xin chao (hello)
How is everyone?good i hope!Im great!Not sick anymore and im having a happy time!Im back at work!Loving it!It made it so good cos i had my favourite class yr 6 first up!They are so cute!I had a great weekend!On Friday night my friend Erin and I went to a water puppet show, this is the traditional Vietnamese show from Hanoi (the other end of Nam).It was very interesting, It didnt really have a story line that i followed!The puppets were in water hence the name and there were musicians playing traditional Vietnamese music and speaking for the puppets, this was in Vietnamese so thats prob another reason i didnt follow much!It was funny, there were men puupets fishing and frogs and dragons!We went on a Xe-om in the night in the city and it was so funny pretty scry but safe at the same time, your sitting in a seat while a man is on a pushbike pedalling!Then we went to dinner and i found a restaurant with tacos!Was so excited haha!On Saturday night i went out with a Vietnamese girl i met and her two friends!Nga(the girl)could speak english pretty well though her two friends vuu and Bo couldnt!They took me to a Vietnamese restaurant, i couldnt read the menu so they just ordered.We had potato chips but get this they brang out on a little saucer sugar and butter to dip the chips in, how weird is that!We also had tofu squares and eel, yes i tried eel, it was deep fried and u take the meat off the bone and dip it in some spicy sauce.I didnt think id like it as i dnt eat fish very often but i said i was going to try weird things while on this trip!It wasnt bad, bit like fish not a strong in flavour though.We also got this hot pot which is a pt with boiling water and you cook our meat in it and there was vegetables i didnt know and rice paper and we made our own fresh spring rolls.They were quite nice, was funny making them each person i was with had different techniques how to make them.After this we went to this really nice coffee shop, (they are really popular over here, there are more of them than restuarants in my district) The one we went to was four stories tall and we got really yummy icecream sunday type things!On Sunday i met up with Beth and Erin and we spent lots of money bought some clothes!We found the saigon square has so many cheap everything!On Tuesday night(last night)Koine and i went out to dinner with Sang and Hop (teachers i work with)and some of their friends.We went to this really nice Vietnamese restuarant and got heaps of different dishes including a hot pot that was soup, the hot pot come with the water soup then u put the vergetables and meat and seafood in yourself and put noodle in your bowl!Was rell nice.The desert we had was 'che suong sa hot luu' which was coconut milk, jelly and these fruit thing really yummy!This plus drinks cost 400,000 vnd which is $30 and it fed 6!After this we went to the very popular kareoke!This was so fun and so cool!Kareoke isnt just in a bar over here they have rooms for with lounges and your own tv and bathroom for every group!We all were singing songs.It was so fuuny at the end of your song they have scores and yes im that good at singing i got two 98 scores haha!Defenetly doing more kareoke!Today, Korine and i found the pool near our school which is so good.First time ive been in water since the day i left Lennox!We did some laps!Going to make that a regular place to visit!I found out how to say my name in Vietnamese properly whaa huum haha its really rose but ill go with that!anyways hope everyones happy and staying safe!
Tam biet (goodbye)

Hey all,
Well i have had an interesting week of illness!It started with thinking just the usual sore throat, though eneded up being accute tonsillitis!I was stuck inside my little room since monday then went to the docs and got medicine which i couldnt keep down and i couldnt eat so i enede up in hospital by friday!Now this was somehing new as ive never stayed at a hospital or ven had tonsillitis and it all had to happen while i was here!I wanted to come home!But i soldiered on!The hosital was a french one so it was really good!Lovely peeopl and i had lots of Rosey time!Iread and slept alot!Though it was bit sad i only had 2 visitors!So many friends here haha!Though today i came hme and im still on the mend but spirits are higher and im looking forward to work!Sang said my yr 6 class miss me and wanted to come visiti me haha little cuties!This weeks events have made me see things in different views im more indeoendent doing the wholoe hospital thing by myself!And im looking forward to the future and really settling in!I Have made some Vietnamese friends who i will see soon!Everything happens for a reason!so Its just another experience and hurdle!Hopefully the last bad one for a while!I hope all is well at home!miss all lots this week!xox