I have just landed an apartment in a small building full of teachers of English, one of them, my friend, Nora, from Language Corps and one, Jerome, a Parisian who's been teaching in Saigon for nearly a year.
After a little dusting, rearranging and flower purchasing, I'm quite happy with my new room, which is sunny by day and which offers several lighting options by night (an unexpected and much appreciated feature!). It comes equipped with A.C., a fine dresser & bed, cable T.V., fridge and wireless int, while a thin door in the corner offers a petite balcony (one more suggestion that I give in to a smoking habit), which looks into a backyard of neighbors' balconies, branching from an array of colorful apartment buildings (peach, blue, yellow) much like my own. There's also a communal balcony / hang out a floor up, where Nora and I shared an apartment-christening drink.
Before that, we had the opportunity to dine with two lovely Vietnamese ladies, Van and Lai, whom Nora had met in the countryside. Van, whose English was limited and adorable, took us out for Banh trang (essentially, do-it-yourself spring rolls) and pointed out the names of all table items as we used them. The word for sprouts sounds like "yeah";"cucumber" was "you-uh". Progress.
Job interview next week. Hope to have them saying "yeah, you-uh". heh.
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