And it starts with smoking on my terrace at 5 minutes after midnight.....
HOW can this be heresy? Well, in a place where you're forbidden to do pretty much ANYTHING.....
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| the funny part..... the hotel is NOT in the City of Vancouver but in the City of North Vancouver ! |
Trying to upload yesterday's pictures to the blog, I am again SHOCKED & APPALLED at the GLACIAL upload speeds in this country.....
Could there be a connection between upload speeds and the cerebral clock-speed of the general population of a country ?
I'm wide awake again at 2 am.....
Get some Vietnamese lessons done ...
More heretical behaviour on the balcony (I'll be damned before I put on socks and shoes and take the elevator to the front door of the hotel at his hour !)
I watch a short video on VN-Express.... and I am surprised at the speed with which the tears well up in my eyes..... I want to go HOME so BADLY !!!
While the tears are still running, I start grinning..... only FOUR more sleeps and I'll be there ....
Of course, watching Anthony Bourdain's Hue episode is just overkill after that, LOL.....
"I'm back, back in Vietnam, shit-eating grin for the duration: A giddy, silly, foolish man beyond caring."
Thank you Tony for experiencing Vietnam the right way....I didn't think HOMESICKNESS could get THIS BAD .... and watching more of this episode, I have another epiphany.... Viet Nam is a place where dreams of an exhilarating future are still so very much alive ...
4:15
More Vietnamese lessons, more wine, more heresy on the balcony...
6:00
LMAO, more HERESY for the present place of stay..... today (or next Sunday) is Vesak, Buddha's Birthday.... and VN-Express titles its lead story:
Global Peace, Sustainability, and the Buddha ...
Can you imagine more heretical words here in North America, the Capital Continent of Greed & Exclusion?
6:30
A phone call to Germany.... and some relief....I had been afraid it would be a condolence phone-call... but the woman's health is improving....
7:15
I'm sad that it's leaving before I can visit it, but I'm delighted that I got to see it at all ;-)
7:45
What is going on? I am actually HAPPY ... in Vancouver?
WHAT is going on ???? .... easy ....
1) I'm drunk ;-)
2) I will be meeting up with really NICE people today !
3) I will be HOME again in 3 days.... where people still smile even when the shit hits the fan !
8:30
A quick walk to Shopper's Drug Mart..... I usually HATE this store... but since I'm without transportation means right now..... it's the only place close by where I can buy some body lotion.... and I gotta preserve the last remnant of my tan, LOL.
8:45
More Heresy: Talking to animals....
...but how could I NOT talk to this GIANT seagull who knows exactly I am here but won't be disturbed picking out grass&dirt from the patio's garden?
Another fun phone call.... a call to my personal Immigration Officer (and female Ex), LOL.
10:00
Talking about Heresy: How about taking a BUS in a city where EVERYONE seems to drive a car?
I'm taking the bus to see Grandma !
My good mood day is on PAUSE only 2 minutes after I enter that house.... Grandma isn't really a Grandma, she is the human-form manifestation of a portal to another dimension through which positive energy is siphoned out of our world!
She is paranoid and unpleasant from the get-go.... WHY does one of her nurses know Grandma's neighbour so well???? WHAT is going on there? Grandma demands to know....
She never asks how I am doing but insists that I mow the lawn....only because she HATES dandelions ......
I have mowed about half of the lawn.... when the neighbour shows up..... with a weed-whacker ! ..... Apparently Grandma called him and asked him to get rid of the grass..... I'm halfway done with lawn... but he REFUSES to leave even though I ask him 3 times.....
It gets WORSE! Grandma in her most bitter tone and grumpiest face asks me TWICE why I don't finish mowing the lawn...... the fact that I'd be mowing down her neighbour while he weed-whacks the electrical lawnmower's power cord does not penetrate her rage...
Time for breakfast..... the Salmon Teriyaki from the food court below the hotel is actually very good !
The bike has a flat tire AGAIN??? HOW can that be possible?
16:00
Eda is here !!! Happy Happy !
17:30
Carlos has FINALLY made it !!! Calling his mother in Cuba on Mother's Day apparently was anything BUT simple ....
Finally! Positive People !
FUN!.... Laughter! .... Unexpected Revelations! ..... and Making Sense of Things ...with a little help from my friends!
"I'm back, back in Vietnam, shit-eating grin for the duration: A giddy, silly, foolish man beyond caring."
Thank you Tony for experiencing Vietnam the right way....I didn't think HOMESICKNESS could get THIS BAD .... and watching more of this episode, I have another epiphany.... Viet Nam is a place where dreams of an exhilarating future are still so very much alive ...
More Vietnamese lessons, more wine, more heresy on the balcony...
6:00
LMAO, more HERESY for the present place of stay..... today (or next Sunday) is Vesak, Buddha's Birthday.... and VN-Express titles its lead story:
Global Peace, Sustainability, and the Buddha ...
6:30
A phone call to Germany.... and some relief....I had been afraid it would be a condolence phone-call... but the woman's health is improving....
7:15
I'm sad that it's leaving before I can visit it, but I'm delighted that I got to see it at all ;-)
Buen Viaje !
7:45
What is going on? I am actually HAPPY ... in Vancouver?
WHAT is going on ???? .... easy ....
1) I'm drunk ;-)
2) I will be meeting up with really NICE people today !
3) I will be HOME again in 3 days.... where people still smile even when the shit hits the fan !
And how could anyone resist THAT, LOL ;-)
8:30
A quick walk to Shopper's Drug Mart..... I usually HATE this store... but since I'm without transportation means right now..... it's the only place close by where I can buy some body lotion.... and I gotta preserve the last remnant of my tan, LOL.
8:45
More Heresy: Talking to animals....
Another fun phone call.... a call to my personal Immigration Officer (and female Ex), LOL.
10:00
Talking about Heresy: How about taking a BUS in a city where EVERYONE seems to drive a car?
My good mood day is on PAUSE only 2 minutes after I enter that house.... Grandma isn't really a Grandma, she is the human-form manifestation of a portal to another dimension through which positive energy is siphoned out of our world!
She is paranoid and unpleasant from the get-go.... WHY does one of her nurses know Grandma's neighbour so well???? WHAT is going on there? Grandma demands to know....
She never asks how I am doing but insists that I mow the lawn....only because she HATES dandelions ......
I have mowed about half of the lawn.... when the neighbour shows up..... with a weed-whacker ! ..... Apparently Grandma called him and asked him to get rid of the grass..... I'm halfway done with lawn... but he REFUSES to leave even though I ask him 3 times.....
It gets WORSE! Grandma in her most bitter tone and grumpiest face asks me TWICE why I don't finish mowing the lawn...... the fact that I'd be mowing down her neighbour while he weed-whacks the electrical lawnmower's power cord does not penetrate her rage...
I finally get out of that house at 12:30 pm....
FLYING down that hill on 2 wheels is liberating ...
Time for breakfast..... the Salmon Teriyaki from the food court below the hotel is actually very good !
16:00
Eda is here !!! Happy Happy !
17:30
Carlos has FINALLY made it !!! Calling his mother in Cuba on Mother's Day apparently was anything BUT simple ....
FUN!.... Laughter! .... Unexpected Revelations! ..... and Making Sense of Things ...with a little help from my friends!
I am so fortunate to have friends like this.... and I'm very surprised but also relieved and enriched to have Carlos share his particular predilection ;-) Tesekku"r & Gracias friends!
22:00
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