ay yall, so I haven't blog for like a month now and I was suppose to commit myself to blogging often but honestly, this has been the best summer I've ever had. It didn't even going to school in the Bay, or taking big trips, it was simply being home in sacramento with my family. Its been so long since I've ever just been home for more than a week long and it was the greatest experience just reconnecting to my mom, sister and brothers in a whole new way. I've never been more honored to be a brother and son to this amazing family. I wanna save a whole blog for just them but I gots to tell yall whats going down in Vietnam. Some crazy shit has already been going down and its been nothing less than AMAZING! As you can notice I do things through list soooo, HERE WE GO!!
1. Eat every Vietnamese dish aside from Rice known to Vietnamese People
2. Travel to the Old and French Quarter of Vietnam
3. Night Market
4. Karoke - Hella hardcore. Folks take this shit serious. Nothing less than screaming at the top of your lungs while exerting some fierce dance moves.
5. Eating Dog meat! Hella chewy for days
6. Drinking Fresh local Beer. I had 15 glasses one night! It was with my teacher.
7. Taking Ruou Shots with teachers
8. Eating every part of a snake with snake liquor. One of the shot was with a live beating cobra heart. Savage shit right there!
9. Running with Andre, Anthony, Minh, Brian to Ho Hoa Kiem (Turtle Lake) at Midnight which was about a 10K trek - 6 mile. And taking a taxi back. Ridiculous.
10. Playing a icebreaker one of the local students made which involved a candle and a chili pepper tie between my legs.
11. Flirting aka learning vietnamese with local girls
12. Suffering from not getting enough internet
13. Missing my friends and family a whole fucking lot! Love YA!
14. Interviewing locals for a class project
15. Taking classes on Vietnamese history, Vietnamese Language, Contemporary history, Literature and vietnamese literature
16. Feeling like a BALLER cause everything HELLA cheap
17. Sweatin like FUCK everywhere you go
18. Talking to my cousins in Saigon for the first time since I was ten.
19. Playing a fierce game of basketball with the school's basketball team. We stomp son. TEAM USA!
20. Getting a massage from a dude (I had to take the blow for a girl that wanted a girl massage; damn you Hien). It involve a burning hot towel that was placed on the back of my neck. I get two fat boils the next day but that massage was BOMB for $5. (except the part when it climb on top of my while I was facing the ground)
21. Realizing how privilege I am for being American
22. Realizing how beautiful the people are here; inside and out.
23. Missing all the organizing and community work that I do.
24. Running, Swimming or playing sports almost every single day. I feel like I'm training for the olympics. I'm might Triathlon my way to Beijing new week.
25. Breaking a small kitty chair a restaurant in front of some of the local students.
26. Getting to know the other EAP folks and their crazy ass stories. I blog about them one day. Some dope ass people. Love yall folks.
27. Being practically naked all the damn time cause its all hot!!
28. Killin all the canned cheese and gatoraide mix that I brough to VN
29. Wanting to study abroad or travel after Vietnam. Thinking about Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.
30. Clubbin at a local bar and see local get their freak out. Having drinks with everyone and their mama.
31. Vietnamese is getting better.
32. Lastly, I can not wait to see my mother's family in Saigon. I haven't seen these folks since I was ten.
Alright yall, I miss everything from the states and there will be more to come fo sho
