I won't actually spend Tet (the Vietnamese Lunar New Year) in Vietnam. Instead, I'll travel to Malaysia for about 10 days. For Tet, many Vietnamese people return to their hometowns, and Saigon loses much of its population for several days. While that might be an interesting sight, I have a lot of vacation time coming up, so I'd like to travel. I'll arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. At the moment, I don't really have an itinerary beyond that! I hope to see some beaches (of course...), hike through some tropical rainforests, and eat some delicious food.
In other news, I've been driving a rented Yamaha Nouvo scooter around the city, and it's lots of fun! The traffic is insane here sometimes, but I've been getting used to it. I feel like I have much more freedom now! After my trip to Malaysia, I'll try to buy either an automatic scooter or semiautomatic motorbike.
Teaching's alright. It's a lot of work though. I have 21 hours of teaching each week, and I have to prepare lesson plans for all of that. Each class is different. I'm still slow at lesson planning. Got to get more efficient or something...
Also, I really need to send out a bunch of postcards and gifts one of these days.
