the heat is still on in saigon...

october is drawing to a close, and it's over 31 degrees celsius outside. wowsers.

i've been out of commission with my blog for the past couple of weeks, and things are just as hectic as always. i've been given 3 extra morning classes to my schedule, so sleep is something that i'm beginning to cherish more and more each day. sadly, i'm finding myself slowly slipping out of my usual nocturnal gladness... *sigh*

one way to survive amidst the hustle and bustle of ho chi minh city is to take one day at a time and consider it a blessing - because really, you may never know what may happen next. there's been a pesky stomach bug going around the city in the past couple of weeks, and jeremiah was the first one to take one for the team. little did i know that i would be next in line. for a day and a half, i was able to get myself well-acquainted with our bathroom facilities, especially the floor... to say the least, it wasn't pretty. but after a weekend of rest, relaxation and a few pills (...and of course a bit of karaoke), i recovered nicely. by monday i was back in the swing of hectic teaching schedules again.

this week i decided to teach a travel unit to my evening students. as a nice change of pace, i thought that watching "home alone 2" would be a good way of showing them the perks and quirks of travelling, and of course with good wholesome morals on the side. i've seen (read: grumbled at) this movie so many times, but this time around made me a little homesick. as much as i don't mind walking out of the house in a tank top and capris at the end of october without catching frostbite, it still can't beat being able to romp around in the cool crisp autumn air back home. the canadian in me misses being cold, believe it or not. liz offered to throw ice at me on christmas eve as a way to relieve me of my homesickness, but unfortunately it just wouldn't be the same :oP and with the christmas theme surrounding the movie, i couldn't help but feel a little emotional and somewhat sentimental about it... to the point where i found a few tears trickling down the side of my cheek. yeesh. leave it up to me to get all nostalgic over a maculay culkin movie... a SEQUEL at that! :oS i'll be celebrating christmas a little differently over here this year, decorating palm trees instead of pine trees, but nonetheless it should definitely be an interesting experience.

among other interesting experiences, liz, autumn, matt, bill, mercy, and i bought tickets for a 2-day tour of the mekong delta for this weekend (FINALLY!), so i should have more to write about in the next week or so. i'm looking forward to taking a vacation away from the citylife and into the deepest depths of the jungle... which just conveniently happens to have a swimming pool and bungalow resort right smack dab in the middle of it all ... tee hee! :oD

till the next bloggage, hen gap lai (pron. "hyen gap lie") - which means, "see you soon!"