The Vietnamese Price is Right. We stumbled across this show when we were flipping through channels the other day. It is very similar to the American version, just not quite as high tech. Still fun to watch though!
Not much happened today - just a trip to a coffee shop about a mile down the road. Our very homesick kids got to have ice cream at 10:00am for a treat. They wanted to continue trying new things, so Thomas got coffee ice cream and Helen got mint chocolate chip. They both loved their choices.
Since not much is new, I will fill you in on some misc. information.
We get the Australia Network and BBC for our English TV channels.
Turns out Vietnamese children have a lot in common with their American counterparts. We brought a bunch of new toys for Julia and her favorite toy is the box that our Aquafina water came in.
The two girls who clean our room love to laugh at us (good-naturedly we think) and we give them plenty of reason. A few days ago when they were cleaning our room, we asked to borrow their broom. They lent it to us, but seemed worried that we were unhappy with their job, so they followed Doug back in and hovered near him when he began to sweep under the bed. (I think that they were afraid that we were upset that they didn't sweep there and wanted to correct their "mistake".) When a little ball of Julia's came rolling out from under the bed with a push from the broom, they understood and laughed (looking much relieved!)
Today, I was doing some of our laundry and hung it out on the balcony to dry. A wind came up and blew our laundry off and onto another roof and onto the balcony below us. Doug went to figure out how he could get it and soon showed up with with these two girls again. He pointed to our laundry laying on this other roof and asked how he could get there. The one girl was laughing so hard, the other hit her to stop. They graciously went and got it for us (the one girl laughing the entire time). Keep in mind we don't speak a common language, so we are pantomiming our way through these interactions. I'm glad we can make someones day!
And last but not least, this is the label posted on every garbage can in the hotel:
"Keep In
Interior Pail
This is goods for those who wish to lead simple and rational lives."
Who knew a garbage can could do so much?
Thanks for checking in,
Barbie
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Barbie,
Simple and rational is something I need to be more of and elimate much around my house as well!!
Good hearing from you. We're praying that Monday is the big news day, so you don't have to wait until even Tuesday!
Tell Thomas that it's a toss up between the coconut and coffee ice cream now. =)
Love,
Cindy
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