Today you are a Vietnamese woman.

Yesterday was Woman's Day. I compared it as a mix of Mother's Day and Valentines Day. In class, on of my male students presented me with flowers, which was really cute and nice, and invited me to a "party" that night. I ended up inviting Alice because it was a lot of her students too, and it was really funny and just great. They put balloons up all over the room and basically put on a show. There was karaoke, dancing, skits, and games. Most of it was in English but for the parts that wasn't one of my students explained the games to me. It was a really nice few hours. My student told me on the way there that today, I was a Vietnamese woman, and I thought that was really nice. The nice thing that was the guys gave flowers to all of the girls. It was so cute. As i was sitting there I (inappropriately) said to Alice, wow college in Vietnam is so different than college in America.  Yes, that is slightly obvious in many ways, but sometimes I can't grasp the fact that these are college freshman putting on this "party." And giving all of the girls flowers and telling them they appreciated them. It was just a very different experience. Can you imagine that happening in America? It was like a version of Valentine's Day but the boys were excited about it and everyone was happy.

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Dance performance.

 

Being presented flowers. All of the guys (there are only seven in this class) left the room, turned off the lights, lit candles, and came back in with roses for every girl in the room. So sweet!

I'm continuously amazed at how nice my students are. They are genuinely really sweet people. I'm also getting use to being waited on. Everywhere I go, my students always do things for me. Pull out the chair, order me a second drink, pour it for me, refill my plate, etc. This must be what being a princess is like...

As for my accident.. things are generally okay. I am actually in a lot more pain now then I was/have been. (I'm seriously questioning my English skills these days. ) My knee kills and my toe hurts even more.. I'm thinking in might be broken. But I really don't think that there is much I can do and I hope this doesn't impair my badminton/football/volleyball playing because I have a very busy week lined up. They guy that took care of the situation made the boys who hit me pay 2/3rds of the cost to get my bike fixed, so I was pretty happy about that. He was so nice! I want to buy him some sort of gift.. maybe bean cake, we'll see. Anyway, so lucky the whole thing worked out, but just in pain now. And also pretty shaken up in general, very nervous out on the road, but taking it easy. Overall, I'm still alive!

I would like to formally thank Sarah for not only all of her letters of encouragement (they really do help, and they always seem to come at the perfect time..) But for saying that yes, things do come in threes. But I had the flu and was incredibly homesick, & I forgot to mention that as number one. So now, I'm ready for all good things to come my way...

It is pouring rain and even though I am in my living room I am getting wet. This makes me laugh. But for the sake of my computer, I must be off! Until next time.. think good thoughts about my toe :/