Thursday .... 6:00
OUCH .... getting old
6:30 Nhat shows up
9:30 My, the taxi guy (that even rhymes ;-)
14:30 I arrive at Home Away in Sai Gon
19:30 Levi is leaving....because Long wants to put a CircleK into the lobby....WTF?
19:45 DEAD tired.....
1 am..... awake again.....super horny...but I keep it in for tonight....
somewhere in here is a Friday and Saturday.....but it's a blur of love and happiness ....because it is MY birthday.....and at Midnight it becomes HIS birthday ;-)
Sunday
9:15 Phap leaves and while my love battery will hold some charge for a while, I already feel it draining
But then Joanna calls.....and I talk to Eda.....and I feel much better again ;-)
12:00
I order the Grab taxi....but it's not showing up.... I finally find him on the main road....he's parked and fixing his engine.....
13:00
I arrive....and they tell me my room is not ready yet.....WTF? What did I bribe Levi for?....WORSE....
18:30
23:30 Toan leaves.....
sleep
sweat a lot...
6:00
OUCH.... getting old ;-)
7:45
Andrea calls..... she forgot my birthday.....apologizes way too long about it and then chews my ear off about her weird 'wealth management' issues......
No call from Eda..... I don't call her because she wanted to be with her friends.....
Eat some more chicken Schnitzel ..... It's expensive at 290k (12 Euros), but for me it is dinner, breakfast and lunch..... that's 4 Euros each meal ;-)
12:00
Buy more wine & cigs
14:00
I walk over to the bank.....I want 2000 us$ and 120trieu (5000$).......they can give me the US$ but say they have NO vietnamese money left..... OMFG....... and I'm STUPID enough not to take as much as I can in US$...
14:30
another news item.....developers built these mega cities....and they don't sell.....guess who lent them the money..... oh oh...
I contemplate going back to the bank to take as much money in US$ as possible....
16:00
I've applied for my new Cambodian visa.....this time the payment worked..... one of the few successes today..
17:30
I almost cry my eyes out when Georgie on Young Sheldon tells his parents that he got a girl pregnant.... and that she wants to keep it ....to get the husband......I cry for Phap.
Then 17:50
Phap writes: Wish a happy evening in Vinh Hoa, Love....... OMFG....he never listens
18:00
I'm back at the ParkHaus to drown my sorrows in a Jaegerschnitzel and Caesar Salad....
They are still drumming in the park.....maybe I should make a video of it after eating....
Some stupid white-skinned skinny fake girl Korean band......and the Viet kids are loving it....it's the end of the world as I know it....
23:00
Finally pass out drunk..... I miss him
4:45
Shit..... wide awake..... might as well get ready....
8:10
Levi in his gayest tone: OOOH....you're leaving already ?
I have to run for 10 meters waving, but I do catch the 109 bus......I'll be early at the airport....
9:00
Trying to check in......and I'm told that I'm on the 15:10 flight ....WTF???
Turns out they cancelled the 10:45 flight........ OH GREAT...... if someone had TOLD me, I could have stayed in my room, I could have gone to the bank, and I wouldn't have to spend at least 6 lousy hours at Tan Son Nhat .....I start sweating and am about to collapse with frustration....
11:50
At least the bank machine worked....I contacted My that the flight is MUCH later.....I had a nap on the benches....2 beers and way too many cigarettes...I will be a wreck tonight.....especially since the new flight probably will be delayed....
13:30
After another nap, I'm back for another Ham&Cheese sandwich and a 333. I am weak and shaking..... I eat the sandwich to prevent fainting from exhaustion. I am too old for this shit.... I feel like crying....wishing Phap would be here to calm me ...or the Monkey....
Nhat calls and asks when I will be back.... no idea, but it will be dark already and I will barely be able to walk.....
13:45
less than one hour until the SCHEDULED boarding time.....
I finally get home at 19:00.......after an exhausting 11 hour journey.....and it's pitch dark and raining....and I only have 1.5 bottles of wine left...... ah well I might have to finish the Gin .....
but no, there is a break in the rain and I go get some wine..... My Vietnamese is so obviously flawed by my exhaustion, the store woman looks at me funny....
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