I. I’m curious about Duc PhuII. the shopa. what I thought at firstb. what does it look likec. how I found out it was coffeeIII. the ownera. what I heard about himb. how he seems to mec. what I don’t knowIV. seems like there’s more to know [text]I’m curious about a coffee shop called Duc Phu. At first I thought it was a temple because it’s full of religious iconography. It doesn’t have a sign saying ‘coffee’. I found out…
[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…
Every day this week I’ve gone to the cafe to work on my computer. The weather has been nice. I took the cat to the cafe today. I had been leaving her home because new cities are scary for cats, but now she is ready to ‘đi chơi’, I think. The staff at the coffee shop all do crochet. Whenever business is slow, they pick up their crochet hooks and yarn. One of the staff made this necklace for my…
When my cat is alone at home, she enjoys doing these things. She plays in her sand box and buries her potatoes. Then she takes a nap on my bed. She gets full of energy and runs around the room jumping on everything. Then she takes a nap again. She dreams her cat dreams. I had to go to Bac Ninh for a friend’s wedding. I filled up her food and water bowls. I’ll be back in 30 hours. Q….
I’m like that bug that hugs that tree. I hold on. The world moves along, but not me. The things I cling to now, these leaves fluttering in the wind. I am drawing flowers with a pen… and I’m stopped so still that I don’t think I’ll start again. Q. Do you feel ready for the future? Q. What are you holding onto?
I had 2 days off this weekend, and I think I made the most of them. What I like about my job is that when the weekend comes I seize every hour of it. This weekend I played as much as I possibly could. I raced to the coffee shop both mornings, and barely got up from my computer all day. It was like a coffee marathon. I’m exhausted and tomorrow is work, but I don’t regret it. I got…
This is my favorite place to sit. I can sit for hours in this chair. At this cafe there is a big table with big, office-style chairs. It’s a good place to work on my laptop. I can study peacefully here. Today is my off-day, but I need to go to work. I need to cover for another teacher who is sick. I don’t mind. But it is a little disappointing. I’ll sit in my favorite place tomorrow. Q. How…
I only want to do this. I want to ride my bike, take photos and write. I don’t want to do anything else. I want to look for places like this. I want to sit and do nothing. I want to drink coffee. I don’t care about anyone else’s business. I only want to do what I’m interested in. I want to sleep on this bamboo mat. Q. What are you interested in doing?Q. What is your plan for the…
Doing the same thing, following a pattern everyday, might be nice. Maybe eating the same thing for breakfast is a little boring. But the familiarity is nice. I wonder if I’ll still be doing the same thing when I am old. I imagine it would be nice. Q. What do you do regularly? Why?Q. How do you imagine yourself in old age?
After getting rained on a couple times, I finally decided to buy an umbrella. Today I used it for the first time. When you walk outside with an umbrella in the rain, it feels nice. The rain is nice to look at. The world looks different in the rain, and with an umbrella you can go out and see it. At the coffee shop I like to go to, there are big umbrellas to sit under. The storefront faces a…