The kids are still on holidays so there’s no more waking up at 6.30 am
even if my internal clock doesn’t care about it so at the same time as ever my
eyes open and I roll in bed until 7 am. I take my shower, get dressed and wait
for Xuan to come down. Around 8 am, she comes down and we go for breakfast at
Lady Bulldog but when we arrive there the Lady says there’s no thin noodles so
Xuan orders food only for me and goes home while I stay at Lady Bulldog eating
breakfast. When I finish, I get up and head home so we can go to the coffee
shop.
The kids already ate and they’re going to stay at home watching TV and
playing with their new toys so Xuan and me hop on the motorbike and go to
Highlands coffee shop. We order our cà phê sữa đá and stay there talking… we talk
about the kids, about my nail practicing, my parents, my life, my objectives, Xuan’s
friends, personalities and different cultures. In the end, we pay and go to the
furniture store to get the invoice of all the stuff Xuan and Carlos bought for
the house in Portugal.
When everything is ready we hop again on the motorbike and head to the
nail store near Bên Than market to check the prices of the electric filing
machines plus some other stuff that I’ll need. Xuan tells me that if I want to
buy the machine today, I can but I prefer to buy all the stuff I need first and
so after the holidays I’ll go to the street market with Miss Loan, my first
nail teacher, to buy everything I need and then what they don’t have in the
market I’ll go buy in the shop. Of course we don’t leave before buying 3 boxes
to put my nails stored, look how pretty they are now!
It’s time to head home for lunch so we leave the shop and go. The kid
are sleeping when we arrive so we eat lunch without a noise and then Xuan goes
to rest a little bit and I go put my nails in the beautiful boxes we bought,
then I watch a couple of TV shows until it’s time for the water puppets show
we’re going to watch this evening. Around 4 pm I start getting ready which
means put the make-up on and put my new wedges to good use.
The kids are ready, Xuan’s ready and even Xuan’s mum is ready so we
all jump on the motorbike and go to the theater… wait, Xuan’s mum went on
another motorbike as 5 people in a bike is forbidden by law…
We enter the theater and Thach Thao says she’s scared because the room
is darker than outside but when the show starts she starts laughing and
enjoying the show as much as everyone else. The show tells the story of
Vietnamese people and their beliefs and it’s a really nice show, if by any
chance you come to HCMC don’t loose it!
The show lasts 45 minutes and then we head home again so we can have
dinner ‘cause after we’re taking the kids and everyone else for ice cream. We
eat, we prepare the kids, everyone gets dressed and it’s time!
Xuan, the kids and me go by moto and Xuan’s mum, Miss Thoa, Chi Mi and
Chi Lam go by taxi. They meet us near the kids’ park and while they stay there
with the kids, Xuan and me go for a walk through the market.
I managed to find
a gift for my aunt and in the end we entered a store where I bought a skull
ring and an angel wings necklace and Xuan a pair of sunglasses. We look at
watch and we have to run as it starts to be late for the ice cream for the kids
so we leave the store and start walking very fast to the coconut ice cream
place – for me it’s a difficult walk as the sidewalk is not plain and I’m with
my wedges… anyway, we buy the ice cream and start walking back and, of course,
we’re doing it fast so fast that it arrives to appoint and I fall down,
graciously, on my knees… hehehehe while Xuan is coming back runnin’, I get up,
again graciously, and continue walking as if nothing had happened. =)
After all this emotive happenings, we meet the children and the
grown-ups and seat on the floor of the park eating our coconut ice cream.
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| the real city of lights |
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| the real city of lights |
We spend
a good time and when we finish it’s time to head back home ‘cause the kids need
to go to bed. Xuan and me go get the motorbike and the kids and the other
grown-ups go home by taxi. While on the motorbike I start remembering my fall
and Xuan’s reaction and can not stop laughing! Hahahahaha what a funny fall!
Anyway, we’re at home, it’s time for a shower, put the p-jays on and
watch a TV show…
Night night peeps!
P.S. – guess I’m getting addicted to Biffy’s new album so here’s
another song I like from this album…
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