One of the universities where I teach English, Duy Tan University, had an "English Club" last Sunday night. I thought this would be about 10 or 15 students in a cafe type setting practicing their English. They asked me to come, so I took the opportunity to wear my new Ao Dai. As it turns out, there were more than 200 students, almost all of the teachers in the department and me. I was asked to be a judge of a competition, which included presentations, dancing and singing performances. It was a lot of fun. I was introduced as the honored guest "Ms. Erika" and I had to sing a song. I tried to get out of singing, but to no avail. The theme of the club was "Holidays" so I sang Jingle Bell Rock. The English Club was scheduled to start at 6:00, but this being Vietnam, it did not start until almost 6:45. More rubber time. We finally finished at 9:30. The students did a great job of presenting information on various holidays from around the world and doing fun dances. There were several really great singers as well. Two groups did presentations on the Thai traditional dress and the Sari (traditional Indian dress).
Earlier this week, I was invited to join the vocational college on their trip to Halong Bay and Hanoi! 140 second year students, 10 teachers and me! We will leave very early Monday morning (the driver picks me up from my house at 5:30 a.m. and the bus leaves at 6:00) and then we will visit Vinh, the home of Uncle Ho (Chi Minh). Then we will go to Hanoi, Lang Son, Ha Long Bay, back to Hanoi, to Nihn Binh, Tam Coc Bich Dong, Vinh and then back to Danang on Saturday evening. I am paying the same amount as the teachers, 1,930,000 dong or about $100 for 7 days and six nights.
This weekend I am also traveling to the beautiful city of Hue for three day (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) with a group of volunteers.
Will post photos and updates soon.
Photos from top left: 1) Girl in a sari; 2) me in my Au Dai with a group of my students; 3) this group was very risque for Vietnam but the boy really cracked me up; 4) a traditional Thai Ao Dai; 5) Hawaiian dancing, complete with coconuts!; 6) girls dancing to a Korean song.
Earlier this week, I was invited to join the vocational college on their trip to Halong Bay and Hanoi! 140 second year students, 10 teachers and me! We will leave very early Monday morning (the driver picks me up from my house at 5:30 a.m. and the bus leaves at 6:00) and then we will visit Vinh, the home of Uncle Ho (Chi Minh). Then we will go to Hanoi, Lang Son, Ha Long Bay, back to Hanoi, to Nihn Binh, Tam Coc Bich Dong, Vinh and then back to Danang on Saturday evening. I am paying the same amount as the teachers, 1,930,000 dong or about $100 for 7 days and six nights.
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