Birthday Time

The past couple of days have been pretty busy yeah. Monday was oskar's birthday. We went to this marketplace called ben thau I think. Like bin tow like how you would say tow as in towel. The whole place was burning and it smelled really bad. And everything they sell here is fake. They have adidas and Nike stuff an oakleys and ray bans. Buy it's all fake. You can tell. So I really have no idea what to buy. Oh well though yeah. At the market though no one would leave Brighton or dalila alone. They keep touching their hair and trying to hold them and stuff. It's funny cause Brighton always looks at me and kinda has this embarrassed/help me look on his face. When my mom was buying some cute pink little asian shoes the lady sat there rubbing her hair for like 5 minutes straight. Like really 5 minutes. Then we went to the little meat/fish area and it smelled pretty gross and most of the stuff would definitely not pass American health standards.




After that we went to a restaurant called pho 24 (pronounced fu like f*** you, yes) which is like the panda express here. The money is called dong and the most common food sounds like the f word. Gotta love it. Anyways the stuff is good, it's just like chicken broth and noodles and then you can put bean sprouts or leaves and chives in it. I was pleasantly surprised.




After that we went to this place called vincom, which is like this really big nice mall. And we went to the arcade and we saw these Asians going crazy on the dance dance revolution. It was like the coolest thing ever. And when we got home my mom was way cool and we had rainbow cupcakes! They were awesome. My mom is awesome. So that was the first celebrated birthday in the new home. It was quite fun.




Yesterday I went to BIS which is the British international school. The place is pretty ridiculously nice. With how much it costs to go there it makes sense. I played basketball with some boys there. It was fun. Hadn't worn my kobe's or my compression shorts in a while that was cool. I forgot that compression shorts are the most comfortable things ever and they feel so good. Anyways that's been the past few days. As you kinda get into a routine and figure it out its not too bad I guess. Oh and we got a piano, so everything is fine.

Location:Saigon, Vietnam

Dr. Martens and Rock Climbing

Today is Sunday. I don't really know how long I've been here. A week and a couple days. I just don't know how many days. And I'm way too lazy to try and figure it out. Yesterday I went to lunch at sean's house and ate a way good lunch. It was like biscuits and gravy but with mushrooms in the sauce, and rice instead of biscuits. It's so good. To bad annika's leaving for a few months so I won't get her good cooking. Then we wen rock climbing with me and Amos and Emilio, Aaron and sanbot. I think that's how you spell his name. It's Thai I don't really know. We saw this group of French people there. And this one guy was telling us to pay for 2 climbs instead of for an hour because "right here (pointing to his forearm) gets really sore and tense." We were like dude this guys a douche!! Bu then we got out there and he was doing all the crazy routes an we were dying still after just two of the easy ones. So that was humbling I guess. That's what sean said and I thought that was about right so yeah. Then we went to sean's house again and ate spaghetti, it was good. Then we played video games and then went to bed at like 11. But we had to wake up at 6 to go to priesthood conference. It was so boring. I almost fell asleep like 12 times. I felt bad for Josh he had to translate the whole time. Then I went home and yeah, tried to find some cool music and found one song. A success I guess yeah? We also went to this one street the other night and found an adidas, Nike, doc martens, and vans outlet. It was pretty cool. I don't really like vans that much anymore, except for the old schools. Like JV. But I realized that Dr. Martens are soo cool.


This guy is sick he's got the pants rolled and the shirt all the way buttoned up. And the shoes are so tight.









Brighton had an intellectual moment while watching the cars and motorbikes go bye.

It's getting better I think. Things are starting to develop ad it's kinda nice. It's starting to feel a little more like home. In my mind at least. Like Adam says mind over matter. He's into that. It's kinda funny. I've been reading some Dan Brown books. They are very thought provoking. He makes a point to display how much of today's culture and society an things are based on misconceptions and lies and stuff. Very intriguing for sure.
Anyways I miss home and things are definitely not the same here. Americas standards are a lot higher. Every"thing" (like the material stuff) there is pretty much better and higher quality. Like a wooden court for ball is like unheard of here. But this place has a simple beauty and innocence that's pretty cool.

Location:Nguyễn Văn Hưởng,,Vietnam

Still Trying to Figure it Out

Well we're here. It's crazy to even think about. To be honest I keep trying to deny it really. The city is huge. That picture is the view from my window. We're on the 16th floor an it's windy all the time. Which is nice because it's really hot and humid so it feels good, but it blows everything around and drives me crazy. And it's really loud too. Sometimes when it rains it goes crazy. Most gnarly rain I've ever seen. It's cool I guess. I had DragonFruit. Which sounds cooler than it tastes. I like the seeds in it though. Kinda like a kiwi. Oh it smell bad too. The air is always thick and hot and kinda gross. I'm over it. I miss America and I miss hamburgers.

Location:Nguyễn Văn Hưởng,,Vietnam