At my work they’re doing a secret Santa. I drew a name from a hat and I know that the person whose name I drew really likes earrings. Today I’m going to go to a shop and try to buy some simple earrings. I’ll make banh chung ornaments and glue them onto the earrings. This morning was nice. I sat in front of a fire with my coffee and my cat. Someone was boiling papaya in a coconut, which is a…
This morning the coffee shop owner was boiling coconut and papaya for her son. The cool weather and warm fire reminded me of somewhere else. Sometimes I think about that place. I think about the things I left behind. I used to have a propane stove and a frying pan. I loved cooking with it. The cat doesn’t see enough nature, so I took her into a grove of banana trees. She explored a little bit. It was interesting for…
At 5am, this restaurant opens. I’m usually asleep at this time, but this morning I was awake. The sun came up and it became light outside. I usually don’t see this time of day. I like it. My day felt really long today. Q. When was the last time you stayed up all night? Q. Tell me about your favorite show.
When I’m out with my cat and I stop and sit somewhere, I can let the cat out of the backpack. The cat is in a harness, which is attached to the backpack. This way, the cat can be outside the backpack, but can’t run away. I want the cat to be a cat. I want it to have real-life experiences. I keep it on a leash, but I want it to have some freedom. I’d like to know that…
When I was growing up, I wore blue jeans. I still like wearing blue jeans. Back then, in October the trees would change to gold and then brown. The piles of dry leaves would cover the sidewalks on my way to school. I’d be wearing blue jeans. This October, there isn’t the cold air or warm-colored leaves. I’m eating banh cuon, not pumpkin pie. But I am still wearing blue jeans. Blue jeans are familiar. Q. Does what you wear…
This person sells eggs. They probably have chickens. If I had a place to keep chickens, I would get some. This person sells flowers. They probably have a flower garden. If I have a place, I can probably make a living. Q. Tell me about your place. Would you get chickens?Q. What can you produce? Could that make a living?
When I’m very tired, what I need is sleep, not tra sua. But tra sua tastes good, and I want to sit down because I’m tired. Today I had many opportunities to take a nap, and I missed all of them. Instead I played on my computer and rode my bike. I’ll probably want to go to Michi mart for noodles after dark again. Q. What is something you enjoyed today?Q. Agree or disagree: school prepared me for adult life.
This cafe I think is a nice place in my neighborhood. In the mornings it is so calm at this cafe. There is piano music playing. It’s near a small lake. I like to bring my computer and sit for hours. The cafe has an upstairs, which is an English center. In the evenings when the English center is open, there are people in the cafe. It’s a small, friendly place. Q. What would you like to spend more time…
My stomach wakes up slow in the morning. I’m up, but my stomach is still asleep. A little bit of pineapple to wake up my sleeping stomach. In the afternoon my head was in a daydream about a boat on a river. Let me sleep another day. I don’t want to work tomorrow. Q. What was breakfast? How was your day?Q. agree or disagree: movies are a waste of time.
I got a rice cooker for my room. It feels good to make my own rice. I got a small 1kg bag of rice for 20k. Next I will buy a bigger bag. It will feel good having that. I know that if anything happens, I will have food. Even if I can’t go out for some reason, I can make my own rice at home. It’s a good feeling knowing I have that. Q. How was your day? Did…