Saturday, January 29, 2005
i guess i've figured out how life will have to work here.
on weekdays i wake up in the morning.bathe.change.
breakfast.sch.
in sch i'll laugh at anything,everything and nothing in particular.
dont talk during class.nibble my food for lunch.
go home straight after sch.
do my assignments.rest if time prevails.
dinner.go online and wait for kind souls to come talk to me on msn.
sleep.
on weekends i sleep in.wake for breakfast.gym from time to time.
swim if i'm not too lazy.come online to be entertained.
shop once in a while with mom and dad.
church on sundays.sleep in the afternoon.
dinner out at night.and blog about life here.
sleep.
i'm currently at the "come online to be entertained" part.
gyming soon i think.
someone slap me outta this.
hugged you @ -- 4:22 PM --
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
yesterday i had a headache.gastric.and too many assignments to be finished in too little time.
so i decided not to go to sch today.
well yesterday was just another normal day at sch.
at lunch i finally found a friend in my "grp" that doesnt diet..so we ate..quite a lot.
and they were talking about going out sometime..to night clubs and drinking and all.
not interested.
they also talked about boys they thought were cute and all.
still not interested.
that's about all i can rmb from yesterday.
oh before i forget and someone gets all petty.heh.
to ineedtofeelimportant don:there's noone here like you..so i guess i miss you too.
now now let's not all get jealous..i miss all of you too..
but not to worry--i'll be back.and do i have plans for den.
oh and someone please pray i dont displace my sense of humour for tt of the ppl here.
and also my voice.i dreamt i had no more screaming power.
hugged you @ -- 5:07 PM --
Monday, January 24, 2005
the connection and all went off for 2 days because my dad's funny workers didnt pay the bills.
and so much happened in that two days so imma have to do summary on all the events or i'll go on forever.
saturday
i went shopping for shoes because a certain someone wants them.
went to the shopping areas my sch friends suggested.apparently those places sell the original just at half the price.
but couldnt find any nice one after walking so much.
went back to sleep for awhile den off to the gym.
we went and got membership at omni saigon hotel healthclub.
good workout and steam bath and dinner to follow.
we walked home.
we will never walk anywhere again.
2 guys on a bike went pass us and snatched my dad's shoebag.
my dad was too stunned to do anything but point and he thought my mom's old slippers where inside so just let it go.
i was bewildered at my dad's reaction--none.
and my mom realized tt she put her new genuine nike shoes in the bag.
and no we cant do anything about it.bribe the police yes but forget it.
we went home and had a good laugh at how DUH my dad was and how we have really had the whole taste of life here.
so now no using of my phone on the streets.no bags that i cant sling.no jewellery[i heard the extremes some would go to get your watch or necklace]and no walking as much as we can help it.
my first reaction was to give chase and scream real loud,den when i catch up with them i'd box the guy in the head,bite his arm,take the bag and scream somemore.but too late.
hmmm.you really wont understand and appreciate a non-corrupt government until you go some place like here.
it's disgusting but we're thankful.
thankful that
we werent hurt.
we had shoes for others to steal.
we can buy more shoes.
we will only have to stay in this area for another 3 months.
my dad tried to console himself by eating what seemed like a bar of chocolate with cashew nuts or so says the packaging.
but nooooooooooo..if they can cheat you they will.wad cashew nuts.we laughed so bad that night.
sunday
it was so much easier to go for worship when we werent angry with the snatchthieves.
we met mom's friends from singapore after church and went shopping.
mom bought her nike shoes.i bought my adidas swimming costume.yes i have to swim with the elementary kids.
went for dinner back at the same place where the boy peed on me and had giant prawns again.
ate so much i thought i was gonna give birth.went home and did some homework.
that night we prayed that by some miracle God will use the stolen shoes to bring them around and seek Him.
the miracle shoes.hallelujah.
nothing is impossible.
today there's no sch.some day where the teachers have to do community service so.
did more hw.and waited in front of the com till it net worked.
we'll be gymming later but the driver's gonna fetch i think.i hope.i pray.
well tmr there'll be a quiz on world history which i know nuts about.
and i realized tt i've typed quite a bit so i'll stop now and reply the desperate ppl on msn.
hugged you @ -- 5:39 PM --
Friday, January 21, 2005
day 5 of sch:status - not dead yet
so i've made it through the first week.today was hmmm better??slightly.
okay classes:precal-two periods fine.
adv compo-watched video fine.
brit lit-i was a bit scientific but fine.
-f-i-r-e-d-r-i-l-l-
we werent supposed to talk..but since there were so few students in the sch it was all so fast.
had lunch by myself during the elementary kid's break cuz of pe..diff schedule..
chem-2 periods in a row.fineeee.we kinda did some kind of experiment.had to wear lab suit.ahha.
after sch i went with the pastor's daughter:natalie, home.
nice house..like ones we were thinking of moving into in april.near sch..can walk.
she's nice..can talk more to her den erm..most of the other ppl.
really pretty too.her older sister looks like the princess diaries one.
snacked so much and had dinner at 4 30(??)
was watching dvd before tt-ella enchanted-
den when down to sch to help decorate the high sch dance which i refuse to go to.
and it was five min to the dance and so few ppl were there.
went back to her place..continued watching the dvd den had some youth group thing where her father spoke on joseph and relationships and the other halves and all.den here i am.
i'm so tired.but at least there's a long weekend.no sch on mon.
i'll be shopping tmr so.there's hw to do and all too.sigh.
sch will get better i hope.
they will have more life.i wont have it any other way.
i cant tahan.oh help.or i'd become like them.
hugged you @ -- 11:21 PM --
Thursday, January 20, 2005
day four:status - tired
we had a field trip today: to some art gallery.
it was small..and the artist came to my sch to teach digital art.
tt was when i sat at the back, didnt bother and learned about the diff cliques and couples in sch.more of that later.
so we only have three lessons.
chem - i taught them.at least i answered all their questions when they didnt understand the teacher.sigh.
w.hist - was kinda slow moving.nothing happened.time stopped.
pe - played softball with the kids!!so fun!and the coach asked me to join their softball team which is going to cambodia soon.rightt.
i've learnt tt ppl in sch are.erm.let's say gossipy.everyone talks behind.sometimes in front.of each other.
i'm too lazy to get involved but thing is it's kinda diff to mixed with other ppl from other cliques cuz "my" clique doesnt really approve of them(??)
but i really couldnt care less.pastor's daughter came up to me and invited me over tmr for youth group and all..which is happening concurrenyly with the high sch dance.i'm going for the youth group thing so.it's another round of i'm-esther-from-singapore-and-i-havent-been-around-vietnam.
okay on a lighter note(since a lot of you say it's depressing reading my blog)
i went to the golf club today which was FAR.went to the gym.
half an hour on the treadmill.tt how you spell it?
twenty min on the bike.and i tried the ball thing.kept rolling off and screaming though.
but dont worry.my mom and i had the gym all to ourselves.and we played the i'm-a-barbie-girl cd.heh
but after tt..i went to the texas bar bbq-WOW.
the food is gooooooooooooood.so much for the work out.
anyway tmr's gonna be a long day.but den it's a long weekend.mon no sch.dont ask.but tt means i'll spend one whole day missing this and that.
oh quit whining already esther.well i must say i've made new friends.just dont know their names.ooohhhh american idol is fuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyy.outofpoint.and i've got deng.thank you very much.
okay so.i cant keep updating everyday but i'll try..right now i'm so tired but i just wanna let everyone back home know tt i miss you so and thanks for everything.i think i'll be fine.
out.
hugged you @ -- 11:28 PM --
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
so here i am again.
oh before i forget again.there's this daily blackout at like 12 plus at night so i'm usually in a bad mood in the morning having to wake up to switch on the aircon again.i always cant seem to rmb everything tt i want to tell you guys.
okay day three at sch..it's not as good but getting better i think.thanks for praying.
oh i was to write an essay on anything to see where my standard is for english so i wrote about my departure.heh.i cried while doing so.
moving on.every wednesday is late day.usually sch starts at 8.which means i leave hse at 7.
but on weds it's 8.45 so i leave later and wake up later.
so much so tt we were kinda late..but my driver is good.best.the way he cuts in and out of the lanes..reached on time eventually.
anywayy.in sch today we erm watched lots of videos.
videos on english.videos on brit lit...
oh and for chem we have moved on to balancing equations.thank God.
nothing much really for lessons.though for pe i went to see the kids swim.which was funny.
during lunch i erm made a new friend.she's taiwanese,super open, super hyper and 15.but she's in my w.hist class so it works out good.
and i kinda made more friends in w.hist class though they were all younger than me.sigh.
they've got this post exam dance thing on friday but i dont really wanna go.
my church youth ppl have a gathering at the pastors house this friday too.
it's hard to look harmless and smile the whole time.
ohwell..got lots of catching up to do so.i'll try make future entries sound erm more interesting but tt's really how it is here-BORING.
take care all you back home.
i've got to dance when i get back.oh i've found out they dont have any english music stations.at all.
see la.
hugged you @ -- 10:30 PM --
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
second day of sch: status - struggling
okay so:
sch started with IT.we have to do some self-introductory on word.like why so chitdongchiang one.
yes that's a new word i came up with when i'm at a lost for words.
den i'm switching american lit for adv compo where i'll assist the ppl taking esl.dont ask.but tt class was fun.great teacher.
brit lit was.like american lit..catch no ball.the Holy Spirit transcends all understanding sia..
chem.chem oh chem.if you've studied chem in singapore and sucked real bad.dont worry.you'd top the class here.
we're in the second semester and what are we doing??"wad is CO2 called?" "wad is the charge of NH4?" "is sodium a metal or not?"
i had an urge to cook myself over the bunson burner right there and then.but they turned off the gas supply.
how?!my favourrite subject supposed to be chem!!
so lunch time came.which i will further elaborate later.
world history was art class.we were made to trace out the map of greece for 40mins thank you very much.
den i had to be of assistant to the pe coach for the elementary pe.i ended up playing myself with the teacher aide hahaha.
as i was saying: during lunch you see cliques.
there's the i-speak-vietnamese clique.
the i-english-with-an-accent-and-i'm-cool-and-a-boy clique.
the i-speak-korean-and-i'm-a-girl-with-funky-hair clique.
the i'm-from-grade-7-and-below-so-i-sit-with-my-homeroom cliques.
den there's "my" clique.i may have landed myself in the bitchy clique.it's too early to tell.
there's 2 girls who go on forever, and i mean forever, about boys.even when they claim not a single one in sch is cute.[??]
the other one-kris-doesnt say much so she's nice.just tt lately she's not in the best of moods so.
another one is lany..she's nice and all..but laughs at..erm.. i have no idea wad.
they've got the dryest sense of humour yet.
where's minhui??you feeling me??i need you here!!
it's quite abvious i stand out in most of my classes.
brit lit-i talk to cheeem for them maybe.totally different trend of thought.
precal-i've covered almost everything they have and havent yet.
chem-i wont say
adv compo-come on.i'm tutoring them??
history-i'm the oldest
pe-i'm like an overgrown kid in a nursery.
so you see..it's difficult to fit in.and i cant.
i quote from the movie What a Girl Wants:"why try so hard to fit in when you were made to stand out?"
it sucks when you dont have anything to look forward to in sch.only when it's time to go home.
i wanna go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hugged you @ -- 9:53 PM --
Monday, January 17, 2005
day one at school: status - alive
hmm wait i'll gather my thoughts den start rattling off.
start: my class consist of 11 ppl(??!!)who i wont see for all the classes.go figure.
i had american lit which was like woosh over my head.i thought i was in history for a moment there.
IT was funny.they teach you how to double click on "that" icon.haha.
precal was like revision class.but only now they go into theory so i'm kinda lost..so many english terms in math.since when.
world history was HUH.okay so enough bout the classes.it's obvious i need some adjusting to.
the ppl there are kinda friendly.by which we mean: doesnt want to eat me up.it wasnt like everyone ran up to hug me but nvm.
i've made a couple of friends.i think.small talk and all.nothing like crazy friends back home but maybe it takes time yea?
teachers are fine.better than fine even.kong will have a BIG heart attack if she comes here..any shoes, any socks(if you want to wear them at all), so many diff uniforms(skorts[which is skirtcumshorts], pants[yes for girls too], shorts), hair of every colour, any length too, earrings as big as hola hoops....
i change classes a lot so i havent really gotten to know anyone in particular though kris does a good job at showing me arnd and all.
ohoh..those of you who were hoping i'd meet cute guys..go look somewhere else.lots of asians..koreans mainly.no good lookers so far.damn.heh..
over all the day wasnt as bad as i had prepared for.as in being in a communist state, carry my chair arnd and salute every teacher and speak in tongues.in which case i'd protest and campaign for the first republican sc president.okay enough esther i'm talking bull which sounds like good boy in vietnamese.
sch tmr's gonna be.....long.i'm comparing everything to back home.still miss you guys shitless.
oh well sorry couldnt have made my life here sound interesting..
how ever do i go on like this??!!
hugged you @ -- 10:44 PM --
Sunday, January 16, 2005
yes i, esther ng wanqing, has a blog.why?cuz i'm in vietnam..see i've managed to convince myself tt by not saying it doesnt mean it's not true.
okay.firstly..thanks june..
june did this all this for me..
june doesnt know my birthday..[5th dear 5th]
june will laugh when she reads this and not stop.
june must have been bored.
june is still loved though.
next: i'm supposed to go on bout my happenings izzit?
fine. i've been a bummm..eating sleeping..eating..sleeping..you get?
and i'm living like some princess here..which isnt good cuz i'd have to adjust back in 2 years
anything interesting happened so far?
erm a boy happily peed on me.
my mom has a pet squirrel she named bushy.
i went for a 5 hour spa.
i bought a shirt for s$3.
i just got $500 000.
bought a phone.which happens to be free.the irony.
oh for those who doesnt already know: 0909669219 is my no.
basically..sch starts tmr and i'm a bit freaked..
i know tt's hard to believe..haha but true.
so pray for me tt i wont screw up and piss someone off.
i have a strong feeling tt i will.and tt i'll go to the right classes??
okay.i'm bored.and i miss all at home.so please be nice when i do come back for cny.
hugged you @ -- 9:38 PM --
Saturday, January 15, 2005
hi esther..
here's ur blog..haha..u can change the settings and passwords and whatever.. just want you to get started asap so u can blog~~ !! :D im working on your blogskin .. i dont really like this one..do u?? if you have time..go to
www.blogskins.com and choose a skin then tell me and i can change it for you..or you can do it yourself if u know how to~
miss you!
june
hugged you @ -- 10:26 PM --
