It's not tears..it's SWEAT!

Chao my eager readers, =]

I've arrived in Vietnam safe and sound. The plane trip was horribly uncomfortable, but it was worth every waking moments. Before anything else, course there is the sappy stuff that I need to get off my chest. I don’t have any particular goal on this journey. To me there is no need to specify anything. This trip is more of soul-searching and redefining type of thing, so I don’t think I can go wrong anywhere.

Over the last week before my trip I noticed how fortunately I am to have the type of family, friend that I have. Maybe that is why I have such a good head on my shoulders. Haha. But, I sincerely cherish everything that I have now. My parents, sister, and brother to me there is nothing beyond them. Then there's my two Uncle Rob and Mark, who've been taking care of me through care packages..=]. My friends (won’t list all of you, but you should know who you are. If you need to ask then you’re not..lol), I don’t even consider you all to be “friends”. That word simply can’t describe it enough. You guys are practically my second family. This place among family and friends, this is where I belong and I really want to thank everyone for being a part of my world.

Well, now the sappy stuff is over here are some of the details about the plane ride. Got on the plane at 1:35, just when I was able to put myself to sleep all the lights turned on and karts started rolling. TIME TO EAT?! BITCH FUCK.. DO YOU PPL REALIZE IT’S FUCKING 3 AM IN THE GOD DAMM MORNING AND YOU’RE PASSING OUT FOOD?!..it was so horrible! I don’t even know how much sleep I got on the 13 hours or so flight. But one good thing came out from there was I made friend with a 70 year old lady, and her 30 something year old son. They were really sweet and honest people. They even gave me their address in Saigon and told me to visit them after my program. =]. I’ve said it before, but I LOVE OLD PEOPLE! Haha. Transferring at 5:30 AM in Taipei wasn’t bad because by then my sense of time was already distorted from the constant waking and sleeping. Well, there was the incident where I sat in the wrong seat and this seat happened to be in the “first class” section. So didn’t and couldn’t get away with that. My head was probably on backward or something, but because of that I did score some OJ in a fancy glass and a towel! Haha. Arrived in Vietnam at around 9:30 or so I think. One word to described it..MDFADSAFSD-HOT! Passed the H1N1 screening, but later when they were doing the passport the dude couldn’t recognize me from my picture. Had to take my glasses off a couple times. But it was nice to finally be in VIETNAM! =]. Bagging claim was so horrible. I must have stood around for a good hour or so before finding my luggage. I was getting really scared that someone might have taken it by accident and my necessities will be gone! After that, waited for everyone in the eap group to arrive and stuff. Then we headed back to the dorms. Sorry, my fingers were cut up from the luggage and what not that I didn’t want to dig through my backpack to take pics. I’LL TAKE MORE SOON!

Dorm here is like a hotel. Big beds and big space. Just the way I like it. Lol. People in general here are really friendly and good people. There is really no segregation or anything. Everyone just mingle with each other and yeah. Gerard, the director, and staff are all sincerely nice people, so my outlook on people in general are already improving. =]

I’ve been up since 3 am or so in Vietnam..crazyyy jet lag. But this was probably the only time I’m able to blog. All in all, first day was awesome. Met new people, talked to some really good people, missed some old people, and can’t wait for more.