Time flies

My oh my! What a month. Time flies when you're having fun, and even when you're too busy to notice.

The job front has improved and I am now working for a reputable mob, as a secondary teacher. I have my work cut out for me as I'm learning the topic before delivering it and in an unfamiliar curriculum. But there is light at the end of the tunnel and its not an oncoming train.

Trev left about a week ago to go back to work, he is doing a stint between Darwin and East Timor - I think?

A very old friend from Cairns responded to an email earlier in the month saying she was bringing a school group to Hanoi and would be arriving in 11 days. Well the 11 days have passed and we caught up on Monday night and had a fabulous time. She is heading south with the school group and will have to send me the ins and outs once she is home and in her new place. So it's not just me that things are hectic for, signing home papers the day before heading overseas is outrageous. Nevertheless - Congrats Fi and Steve on becoming mortgage repayers.

Last night was the mid autumn festival. This was my favourite festival in China, and here it was a little disappointing. The weather was terrible, raining and overcast weather will always make moon watching evenings a little dull. In China it was a huge celebration, here perhaps I don't know any Vietnamese people well enough yet but it just seemed like another day. I bought Miss Diep my lab assistant a bunch of flowers and this morning she gave the kids traditional toys in response, she also told me that the Moon Festival is for kids not adults. And I must say this made a lot of sense as I didn't see anyone exchange moon cakes here which was done freely in China between acquaintances and good friends, although they were everywhere to be bought. The toys were completely unexpected and unnecessary but delightful all the same. Tom has the co-ordination to bang his drum and takes great pleasure in doing this and then having a big hearty laugh which then cracks Claire up.

Well the month is nearly up, in summary the kids got their first teeth, their first cold, Claire is now crawling and Tom is half way to walking - pulling himself up on everything and the Pies didn't make it to the Grandy and I changed jobs. All in all, things are beginning to settle down here - I say tongue in cheek.