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Published: June 11th 2006
Manic driving in HCMC
My bike and I... and Briony! :)That's right ladies and gentlemen... that is what I am right now - a Money MACHINE!!!
Forget everything I said about having a sweet, laid back life in Vietnam!!! I have a new job! I left ILA and have started teaching at a bilingual kindergarten! It's absollutely great! I don't teach many hours but my timetable is 40 hours a week (9-5), so I get paid to plan (something not included at ILA) and I'm teaching adoreable 4-5 year olds! I'm also getting paid more at this new school which, is always, welcomed! On top of that I have been tutoring my 2 Korean boys 3 nights a week and I've also taken on one 2 hour class on Saturday and Sunday morning! That's right - the girl who can't wait to be retired is working a shit-load of hours! 😊 The money will be good, and I say will be because I havent actually seen any of it yet! When I do however I will be rolling in it! Muahahahahahahaha :D
We have also got a new little kitten! Seeing as you haven't even seen pictures of my first kitten this may not mean much to you but
Chinh - cat number 1
My little pumpkin!!! I love this cat to pieces. He's such a good companion and always wants to sit near me. H's a sweetie! Chinh (kitten number 1) is now humungous and Oscar (kitten number 2) is suuuuuper tiny! After a tetchy start,they arenow best of friends, although Chinh is a very well behaved cat and Oscar is bloody far from it! He's a pain in the a*se! Doen't stop miaowing... but he wins us over every time because he's so cute!
Its now the rainy season over here so I drive around on my motorbike (OHMYGOD! Completely forgotten to tell you that I have a brand new black and silver sweet ass motorbike!) with my bin liner raincoat in my bag and I try to dodge it as much as possible. It's actually pouring down with rain at the moment and has been for 3 hours!
Yeah so I bought a new motorbike, which I thought was impossible to do as foreigners can't own anything in Vietnam but Yamaha did me a sweet deal and registered the bike in the company's name and even let me pay in 2 instalments - quite a novelty for Nam! 😊 It's the first thing that I've actually owned and paid for myself. I mean it's the first major thing I've bought, you know, like
Briony and Kate
My housemate (for nearly 2 months now) and Kate the fellow travelblogger! Briony's great and we've been getting on really well! a car, an apartment or in my case a motorbike! By the way, mother and father are unaware of this and I would prefer to protect their naiveity so please....
So I think that's all the important news. I haven't had much time to faff around and have fun recently. I have had my hair cut and have a lovely fringe again which I'm happy about and PORTUGAL play tomorrow morning at 2 am!! Wohooo! Hooray for the world cup and watching matches in the early morning before work! Rock on!!! Oh yeah actually I've met up with 2 different travelbloggers that got in touch with me after reading my blog Kate and Stan (chck ou their blogs here - www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/KateHildebrand/ and www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Stanley) which was pretty fun! Went to the famous Ba Hoi with both of them on seperate ocassions and had a great time with both of them! 😊
In October Rita and friends will be coming over to see me and then in December I'll e returning to Portugal for Crimbo! Hopefully returning to Ho Chi Minh after a stop in the UK to visit old friends so looking forward to that too!
Hope everyone
Me downing a pint!
No fringe here yet! is ok anad major apologies for not replying to e-mails as quickly as I may have liked but now that you know my busy schedule you may realise why!
Still have no camera - pictures courtesy of Kate, Stanley ad good old Briony! Will post pics of new kitty as of when we get some!
Take care dudes and dudettes,
Love you all,
Rooj xxx
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Ole, ole ole ole!
I'll have you know that I'm hosting a pro-portugal football party this afternoon. You'd be invited if you ever came to visit! In the meantime, any of your readers in the washington, dc area are welcome to drop by! G