So the following will be a picture entry because I think that’s the best way to describe the past weekend. Before I get into it, a few things to note:
Today (4/30) is a National Holiday. Quick – history buffs, guess why.
This evening a bunch of us went out for pizza at one of the two [...]
Archive for April, 2007
032 – Buôn Ma Thuột, Picture Entry
Posted in Vietnam on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
031 – Rice Overdose
Posted in Food, Vietnam on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am quite sick of rice, rice noodles, rice-based meals, rice, rice, rice. Rice at every meal. Every. Meal.
Rice coming out of my ears. Anyone tries to feed me rice back in the states and I will dump it on your head.
To be fair, how much of the world lives on only a bowl of [...]
030 – Xe buýt Pride!
Posted in Vietnam on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am absurdly proud of my new-found ability to get on and off the bus (xe buýt) with some grace – while it is still moving.
A month and a half ago I was still scared of taking the bus and getting lost in the sprawl of Ho Chi Minh City. Man, I wish I could [...]
029 – On the Road in Vietnam
Posted in Vietnam on April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
At least once a day I see something on the road that is entertaining, amusing, and/or impressive. Vietnamese traffic would give you the best eye spy ever. I also live on one of the major highways into the city, so double trouble.
For example, a full fishtank on a back of a motorcycle.
Or a bike full [...]
028 – “The Blacksburg Murders”
Posted in USA on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is vaguely surreal to watch coverage of “The Blacksburg Murders” on an Australian tv station in Vietnam. I’ve been following the stories since ten minutes after they posted the first one – I might have been half way around the world, but thanks to the internet I knew about it before my family back [...]
027 – Dear Humanity: Can We Not. Please?
Posted in Cambodia, USA, Vietnam on April 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So today has been an interesting day. And by interesting I mean increasingly depressing.
It started off early – midnight my time – with the news of the Virginia Tech Shootings. It was only 20 reported dead at that time. I graduated from high school in Virginia – probably about a fourth of my graduating [...]
026 – VA Tech
Posted in USA on April 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
At least 20 killed in a Virginia Tech shooting.
I have a lot of friends from high school that went to Tech. They and the entire Tech community have my thoughts and prayers.
025 – The Body. Etc.
Posted in Sickness, Vietnam on April 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
At home, you get sick, you pop a pill, you go on.
Here it’s like every time I get even a little bit sick my entire system shuts down. I get more dehydrated, I get so completely exhausted (as Erin put it -) it’s hard to walk. The heat exasperates all of this and what would [...]
024 – Frustration
Posted in Vietnam on April 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
In this post: an email from Brian (our resident director of this program) and my own current emotional state.
In a future post: Hue, and pictures from Hanoi and Hue.
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