A cockroach flew in the door and straight at me this eve. Interesting timing as I am starting to worry about the wildlife I may encounter in Cambodia.
At school, the girls are consistently better in class than the boys, no matter whether teams, one to one or puzzles. If I was not careful with the distribution in the teams the girls would win every time. Sometimes I'm not so careful ;-)
"The Little Prince" and The Pied Piper of Hamlyn" are both here in Vietnamese translation.
My grumpy yoghurt seller is not so unpleasant. He nodded at me today and gives me mini-spoons for the yogs.
Day 25:
Giang, my newest volunteer translator is by far the most annoying yet. She is hyper-efficient, stands too close, reads my notebook, corrects my handwriting and is possibly one of the friendliest people I've yet met. She is a genuine article. I also discovered one of the two young men who come to help with the class is the son of the director of Projects Abroad Vietnam - Linh.
Duy Minh came and sat on my knee today as I read Empire magazine. I wonder if I can get away with a super-hero themed lesson? The larger classes are more chaotic and intimidating but are perhaps the more fun to do. Also tried a new bus route home, no. 18 this time.
The lady next door had a conversation with her (talkative, white Siamese) cat this afternoon. I could hear every word. The cat is very erudite. The lady is very nouveau riche.
Saw "Iron Man 3" on pirate DVD tonight. Cost $1. I have also found a copy of " The 47 Ronin Story" and am reading it avidly.
I went over to the tailor shops near the cathedral today, to investigate "Co, hand made tailoring". Hmm...
Day 26 - Wed
I trotted over to Poem Spa this afternoon on Doi Can, the next alley over from us, Doi Can 209. Very nice back room spa and hair salon. I had a leg wax and the result is, I swear Mum, better than Richard Ward on the Kings Rd! The picture shows a roadside barber, not in use unfortunately. The Vietnamese are not always ok with you taking their photo, though if you are blonde they take a lot of you!
Fanny's for ice cream again and I had the Chocolate Ligeois and met a whole group of new volunteers, including the gorgeous Remy from the US, two tall blokes from Yorkshire and two girls I think also from the UK. We also have two new Irish volunteers in House #1: Orlaith and Catherine. They have been complaining of 'culture shock', then tonight one of them announced " I like a hot shower". Etc. They are all young but very polite ( so far). After ice cream we went on to "Umbrella" in the Old Quarter, and after a margarita or two I tried an apple "shisha" (just a large, pretty, hubble bubble) and went up to stand next to the DJ TeaJay (!) to watch him spinning his discs ( i.e. adjusting his equaliser occasionally). He was very nice.
The chalk dust is starting to bug me.
Day 27 - Thurs
I'm really looking forward to a change now.
Hyper-efficient Giang missed her bus and did not turn up this morning, neither did the other two guys, leaving me with my most difficult class of the week on my own. So I did Superman as my theme. Corrupting the young. Ha. ( They loved it). Took the no. 18 home again.
Prepping for Cambodia. Watching Day 4 of Wimbledon!
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