooooooooo good!
After much activity in the first half of 2008, I have now been in my new home city for about 3 weeks in a ROW. I know, like totally normal pour la plupart des gens. But alas, for me, it’s a feat, something to be cherished actually.
However, I have not been without guests. I figure that my life is constantly jostled by a continuous flow of new ppl passing through visiting Vietnam and I just happen to be in position of meeting and greeting them.
Mais je suis fatiguee. Maybe I’m getting “old” or whatever, but I am pretty contented to go home every night and flop on my bed or swing in my hammock and watch K-dramas and Flight of the Conchords.
I recently came to the realization that I don’t have to be doing something at every moment of my life. I CAN RELAX once in awhile. But my first instinct is to resist it, TO FIGHT IT, TO DO SOMETHING. Have you ever been challenged by a somewhat “empty” schedule? In this HCMC life, I have challenges that I haven’t faced before–EVER. It’s the task of living in a city of 8 million people and not having at least 1 million friends. It’s the fact that I don’t have a place I need to be all the time. It’s the question of what do I want to do for myself. It’s much ado about perhaps….nothing!
Maybe some call it freedom; others will say boredom/loneliness. I say it’s new but good. I was praying for a challenge and I think this is part of it: to do well when doing, well, pretty much nothing. OR maybe I can say while doing nothing too exciting…like living steadily w/o constant changes. That’s better: the challenge is to do something in times of peace and quiet.
Must DOs: mop, stop grocery shopping, change lighting and curtains, manage clothing situation, and that that gushy stuff which was oh-so-neglected in more hectic times. Adjusting to regularity, that’s what I’m doing.
BTW slightly soured fancy melon smells like rotten fish….ciaoness
Humbled and sad yet happy/thankful/blessed to have had this opportunity. And also happy that the kids looked happy as well.
On Saturday, I blew off hip hop to help celebrate Intl Children’s Day with some kids living with HIV. There’s this amazing coffee shop in town SOZO that is also a charity that organizes community volunteering opportunities in elderly homes etc. and this was one of their ongoing programs.
Children are fantastic. I do forget what it’s like to be a little person but I do feel like I definitely have a heart for them. These sweetie pies came to the coffee shop where they played games, squealed with delight, sang songs, and drank cold tea for a couple hours.
THEN we all fall down! Nope, we all went to KFC! Yup that’s in VN but not Burger King or McDonalds. Twas not the tastiest but for the kids, it was an opp to spread some cheer and feel the love. And I felt that love all morning.
One of their peers had just passed away a couple days ago. Another died two weeks ago. Death is immediate and very possible for these children. I don’t really want to believe this but it’s true. So I am sad. But I am also appreciative of the fact that I can spend time with these beautiful children and love them now.
Hip hop snip op….Loving each other is what we are called to do and I am very glad to partake in that task. AMEN
And I don’t remember how to write French w/accents on the keyboard anymore
GRAVE!
1. Ma proprietaire pense que je suis la fille la plus bete/distraite a Saigon…elle a raison!
2. Je dors pas regulierement. Il est 4 heures du matin et je devrais travailler mais non, j’ecris sur ma blog (gosh is this masc. or fem.? I’m too lazy to check!)
3. Je depense comme une folle/un fou! Je suis folle mais je ne m’empecherais jamais de m’acheter des produits etrangers comme des tortillas Ahhhh taco shells!
4. Ma chambre, c’est un desastre comme la fille qui habite la-dedans…hmmmmm!
5. J’ai trop de vetements mais je pense que je n’ai rien a porter!! Trop de choix = desastre!
FOUX DE FA FA!!! Trop drole, trop fantastissimo!
6. But whatever right? Ca va je pense Prenez soin de vous et merci pour avoir lu ce poste
“Learn from the mistakes of others–you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” Uh huh, amen, I concur: I think it’s fine to try smthg and fail, and we all do but there’s something to be said about the art of observation.
I imitate often. At work, I style my writing on previous reports and articles to keep the same tone. When I see s/o doing smthg cool or noteworthy, I’m all about trying it myself.
With mistakes though, I’ve seen some big ones and I’ve completed my own whoppers (I could so use some BK right now) and I’ll say that I’d prefer to stay away.
So just think about it…etes-vous d’accord? Selon moi, c’est un autre conseil sage de mon calendrier joyeux = Another gem from my Happy thoughts calendar
Have a brilliant day. Thanks for reading…why r u reading? Who r u? Love u CN: Peacing out like the hiphop badboy she AIN’T.
