It's 5am and the chickens are at it again...

Even though the Japanese chickens are making so much noise, that's not the reason I'm awake. Stupid jet-lag, I'm definitely still on Jersey time. So I figured, hey! Why not write about all the ridiculous things going on? So, here goes...
Last night after class my friend and I decided we would celebrate our first day of class in style and go somewhere really nice to eat (obviously the term "nice" is relative because it didn't end up costing more than 3 dollars each). We have a couple xeom drivers (motorbike taxis) that hang out on our street all the time so we're getting to the point were they wait around for us and ask us to drive us places. Actually no, wait around is not right, they follow us everywhere we go. Since I speak a little bit of Vietnamese and am a blonde female with extremely white skin, I've been tagged as quite the interesting foreigner. Due to this detail, not only do xeom drivers follow me around, but children as well. Children absolutely love laughing at my accent and poor grammar, but I'm glad to offer some sort of entertainment as I try to tell them how expensive things are in New York City. The xeom drivers love asking me about how much beer costs. It's quite the knee-slapper when I let them know that a beer is usually no less than 6 US dollars. Needless to say, none of them want to visit New York.
I'm still getting to know the city, I have a whole lot more to see, and the Vietnamese people are extremely helpful when it comes to getting around. If I ask someone for directions, I usually end up in a "conversation" (I use quotations because I understand very little of what is being said) for an additional ten minutes; hand and facial gestures are immeasurably useful. Basically, I've learned not to ask when I'm in a hurry...
Well, I have 6 hours of TEFL class ahead of me tomorrow and I know I'm going to want those extra couple hours of rest when it hits 3 o clock in the afternoon and I'm taking notes in a very little, hot room. So until tomorrow, xin ciao!