Blogs from Tam Ky, Quảng Nam, South Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia - page 3

Well, mid-week already. A nice sunny day Baby Orphanage again... Feeling some heartbreak. It's fun playing with the kids at the Baby Orphanage and then helping with the feeding of the younger kids. BUT sometimes when you think about the whole situation it is a bit heartbreaking. I sometimes wonder how these kids will be in a few years time. Where will they go when they are too old for the Baby Orphanage. They really need more clothes since a lot of the clothes they wear have rips and tears in them. I was talking to one of the volunteers here and we were thinking that we should go out and buy them more clothes from the Markets here. We've also been told they need more baby formula. Today we did the usual colouring. We cut ... read more

...in Vietnam. * Be a foreigner. Having a haircolour other than black will help intensify the attention getting...I should have kept my highlights! * Walk around town. Bonus: Wear a backpack. * Wear a rain poncho..especially if it is sunny out. * Ride a bike. * Eating. * Speaking. * Breathing. You get the idea! I actually wrote an entry yesterday and was just seconds from pressing "add entry" when the internet guy shut down my computer instead of the one beside mine! DOH! So here goes again... Back in Tam Ky Town Familiar sights, sounds & smells No place like "home", eh? It is interesting to realize/recognize how much I do like a bit of a routine in my life. Or rather a sense of familiarity. Not that I have a super busy or full ... read more

This will be a short entry since the connection started out really good but has since taken a turn. So frustrating when you see you have 10 new messages in your mailbox but then you can't open any of them. Anyway, it is off to Da Nang with Sarah and Claire for the weekend to check out the Marble Mountains and China Beach. Weekend Getaway Time to Explore Vietnam Da Nang calls my name. I'll try attaching some photos to this entry for all to see. I have some really good ones from the orphanage. More later. Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday to Cousin Lisa! Hugs & Stuff, Bonnie ... read more

Wow! Things are slowly coming together since we've finally started our placements. Yesterday I felt like we just jumped right in and let me tell you it was a bit overwhelming for the first few moments as you can probably imagine. It’s a bit frustrating that better records of what the kids have been taught and have learned in the past few months have not been kept because I feel like we’ll be spending the first week of classes just assessing what these kids already know. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep better track of what we teach and with Claire staying on for a few months there will be better continuity for future volunteers. My first placement was at the Home of Affection and me and Claire were with some of the younger kids (although ... read more

One more holiday We are biking to the beach Lots of games to play. It seems like ages since I've been in Vietnam and it hasn't even been a week. I think it is partly because we really haven't been doing anything since we got here in Tam Ky. I'm psyched and excited to start with our placements tomorrow. Like I may have mentioned, the workload looks pretty light. I think three days a week I'm finished up by lunch time! But that is okay. It will give me lots of time to do stuff that I never have time for like read and perhaps finally finish that cross-stitch thingy (eh, Anita!) Oh, before I forget, here's the mailing address for the place I'm staying at for the next 6/7 weeks here in Vietnam. 01 - ... read more