Saturday! I get up at 7
am and go for my shower, then get dressed and get ready ‘cause I know in a
little bit Xuan will show up so we go for breakfast. When I arrive downstairs
she tells me her mum hasn’t been feeling very good so after she leaves me at
the nail salon, she’ll take her mother and Chi Mi to the hospital. We go out
for breakfast at the lady bulldog and Xuan seems upset, of course, her mother
doesn’t take care of herself when alone and Xuan starts to get worried on how
she’s going to be when she goes to Portugal. We do breakfast fast and head home
as it’s still too early to go to the salon I start preparing a couple of videos
for my blog and when I’m ready, Xuan already left to took her mother and Chi Mi
to the hospital.
She’s back and calls me to go to the nail salon. Phuc also wants to
come with us so he grabs his Mickey Mouse flip-flops and jumps on the
motorbike. Today I’ll take my computer so I can do my stuff while resting from
the acrylic nails practicing.
When I arrive to the salon I’m cheered with smiles form everyone. I
lay down my stuff and start practicing. I’m in my 2nd round of
acrylic nails when two customers enter the salon. One lives in Dubai the other
is Vietnamese but has an American boyfriend. I seat next to the teacher and the
Vietnamese with the American boyfriend and start watching the craft. The girl,
Thuong, starts speaking with me and we bond and after a while she wants to go
for coffee and add me on facebook. She’s very nice and I’m sure I’ll call her
one of these days. =)
When Châu finishes drawing in her nails I go for lunch and besides
steamed rice, fish, a boiled egg, tomato and soup, I also have flan pudding.
Chi Lam always knows what I like! She really makes me remember my mother’s
mother, Avó Rosa… even if I don’t say it often, I miss my family and this time
things are different because the hours are completely different and when I’m
awake my family is asleep and there’s only 4 hours we can talk and most of the
times I’m at the salon… I already know that tomorrow, the parents of my father
will be at my house so I’ll do everything I can to be able to talk with them
through Skype. I don’t see them since I came to Vietnam and I used to be with
them every weekend…
Anyway, I finish lunch and while making my digestion I do a couple of
work in the computer and when I open it everyone gets surprised with the photo
I have on my desktop. I explain the story of Rick Genest and show a couple of
more photos that I’ve done here in Vietnam and then it’s time to return to my
practice… around 4 pm Xuan and Phuc come pick me up and at home I help Xuan
with the container list. I think I’ve already seen this list hundred times but
when you’re moving to another country it’s normal you have to check, re-check
and check again everything.
Around 6 pm the bell guy shows up and we go for dinner to a place near
our house. The restaurant has a very nice comfortable feeling and I spend the
all dinner observing what’s happening around me.
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Basically besides de
waitresses there are also some girls who try to sell their beer brand and to do
that they drink with the customers. More they drink more commission the girls
get
As if this was not enough, the waitresses also drink with the customers,
they are very nice to them with the hope in the end they leave a generous tip…
in this country, I realize that there are nice people but there are many people
that are nice to you in order to get money from you…
Anyway, we have dinner and at the end we start talking about Cristiano
Ronaldo because the bell guy is going to Portugal for the temple opening and
wants to meet him. I had to say that he lives in Madrid and only spends
holidays in Portugal so I didn’t think he’d be able to meet him…
Finally it’s time to head back home and I’m grateful for that as I
wasn’t very keen on going out tonight and wanted to stay at home vegetating.
When at home I connect skype and call my parents and for my surprise, when the
camera connects, my grandparents are also there. It’s very good to see my
family and be able to speak with them…oh! And I also saw my youngest cat,
Speed, the cat that is always complaining when is picked up and is always
meowing because wants attention. =)
After half hour my grandparents have to leave so we say our goodbyes
and while they go home, I go for a shower and fall in my bed… my eyelids are
heavy…
Night night everyone, don’t let the bedbugs bite!
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