[text]Cooking is a joy. Grocery shopping is a joy. I recently tried making potato salad. But I made a lot. Like, way too much. Potato salad lasts only about 5 days, so we need to eat as much as we can. I got this hat at the second-hand store. It is awesome. It blocks the sun very effectively. I don’t know where I will go today, but probably I will need the hat.[questions]What must you do as much as you…
[text]Been back in my hometown, staying with my mom. I’m spending the time here doing pretty much my usual stuff. I ride the electric tricycle everywhere I go. It has a basket on the back, so I can carry my lunch and stuff. Every morning I take my computer and go to the coffee shop. Sometimes my sister comes with me, and then we split a scone. The best is when we can sit together and each do our own…
[outline]I. intro – how I choose what food to buyII. single servingsa. whyb. what foodIII. don’t need to cooka. whyb. what foodIV. conclusion [text]It’s convenient, healthy and cost-effective to carry food in your backpack. Here is how I choose what food to buy when shopping at the grocery store for backpack food. First, I look for food which I can buy in single servings. I don’t want to carry a lot of weight. Apples are good because you can buy…
[text]My sleep rhythm is upside down right now, so I’ve been waking up at 4am. I go to the gas station for coffee. When I went in, the cashier recognized me. I used to get coffee and a cookie here every morning. They didn’t have the same kind of cookie that I used to get, so I got the Nature Valley one instead. Here some things have changed, and some things have remained the same. [questions]What is a good reason…
[text]One of my first jobs was in a grocery store just like this. That might be why grocery stores give me a comfortable feeling. Since I’ve been back in my hometown, I’ve been saying hi to everyone. It’s good to keep in touch with old friends. [questions]What is something that you like about where you’re from? Do you still keep in touch with old friends?
[outline]I. intro – where to buy food while travellingII. restaurantsa. conb. proIII. grocery storea. conb. proIV. conclusion [text]Where to buy food is something one must consider carefully while travelling. On the one hand, there are restaurants. This one is expensive, and I’m trying to be careful with money; however I really want to know what a French-dipped sandwich is and who knows when I’ll get another opportunity. On the other hand, there’s the grocery store. It’s not as special or…
[text]My cat didn’t want to go out. I’m trying to get her used to going out again. One of the reasons why I stay at the hotel is that my cat and the hotel cat are friends, and they play together. I think this guy has a good setup. He parks his cart by a park, and he sits in the shade thinking his own thoughts. I made this dog uncomfortable. He didn’t know what I was doing. I was…
[text]While I was in Hanoi, I spent some time in Hoan Khiem district. Hoan Khiem is nearby the train station. I walked and thought and took photos. I was there to wait for the train that would take me home to Phan Rang. I wandered around the lake and that area. Near the lake, there is a well-known ice cream shop. Usually there is a long line, but at that time it was not busy. I got 2 ice creams…
[TEXT] txt1: “This morning I went for a walk in a pottery village.” txt2: “I was actually looking for a coffee shop and I didn’t know that I was in a pottery village. I kept seeing pottery studios and weirdly no coffee shops.” txt3: “Bat Trang is a traditional crafts village. There are many different kinds of crafts villages in Vietnam and pottery is just one kind.” txt4: “I’ve never seen so much pottery in one place. It was a…
I did my visa run by land this time. I booked with a company that manages the trip for foreigners doing this. We got on a sleeper bus in Nha Trang. I had never been on a sleeper bus before. I rode in that 10 hours to the Moc Bai border near Saigon. At Moc Bai, I stood in lines and went through all the exit and re-entry procedures. After that, we had to drive all the way back to…