Day 26: Quick Updates!!

Quick UpDates! I know! I'm really, really, really behind. I've even forgotten some of the details. But I'm going to give a brief summary of what I've been up to. Starting with Day 7 (5/19/09):

Day 7: I went out with Chi Thanh and 3 of her friends, I can't remember their names now. We went to a restaurant and ate some frozen yogurt. It was delicious! And then after that, it was night time already, we just rode around Saigon. Chi Thanh and one of her friends were talking while driving, which was kind of scary considering that her friends bike bumped into my foot a few times. And while we were riding we saw an accident...everybody was okay, but they were upset...that didn't help much with the whole scary part of riding around Saigon and talking at the same time.

Day 8: This day I went to the Sweet Home Bakery for the first time. I got something salty. It was like puff pastry with beef inside, or something. It was good!

Day 9: I went to Now Zone with Ma Muoi, Dung Muoi, Anh Dat and Em Diep. It's like a mall basically. I really like it because they have awesome air conditioning! LoL! We ate there, I had some noodles with wonton. And when I finished they went ahead and ordered me another meal...beef steak and fries. It was really good, and in Vietnam it seems they don't salt their fries as excessively as they do in America. Which is a good thing...at least for the heart it is!

Day 10: (I don't remember....) I think I wrote about this day in a blog though...hopefully.

Day 11: This is the first day out in the country. Went to see Cau Tu, Cau Chin, and Ma Sau. I spent most of the day at Cau Chin's house and walking around looking at all of the exotic plants. This night we slept at Cau Tu's house. Mosquito nets kept us from being devoured by mosquitoes, but a hard pillow gave me a bad neck ache the next day. Oh and this was the day Cau Tu caught a huge fish that we had for the dinner that night.

Day 12: Second day out in the country. Thank goodness Ma Sau's house has a toilet and shower. The other houses just have a room with a hole in the ground, and a little room over the river for #2. This day...hmm...I went out to the marketplace and ate pho with Cau Tu, Anh Tuan, and Anh Dat. This day I went around the marketplace with Chi Oanh, Ma Muoi and Mommy. Cau Tu didn't go with us because he went to get a pig for the big dinner the next day. I hung out at Cau Tu's house a lot this day, and he cut me down a sugar cane to munch on...literally...my jaw was hurting after, but it was good! This night we slept at Ma Sau's house. I think I can honestly say it was the worse night...sleep wise....of the whole trip. We slept on the porch ourside...because it was nice and cool outside...it's not like they cast us out to sleep outside the house. It was hard to sleep because there were so many animal noises going on...Ma Sau has 3 dogs, and during the day they're relatively quiet...but that night, it sounded like they were devouring on something...which was kind of creepy! It made sleeping pretty difficult.

Day 13: This was the 3rd and last day out in the country. This was the day of the big dinner...or lunch I guess...maybe linner. It was in honor of my grandpa on my Mom's side. The whole family got together...and we have a big family, so there was a lot of people! But the food was good and I had a lot of fun. On our way back home, we stopped by Ma Nam's house. I had said bye to Cau Tu earlier, but then he suddenly appeared at Ma Nam's house....I guess he beat us there on his motorbike. While there, Dung Nam and my cousin caught some fish for us to take back home. It was fun watching them.

Day 14: Ma Bay got pretty sick during her trip out to the country for that lunch. She got really sick and was emitted to the hospital. Everybody was really sad.

Day 15: This was the day Diep graduated from 5th grade. We went in the morning and I had a Vietnamese sandwich (banh mi) for breakfast. After her graduation she hung out with her friends and Mommy, Dung Muoi and I went over the Sweet Home Bakery for some goods. And Cau Tu came over! He just seemed to be popping up all over the place, which is a good thing! Cau Tu, Mommy and I went to the hospital later that day to visit Ma Bay. It was so crowded, sad to see like 10 beds stuffed in one room for patients. We should be very grateful for the healthcare we have in America. Later that night I went out to a restaurant with Cau Tu, Dung Muoi, Anh Dat, and Em Diep to eat "bit tet", or beef steak. It was very delicious!

Day 16: This day I hung out with Cau Tu some more. In the morning we went to get tra...I think that's how you spell it...it's that meat stuff Vietnamese people put in sandwiches and stuff. Well we got that and some bread and ate it for breakfast. I also cleaned up the room Mom and I have been staying in...it was getting kind of messy. Cau Tu went back to the country this day... :(

Day 17: This day Mom and I went over to Ma Bay's house...she was discharged from the hospital and back home, thank goodness. Chi Hai called from Canada and I talked to her for a little while. This day I also went to 2 bookstores with Mommy, Anh Dat, and Em Diep. I got 1 book and 1 magazine about Asian architecture...I can't really understand it, but that's why I have an English-Vietnamese dictionary! LoL! It's a challenge...but I'm hoping it can be done!

(To be continued...) I'm going out to Saigon tonight with Dung Muoi and Em Diep for some sugarcane juice...and I don't want to keep them waiting any longer. I'll continue with the updates though...soon, hopefully!!!

Sorry everybody about the delay!!!!

I miss and love everybody back home!!!! <3

LOVE <3
Quynhie

Day 26/45....that means less than 3 weeks before I come back home!! Ahh! It's bittersweet, huh?