I've managed to get lots of other chores done though so this week wasn't completely useless. I got my visa sorted for my trip to Laos in a couple of weeks and I've finally managed to get all my documents together to apply for a work permit. I've managed to send some money to my British bank account which was a lot of effort - lots of forms and several different members of staff were involved at the bank yet despite all this it was easier than I had first been led to believe. I also got round to posting the stuff thats been sitting in a corner of my room for nearly a month now - I had enough time to go and fill in the hundreds of forms at the post office yesterday so the stuff is now finally on the way to the recipients. I even found time to get a hair cut this week! It helped that this week was exam week so I only had 2 evening classes to teach. The rest of the lessons I had were exams, marking and parties! Friday evening was also the night we had some ace Indian food from a place called Foodshop 45. It does really nice Indian food and its cheap! It's also next to a pub where we often end up (the same place that stocks raspberry vodka!) and Friday was no exception. We were there well past curfew, at the stage of the night when the police come looking for their bribes.
Today I planned to go and drive on the roads for an hour during nap time but sadly I was thwarted by Vietnamese people in their hundreds. There was some sort of festival going on nearby which meant that the roads were full of douchebaggery as people made their way there, plus mini buses were being abandoned all along the street as well as endless taxis pulling in all over the place. I couldn't even drive up and down the lanes as there was a funeral group getting ready to set off further down the lane. They were all standing around a coffin on a cart and had abandoned their motorbikes all along the lanes. In the end I went for a walk through the lane maze behind my house as it was a really nice sunny day.
Mad motorbike skills.
The start of the lane maze.
The B52 bomber that was shot down into a lake near my house.
Shopping in Vietnamese lanes.
I then headed back to my house and got caught up in the funeral procession making its way through the lanes. This caused issues for all the traffic wanting to come down the lanes so bikes got stuck behind or had to wait at the other end of the lane. Once the funeral had cleared out there was then a scrum as everyone tried to continue their journey yet were unable to use common sense and drive single file in either direction. Instead they tried to overtake and cut each other up and made the situation even worse!
Mayhem after the funeral procession.
This evening I went over to Alison and Calders place again for dinner, and we watched some more Summer Heights High, as we started last week but didn't get through it all. Last week we started out at the pub and had some drinks at theirs then sat watching DVDs until fairly late in the night as Monday was a public holiday. Sadly we couldn't do the same this evening as both Alison and I start teaching at 7.45 tomorrow morning. Aargh! Still, as I finish at 12 and don't have to teach again until 6 that gives me time to get the bike out onto the roads when hopefully the locals are all asleep. Wish me luck!
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