since the last post....

had a little trouble getting the sign on screen up but now i'm in business again. let's see if i can recap some of the events of the last week:

did i talk about halloween? Saturday October 31 - dad swam, had coffee and smoothie for breakfast. i wore sleeveless orange tee and blue skirt; walked to chemist for 500mg amox and some hair product. went to City, wandered dong koi street, got some dvds walked to saigon square, got a couple bags for sarah, carolyn, emily. dinner with roger and philip and comargue a neat french restaurant. had salmon with spinach cannoli(?). black linen dress . halloween in the compound was big time with kids dressed up and parading around the sports club.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - wide awake at 445, walked to river, read kindle; 630 dad rode bike to pool, coffee, toast, smoothie shower.

10 to YKK for dad's massage; i wandered dong koi street again checking out blouses and beads; 11 headed to notre dame but mass was at 930. went for coffee at coffee bean across street and waited for mr. hai and dad. went to post office and looked around; went with mr hai to get dad but was early so he took me shoe shopping; met jess and ms. nee for lunch at japanese LaPhong with two TA guys. went to DVD store with dad, watched movie, walked, no dinner meal ... black and white check skirt, black tee

Monday, November 2 - dad swam, early AM, watched TV lunch with Ms. Han soupon with won ton, pool at mr. pauls; read, dinner home .. green spinach soup salad. watched movie Desperado (so much killing). not productive day

Tuesday November 3 - Melbourne Cup Day - festivies at Boat House. went to Metro, got BBQ and gardener assembled it. swam and read, rain started

dinner at The Deck (rissoto .. dad had chicken) peach slax, white knit top.

at Metro got a juicer, bbq and tools, peanut butter, toilet paper, chocolate syrup raspberries and listerine.

Wednesday November 4 - blue shorts, green sleeveless top; to shops via taxi, got some necklaces, parkinsons dept store got black slax (OMG they're XL). silk pink top, 2 black skirts, 20 hankies; gloria jeans for cappucino; Red Door sue mckenna's place to see what she had antique; back for lunch of fish, rice pumpkin soup ... dad swam in morning, fruit toast then met matthew williams at mekong merchant for breakfast .. dad had biz dinner at sofitel with jess; i had caesar at boat house $5.50 blue skirt white top

Thursday, November 5 - AM walked, read book, watched world series, hung out at pool to get some color; PM dinner at Hyatt .. fancy "formal wear" invitation so that's why i had to get some new clothes made! not prepared for formal wear. dad wore a suit and tie. we show up and are so over dressed ... either they didnt get the same invitation as we did or they didnt care. nice setting outdoor on patio overlooking street and weather was good so we didnt melt. black skirt hot pink silk top. table of 20 people. interesting. wine wasted on me and too many course of food. but nice to be asked, it was free and we were treated very well.

Friday, November 6 - to pool walked with H. fruity breakfast as usual. stroll, $ from ATM, lip wax about $5.50 (same as caesar salad). taxi to saigon square for longcham then ben than market by accident (walking does that). lunch with ms. Han pho bo. went to supermarket for salad stuff. stayed home ordered pizza from mekong merchant (anchovie, caper) and salad. black white ck skirt black top

Saturday November 7 - h sawm, j some laundry, kitchen pool 11-12; mekong merchant for lunch alone (pizza) since i didnt really get much of last nights! dong koi wandering into russian market; gloria jeans waited for dad. dinner hyatt fried noodles; black skirt, leopard ruffle blouse.

Sunday, November 8 - walked; 930 mass at notre dame; 11 met harvey at hyatt following his haircut; lunch burger at ??? wandered around district 1 with dad, shopped and wandered. black capris. PM dinner with David Kaplan and Tom from Home Goods in Boston who were in town. river trout which looks a lot like salmon; black skirt and black and white top.

Monday, November 9 - dad swam, breakfast of fruit, coffee, juice, toast. walked compound, read kindle. really hot morning. PM intend to go to ballet at Opera house starts at 8pm so we'll see how long we last and stay awake. mr. hai is a great driver, taking us everywhere, anytime.

Observations and random thoughts: i hope they don't get leaf blowers. they do a lot of sweeping day and night so it would be awful. taxis are cheap and plentiful. customer service is interesting. you're either stalked at the ben than market and assaulted and harrassed or completely ignored at the saigon square bc they're too busy stocking stuff. and they don't giggle when taking measurements for pink silk blouses at the size of my boobs. i do feel like somewhat of an amazon compared to the tiny women around here. then i look at the rest of the tourists and feel better!