Well first day in vietnam phew. settled down after reaching home from the airport....
watched the the Beegees live concert DVD. They are awesome....
Went shopping around the area for awhile, saw nothing really interesting, except the fact that i've seen about 10 people holding iphones, and its not like expatriates. its the locals my gawd.
i was like oh my gawd, i havent seen an itouch let alone an iphone besides mine yet back home. and here some local was like waving it around talking in vietnamese. sheesh.
By the way it costs US600 for 1 set.

Went out for the customary welcome dinner with my dad, uncle ron and travis. guess what we had singaporean food at the singporean restaurant. Great! i travelled 2 hours on a plane to have my first proper meal which i could have back home. But well.. it was funny the way uncle ron and travis reacted when i order "kway chap" or to them braised pork innards.
Uncle Ron: Randall, how the fuck can you eat something like that
Me: I dunno its just nice. hahaha you should try it, it tastes awesome
Travis: Good for you buddy.
Caucasians just cant stand the food singaporeans eat sometimes.
love having dinner with them though their so open with their swearing and shit its like ahhh... i swear every sentence has something to do with a chick or an expletive.
After dinner, uncle ron suggested heading over to "no. 5" for a drink. *note the singular use of the word drink!
I have no idea how a drink became 5 tall glasses of vodka red bull. We hung around the bar i got to meet new people.. all expatriates business man and shit. and i tell you guys have just so much in common. its all about this chick, that chick or the chick thats gonna arrive soon... haha
As we were chatting, travis grabbed me and went:
Randall finish your drink and lets go.
Me: Go? Go where?
Travis: you'll know soon enough
Me: okay! hey wait dont you have a flight to the US at 5 in the morning? dont you need rest?
Travis: who cares, its a 20 hour flight home i can sleep on the plane
So off we went leaving the two dads behind, so it was just me the 19year old kid and a 26 year old guy..
We checked out this bar/club called "Lido" oh man the eye candy there. shit you just sit at the bar you feel like you just stepped into eye candy empire or something.
We opened an absolut, and trav poured me a generous and i mean generous helping.
Randall: Trav, stop i dont wanna get a hangover tomorrow
Travis: dude you wanna know how you dont get hangovers?
Randall: how?
Travis: drink more vodka! now shut up and drink i'll get the mixers.
We sat at the bar chatting playing stupid games with people... until like 2.. by which i can swear i was almost dead from the vodka
Travis: lets go man i wanna get barbequed squid and some beer
Randall: urghh.... okay. hey wait, aren't you allergic to seafood?
Travis: Its a ritual whenever i drink i gotta have my bbq squid, and besides im half drunk so who cares.
Randall: my god your dad wasn't kidding you are crazy.

So off we went, to some roadside bar he got his squid and got us beers. my god he can really drink.

I was halfway through my 2nd bottle, and he was like 5th or something

Travis: Randall, look. I'm 26, which is too say I'm past my prime of partying and shit, now are you gonna let ME! an old man show you up!? cmon lets get 2 more.
Randall: you're crazy. you're totally absolutely fucking crazy...
Travis: thats what they tell me.
around 4 we left the bar and went our separate ways, I sat a cab home which was about 2 dollars? and i think the fucker cheated me. i gave him 10000 dongs and he only gave me back 5. Didnt realise it till this morning when i checked the change in my jeans. Ah wtf. a midnight cab in singapore costs much more anyway.

By the way drinking more vodka really works! Ive got totally no hangover!

Compared to friendship, gold is dirt. .
- 8:24 PM