I ought to post this in my travel blog but will copy this over the next time. Reason being – Im damn tired but I have to wait for my hair to dry (not advisable to have long hair when traveling only for the sake of beauty)
Traveling Cambodia and Vietnam – I can say that even being an Asian and look totally Asian, sometimes I feel lost in the streets of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. Their language and the words are totally different. To me, they are talking Greek all of the time. Perhaps I look Vietnamese? So usually they will answer in their language and I will repeat again in English. Then another guy will jump in and help me translate.
This goes to show that even in Asia, all of us speak so many different languages and its almost impossible to keep up with each and every language. Try learning all the dialects in China and India. Ho Ho Ho~
This trip made me reflect on a lot of things. About procrastination and how wonderful life is. How lucky to be born in Singapore and being able to grow up in a developed city. How those kids selling pinas (pineapples or bracelets) would love to have a chance in school to learn English. It really breaks my heart.
Traveling with my brother in Hanoi is not so fun. Basically its like traveling alone and I realised that he treats me like a guy – he gave me the map and tells me Im in-charge of the directions. Its not that I cant do it – to think on the postive side, its because Im able to do it better than him! HAHA!
But let me tell you this; traveling alone (solo female travel) can be a really great experience but something I didnt like was men touching me (arms and shoulders) to get me to take their tuk tuk and motobike and usually they’d get a fierce stare. You can ask me but DO NOT F****** touch me or push me.
AND they always try to chop you in all possible ways. Hence I have to spend alot of time at the reception asking a lot of qns regarding prices of tuks tuks or cabs. I hate to be over-charged for something just because I am a tourist.
What esle? When Im back home I have say Hi to reality. My table is waiting for me to fix it. Any hunkie would like to help me? =) Intermediate 2 sign lang classes and prep for orientation – WELCOME TO THE WORKING WORLD ALASKA!
