tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749709.post2281146037881297031..comments2024-01-07T12:20:00.652-08:00Comments on Viet Nam: Sweet Sour Salty Spicy Crunchy: Blind Faith and SecurityMarjiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15092117440311456278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749709.post-45630365165784414502008-09-19T19:42:00.000-07:002008-09-19T19:42:00.000-07:00S.S.S. that special secure spot. Only you could f...S.S.S. that special secure spot. Only you could find a good Mexican restaurant in HCMC. So many of your discoveries trigger memories, and then it becomes all about me! <BR/><BR/>So, about me: my mom would periodically send me a Sue Graften book (A is for Alibi) and a bag of Chex mix during my LOOONG visit to Hungary. So for 4 hours every two months I could escape to the familiar. Oh, and there was one Thai restaurant just a 20 minute walk, 65 minute train ride, 15 minute bus and 8 minute walk away. Yum. Delayed Yum. But Yum, nevertheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749709.post-90058291621237111102008-09-19T14:39:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:39:00.000-07:00When you get home, remind me to make you MY salsa....When you get home, remind me to make you MY salsa... mm, mm, good. Good on you for getting in salsa lessons! Daniel must have a really fun PE class. I never liked PE, but I might like his!The Norris Clanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642774912815297163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749709.post-4793639413884703722008-09-19T11:37:00.000-07:002008-09-19T11:37:00.000-07:00"You know how some things just create a special se..."You know how some things just create a special secure spot in your mind, so that even when you have taken a crazy teaching job in Vietnam and every day something bizzarre happens-- like maybe a kid puts a snake in his nose and it come out his mouth and you just don't know what to do with that--so at those moments you can go to that special secure place and your whole world feels right again?"<BR/><BR/>This is quite possibly the best, most empathic sentence ever written in the English language. I love it!Brian Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403063305711678063noreply@blogger.com