I Drank the Water...

And I still feel fine...

On the last day in Viet Nam I needed to pick up the dress that I had asked the tailor to make on the second day.  Lauren, Caitlynn, Sam and I planned to meet on the shuttle and walk to the tailor’s from there.  We lost Sam before getting to the shuttle, but couldn’t wait since Lauren had an FDP she had to make it to.

            When we got to the tailor shop everyone’s dresses were finished except mine, which they said to come back in the evening to get (2pm).  Caitlynn and I walked Lauren back to the shuttle and waited for her to get a ride before walking around.  First we went into a building that sort of resembled a mall to buy a few things.  I bought a Vietnamese singer’s CD.  I tried to get one earlier in the week, but I didn’t like it so I thought I would try again.  Then we spent the rest of the time just walking around.  We stopped in the frozen yogurt shop for bubble tea and lunch.  Liz K and another SAS student came into the shop too.  They were on an FDP and had an hour to walk around the market.

            It was barely 1pm when Caitlynn and I left the yogurt shop, so we went back to the park to walk around.  We spent the rest of the time sitting on a bench and people watching.  A girl named Thu (pronounced ‘too’) came up to talk to us.  She had been learning English and was doing a really good job with it.  She decided she wanted to teach Caitlynn and myself some Vietnamese phrases.  I still don’t know how to spell everything, but this is what they sound like…

 

Thank you- gam ung

Hello- sin chow

Nice to meet you- rah vu dong gup ban

Sorry- sin loi

Question- ya doi howi

Where are you going?- bang mo di dou

I am going to the supermarket- doi di da siu tai

Heart- Jai dim

Hot- naom

Can I help you?- bang toi kai toi yiptoi

The bird is singing- gong jim diang ha

I want to ride a motorbike- dong mo sai say

 

            After talking with Thu for a while we headed to the tailor’s shop to pick up my dress and then went back to the ship.  I had plans to meet Liz K and Matt and go find an internet café.  Unfortunately, the sushi restaurant was closed so we had to go somewhere else.  There was another café around the corner where we decided to go.  On ship time was pretty soon after that so we went straight back to the ship.

            There was a BBQ that night so we got to eat burgers and hot dogs for lunch!  After the BBQ I met some people to watch Captain America before bed.