Post 17 - Tuesday

Yesterday was a pretty good day for the most part.  In the morning I went to pick up my Ao Dai (pictures to come. eventually).  In the afternoon I met Josh at the Art Museum.  I enjoyed it very much.  The first floor was mostly artifacts, but the top two floors were paintings.  I like the artifacts more, but it was still interesting to note how the European art movements affected the Vietnamese art styles.

After the art museum, we had coffee, and then I took a 25 minute walk over the Cimas house for dinner.  It was about then that my day caught up with me.  I didn't realized how much walking I had done until I sat down.  I also had not had nearly enough water to drink that day and went to bed with a horrible headache.  I learned my lesson, though, and I have been drinking a lot of water today.

Post 16 (since the 30 day thing isn't working as well as I hoped.)

I have gotten sick again.  No fun.  But I am excited about Easter on Sunday.

I have a good story to tell, but I also have a headache from the pressure in my sinuses so I will wait until I can think clearly so I can write coherently.

Day 14/15

I have gotten behind a little in my post, but that is because I have been busy doing awesome stuff.  Like looking forward to EASTER on Sunday, going to be measured for an Ao Dai and enjoying the awesome weather before it gets too hot.

 

Day 13

I missed posting yesterday, so I guess that means two posts today.

Yesterday was a very productive day. In the morning, I got up and talked to a friend on Skype. Then I put together my lesson plan (I had planned to do that over the weekend, but it didn't quite work out that way...), tidied my room and made lunch.

In the afternoon, I successfully implemented the above lesson plan, then practiced my guitar for an hour before having dinner and a walk in the park with a student. And on top of all my productiveness, the weather was gorgeous!

Conclusion: Good Day!

Day 12

Bad News: I am having troubles with my phone again...

Good News: I led Bible study today, and it went very well.  I attribute most of my success to my fellow Bible study attendees and a small amount on my preparation.

Day 11

Today was another day of chance meetings.  It always amazes me when a decision or unexpected event results in getting you exactly where you need to be at the exact right time, and that happened to me twice today.

The first time I was wondering around the Old Quarter looking for a place to eat breakfast when I made a decision to look for some new DVDs (which I did not end up getting).  If I hadn't decided to go look at DVDs, I would not have run into Pastor Scott (one of the Cats from Los Gatos) who was enjoying a Xích Lô ride. Because I ran into him, I was able to meet up with the rest of the group at their hotel right as they were about to leave to visit Hoa Lo Prison.

We got lost on the way there (because our taxi driver did not know where we wanted to go) but I pulled out my map and got us to the right place just in time to see Ted walking by! Turns out he had not gotten the memo that said the meeting place for lunch had changed from Hoa Lo Prison to the hotel.  Had we gotten to the Prison earlier, we wouldn't have run into him to tell him about the updated plans.

Pretty cool how that stuff works out.

Day 10

I am posting!  Details on the day later...