it's not easy keeping up a blog! when i log on it comes up in vietnamese then i have to remember how i got to the english site. now i just go to others blog list and go from that site which is

all in english.

TUESDAY dinner was fabulous. Mrs. Han made some fried noodles .. with shrimp and chicken and soy sauce with chili for dad. but earlier in the day we had dad's driver Mr. Hai take us all over. went to BanTahn market and got some dishes and little bowls; wicker tray for dad's messy desk papers, silk scarf for carole snider who is doing the showroom in high point and dad said company would pay for it. work khaki capri and orange linen

6pm went to sheraton to meet the Halyburton, Oakley trip people. 17 people from greensboro who have been traveling around for 3 weeks. halyburton was pow shot down in n.vietnam during war and wrote a book about his 7 yrs in captivity. there was a ceremony in hanoi where they returned his boots...very moving according to the group. of course they kept the boots and will have to go thru channels to get them donated to a nc museum. dinner was at skewers restaurant which is owned by same guy (Tristan) who has RiverCafe (aka riverside). i wore an animal print dress (black, brown, white). home at 1030 which is really late for dad.

WEDNESDAY: dad swam, breakfast fruit, coffee, toast, yogurt. nothing much of a day. took a walk. took photos of things around compound. went to mekong merchant for lunch. went to metro (costco type place) and got a new clipper for Mr. Hai gardener. i dont know what the man was using but he needed something to tame the plants that were overgrown around the driveway and gardens. bl&wh capri, white tee. Mrs. Han broke her toe on the ironing board ... it's all purple. jess took dad and i out to dinner at LeBordeaux which is a fabulous french place that dad had never been to and raved about now. he was impressed. i had fish; dad had lamb; jess had duck. black taffeta blouse; bl&white checked taffeta capri with pink shoes.

THURSDAY: massage girl coming about 1030. i'm doing what i can for her economic situation!

cocktails tonight at lizzy and werners new apartment over at Riverside compound. their rent in BP compound went extremely high (then went lower but too late). so they have an apartment now. i'll take photos of everyone. by the way, Friday dad and i are going to Chiang Mai for the weekend. its in Thailand. not coastal. temples, handicraft village, botanic gardens, etc. leaving noon friday, return early monday. should be interesting!staying at mandarin oriental resort place.