Day 4: Cu Chi and shopping

the busload of caucasians for cu chi made me miss kelvin and gang. haiz. just knowing that entertainment value on the bus had gone on considerably did nothing for my morning. plus, we had a older tour guide. our guides for mekong were younger and more fun to chat with. :P

but i cld see the guide's desire for peace. really. the world's just screwed-up la. but the cu chi guerilla were dumb as foxes, being "american exterminators", ridding the world of "evil ruthless americans". the video really said all that!! i went into the fox hole which was surprisingly spacious. but i freaked at the tunnels. my body was screaming for me to get out and i cld feel myself shaking.

when i climbed up the steps, a older caucasian lady got worried as she could sense that i wasn't at ease either. yes, i'm that claustrophobic. i only sit at the aisle seats on planes. need the space. after cuchi, we headed to saigon square for shopping. shopped until tired man.

went for a 40,000 Dong massage. wasn't fantastic but it was a full body one! from head to toe. for less than $4. crazy right? kaixun was just amazed at how we seemed to get all the good deals. heez. then we finished all our shopping for ppl and ourselves. my bag is stuffed.

Day 5: Happy Birthday Xiujun

last day in vietnam. also my birthday. played with the hotel chihuahuas for one last time before i ran out to quickly buy a "good morning vietnam" tee despite it being too big for me. quite funny how we told one another that we wld go around today. first, jt runs around the corner from the hotel to get stuff. then i went out alone too. it was crazy fun. :)

the vietnamese girls in the hotel told us a little story. on wed night, we walked down the steps to laughter but when we appeared at the common area, the 5 guys there suddenly turned quiet. one of the girls asked if we knew the guys as they were singaporean too. we shook our heads. then she jokingly said, "5 boys. 3 girls. lucky girls."

can't remember what she said exactly.. but smth to that effect. so before we left on friday morning, the girls told us that the 5 guys came in asking if there were any other singaporeans there. they promptly told the guys abt the "3 beautiful singaporean girls". apparantly, the guys were ribbing one another and talking abt how they wanted to meet us. so when they turned quiet when they saw us, the vietnamese girls were tickled. ultra funny la.

anyway, we made our way to the airport. "Rain and entourage" were there too. this time, kaixun and weixu were dressed in similar colors while jo and kelvin were the couple. ultra funny la the four of them. our plane was delayed so i took a quick nap. when i came to, the plane was not there yet. weixu was plugged into his phone's earphones and jo had knocked out. he's damn tall at 1.93. he was sitting opposite me and when he stretched his legs out diagonally, they came to under my chair. ultra tall can. so i ended up talking to kelvin and kaixun.

never really spoke to weixu. just never had the chance to. jo's only easy to talk to when sitting down. 'cos he's just tooo tall!! our conversations are just damn lame.. he offered me his sunglasses so i cld nap. i refused, saying that i don't want "jo essence" on me. he then joked that it was a chance of a lifetime. absolute crap. kelvin is just well... kelvin. kaixun seems to be the tamer one of all the crappy guys. he's funny too. the four of them are just really fun to hang out with.

got to pass kelvin the photos. which reminds me.. i owe daniel photos too.. erm. opps. anywayz, officially 23 already. haiz. one more year.