Teaching and celebrations

First let me start this post off with one of the life-changing events that has happened to me within the past two days.... I got a new pillow. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it is a BIG deal. I have been sleeping on rocks with pillowcases over them. Being quite the bed snob, I have not been able to get a sound sleep on these things. I've been tossing and turning and waking up with a stiff neck every single morning. But now, I feel like I am living in the lap of luxury. My friend picked up this ultra fluffy, super soft pillow for me, and it has done wonders to my sleeping situation. Truly, it's the little things in life that matter most.
So, far from a little thing, I had my first experience teaching today. It went incredibly well. The students are all volunteers who sign up for the free practice lessons, so they come in interested and ready to learn. They ranged from ages 16 to 60, each one more enthusiastic than the next. I am actually looking forward to teaching my next class, which will be on monday. Instead of getting nervous, I decided to have fun with it, joke around, pantomime some silly things, etc.... the students really seemed to enjoy the lesson. I had multiple students tell me I did a great job after class, and it felt awesome!
So I went out with two girls from class to celebrate our success with some pina coladas.... but only because the weather was so nice and we were expecting heavy rain for the entire week.... and we found an awesome cafe with an outdoor seating area on the third floor with a great view of the city. From there, I met with my Vietnamese friends to play some badminton in the park. The "exercise" was followed by meeting up with my friends Steve and Dylan at the local Bia Hoi (which is locally brewed draft beer that costs about 15 cents). When the boys decided they wanted to do something a little more risque' to celebrate Steve's birthday, I met up with my Vietnamese friends at a karaoke joint. It. Was. Hysterical. Most of the songs were in Vietnamese but they made sure I had some Beatles to sing along to. We lost track of time what with all the dancing and singing, and I realized it was 2 in the morning and that I have class tomorrow. So I'm jotting this all down rather quickly because I know waking up is going to be tough. So, I really got to be hitting that amazing new pillow of mine...