I get out of bed VERY CAREFULLY.... no crippling monster jolt of pain shoots through my back...let's keep it that way today....
7:00
Hien shows up alone...without food...wtf?...I tell him to sweep and leave... and of course he doesn't sweep behind the boat....
7:45
time for a nap.....
9:00
Wow....that nap was good for my back....it feels almost fine.... for now....
Trying to use a bamboo stick to free the water flow from my tank upstairs does not yield any positive results ;-(
From the roof, I see Lisa having coffee and laughing with Cat.... NO, I don't really want to listen to their meaningless banter .... but I'm still envious/jealous.
Breakfast:
10:00
the fishing boat now cruises without a list...
11:45
Johan walks BY to talk to Cat.... Ah well, some people have strange tastes....
11:55
The boat now is level by means of a HIDDEN cork ;-)
12:30
I join Johan & Cat..... Bobby comes over......
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| Bye Bye Bobby Back !!! |
it's time to say Good Bye
15:00
16:15
I walk to the blue-umbrella store.... I carry the milk and TP.... and the husband drops the two cases of wine off in my living room.....NICE !
17:45
Where are Johan and Chau's scooter ??? I'm already getting paranoid......
18:00
There is Johan....
Chatting with him and Cat at Lisa's..... eating a Com Ga Ka Ri.... NOT Yummy ;-(
19:45
my back wants to rest again....
20:00
doc sach va ngu !
20:30
No... get up again....
21:00
let's try that again....
doc sach va ngu
Wide awake..... I guess I've had lots of naps today...
00:00
6:30
The Grandma call goes well.....apparently she locked out the Sunday caretaker ;-)
It's not Anthony, but Johan who is sitting at Lisa's.... I'm joining him & Lisa & Cat for an hour... almost like the old days....
9:45
The ripped out cork under the boat has been replaced.... but I think I need a few more under there before I trust my wine glasses to be loaded.
10:45
I've overcome my soldering phobia and one of the 10W COBs is working ;-)
11:00
The first day the discarded and re-rooted Hoa Bay Gio flowers in my compost bed ;-
11:45
A proof of concept with the 10W COB is illuminating the guest room...... SHIT, that is BRIGHT....but unfortunately the light is fluctuating slightly in brightness....that's OK, I still have 3 of the other 15W ones... but maybe the problem is with the motion-sensor switch? I'll find out eventually ;-)
12:00
maybe it's time for another nap?
12:30
13:00
I've soldered another COB, one of the 15W ones ;-)
Alas, it flickers too... must be the motion-sensor switch ;-(
14:00
maybe it's time for a swim and shower?
I start watering the plants when Eve shows up
16:30
The water pump sucked in air again so I have to prime it again..... but at least the garden hose all of a sudden has full pressure again..... 1 out of 3 problems is gone....
17:00
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| better late than never.... |
shower
17:30
Tomorrow is a full moon !!!
I join Cat & Anthony over at Lisa's....and eat a BORING chicken curry again....but then Anthony is more boring...
18:15
need to be home.....
18:30
Dung and buddies cat-call/wave me over.....who am I to refuse? ... I LOVE their company and I need to practice my Vietnamese !
19:15
Enough, my back needs a rest and Choi is strangely absent tonight....
19:30
Chau shows up....with a wedding invitation for the 7th.....
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| 1) WHO wrote the English? 2) Does the WHOLE village know about "the friend"? |
OK
20:15
JUST AFTER Chau leaves, Dung shows up at the door, looking for another Wishing Lantern for one of his friends.... but HE got the last one for his kids.... he's not coming inside the house....too bad... big grin ;-)
WTF?.... I am SOCIAL CENTRAL !
20:30
doc sach va ngu !
21:30
awake again....
