Sunday was the earliest start yet. I was meeting Be, HIV project manager, at the central bus station at 8am. Naturally I woke up at 6am, thinking I had heaps of time, only to fall back asleep. When I woke at 7:40, I rushed to Ben Thanh (markets near bus station where only tourists shop - relatively more expensive). There I met Be and two of the HIV interns (who are leaving soon) - a Japanese guy and a Swiss girl. We were catching the bus to Saigon's Technology University, unfortunately missing our stop. Be was very embarassed, but we didnt mind that much. The Technology University is very large (though not as big as Usyd) and is solely dedicated to computer sciences, engineering and I.T. (I was told it was 85% male, some things never
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