Hola! Anyone who knows me knows that I am hipper hyper, supa duper, well, happy/annoying, depending on if you like me? C’est vrai and I know since only ppl who know me read this, basically you agree.

Soooooooo I was wondering how pestering I am to my buddies since I easily fall in love (in a platonic way), get obsessed almost daily, am fiercely loyal (14 years and growing on Take That!), and am an expert stalker of all things….including U!

Perfectionism doesn’t play into my being since I am a klutz and a perpetual wannabe/poser and well, I do live in VN so it’s kinda hard to be perfect and it’s unimportant when there’s ppl begging on the street who have been badly burned etc.

It’s so not about me and so for this teeny piece of knowledge, I am thankful.

What are the gifts God gave you? What’s in your being that keeps you up and moving along in your life….

For me, I move a lot…in terms of geography, ideas, speech and I am BIG on change…In fact, one could call it somewhere flighty, scatterbrained, ditsy wah wah wah but all that is given to us can be a gift. In fact, I can’t find the exact verse but I do believe that all is good in time…

So what are we doing that is “good” and how are we using our gifts? I’ll be the first to admit I’m selfish.

So to squash down the “I”m so cool” vibes, I volunteer my time to others and work in humanitarian aid so that even if I feel selfish, my work forces me to think about others. And I use my crazy energy to spend personal time with as many friends as possible. So wanna hang? I’ve available from wee in the morn til wee at night

ENERGY can be annoying and unhealthy. My doctor friend worries I don’t sleep enuf. But once I’ve had 4.5 hrs I start thinking and thinking and thinking and then I get up. Then I chat w/friends, work on reports at all hours of the day and make cookies to give to ppl.

I totally see a roller coaster in life but we make progress, grow, and love and that is IMPORTANT TO ME. So love to hear from you…thanks for reading and if you are hungry or chatting, call me? Let’s talk. let’s hang

Hugs, bises, oodle-canoodles! Luv, Cathy

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One year ago, I was living in DN, a place that made me sad after one year and four months of seeing friends move down south to sunny Saigon.

Then it was my turn! Now I’m all sparkling with city life and friends and woo hoo I love, ummm, like EVERYTHING!

Despite the monster bugs (ants, spider nests, rats, geckos, giant moths, cockroaches etc.) and the noise and rain and MOLD, I love living in Vietnam, especially Saigon.

These days, one year after the rainy nights stuck like Rapunzel in my ratty (literally) office with no friends to hang out with, LIFE IS HIGH IN THE CLOUDS and I doubt there’s any reason not to be and chilax it!

Top ten (really just ten good things!)

1. Awesome studio complete with kitchen, toaster oven and balcony
2. Social activities galore (live music, cheap airplane travel, hip hop, NGO networking)
3. Friends I can count on (ppl to make me laugh, stylish chicas, ppl who like to eat!)
4. Skyping and its cheap options to stalk like EVERYONE!
5. Meaningful Christmas carols like JOy to the World and O Holy Night which speak truth dear to my heart
6. French and Vietnamese and Korean and all the other languages out there…sorry Anglophones!
7. Motorbikes and the impatient convenience of the cheap lil bike avec basket!
8. Working as a consultant who keeps crazy hours…..:)
9. Housemates who clean my messes w/o making me pay them
10. The elderly!

Thanks be to the Creator for this amazing journey of life that has ups and downs and things we cannot understand but if we seek, we will find marvelous glories that were intended for us in the first place.

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Me blog is rejected as I have facebooked too much and now monsieur bloggy is upset and neglected and I am experiencing writer’s blog block/guilt.

Ok whatever! I like to write but hate to post pics cuz it takes time but here goes. I noticed that successful bloggers have pics and care what they write and they also think about the stories b4 they post. This segment is a blurb that’s just spitting outta my mind.

Thanksgiving….I like sharing what I’m thankful for b/c there is oodles to be happy and smiley about and if you are feeling blue, well, shake that head of yours and think of your blessings…My happy thoughts calendar says smthg along the lines of “count ten blessings before you even start your complaints” and usually if you get through ten happy things, well, the one negative just disappears or does not seem so important anymore….

So here’s the list:
1. Saigon living: peace and activity…a random mix to be balanced but I am sooooooooooooo blessed to be here and enjoying the sunshine and the fruits and ppl who are trusting and gentle.

2. REAL friends: from afar and near they are here in my life whether in person or online, I LOVE MY FRIENDS! High school, FB, colleagues, church members, brothers and sisters, teachers, baking buddies etc….it’s sooooooooooooooooooooooooo good to have ppl around Oooooh and I cannot forget the household pet TURTLES (one’s an albino and I have to show a pic soon!)

3. FREEDOM and material WEALTH: these two are iffy as in too much of a good thing can be bad for us and I see this in that I love to express myself but yet I don’t want to spend so much moola doing it. However, the freedom to think and talk and evaluate and pray and write and read and sleep…..I LOVE TIME! And with wealth, if it comes your way, how you use it will be your legacy…it’s ok to have money even lots of money as long as you use it to do good and for me that means charity, donations, feeding ppl, gifts of all LUSH-ious sizes and intl text messaging. I don’t mind spending to tell you that JE VOUS ADORE!

4. TRUTH IN GOD: I love reading the Bible and learning about God’s plans for his people….I am experiencing peace and faithful revival. Yip yip yip!!!!!

OK toodle-y noodle-ies! Bye but I’ll be back! Je ne crois pas que c’est deja le premier decembre!

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What 2 do w/three girls and three boys who are all about the same age as each other?

That’s rite, peeps, go to a concert together…So what if the boys are famous celebrities and are the awe-inspiring Hanson brothers? And so what if the gals are three Nguyen sisters who are very accomplished boy-band stalkers? It was like a triple date for us…yes we know they are married and we like them just as brothers….And so what if we clawed our way to the front (third) rows so that little Celly could touch Taylor’s hand? IT HAPPENED and we are sooooooooooo thankful!

Ten years after MmmmmBop, aren’t they all grown up and cute? And awwwwwwwwwesome-r if possible!

Twas all good

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