I can't wait for the weekend. It has been mental busy this week. I have an assignment to hand in tomorrow and I've been set another 2 for next week. On top of this I have had lesson plans to prepare this week that have been so time consuming. Thnakfully as tomorrow is our last day with this group of students we are having an unassessed lesson to do what we want. I think we are playing games!! In an educational setting ofcourse ;o)

We have different students next week but I'm not teaching until Weds so I have a few days before lesson planning gets mental again. Will be working on the assignments this weekend to get them out of the way. What an exciting life!!

Depending on how early I can drag myself out of bed I might go and see a random bit of Hanoi as this past week all I've done is walk between the language school and my hotel and the streets around my hotel in the quest for food each evening.

I found a pretty decent italian restaurant recently which does passable Italian food! The pasta's good anyway. Plus they make garlic bread with regular bread rather than the crappy sweet stuff you often get. I haven't tried a pizza there as they are quite pricey compared to the pasta. Plus I sometimes get a pizza for lunch so I should really try and eat something different in the evenings! We have a system to order in lunch which saves having to go out and find something decent. I usually get some rice thing going on - i only cost me 25,000 dong which is about a quid for heaps of rice. Bargain! This place also does cakes - most are a bit dry but they pull off chocolate cake which makes me happy. This gets me through the long days when I have to stay late for whatever reason and gives me something to look forward after the teaching practice!!! This Italian place is pretty good - for pasta, garlic bread and a couple of drinks it only cost me 100,000 dong - heaps cheaper than it would be back home! The best thing about this place though is that they serve breakfasts with bacon and eggs and stuff! Might go and sample it this morning. I have however realised that it is a wise idea to steer away from sausages. They don't taste good at all! They are like the really processed crappy sausages you avoid like the plague back home!