Saturday, August 18, 2007
Welcome to Vietnam
Friday I went to Vietnam. Without a passport, even.
OK, actually, I went to a meeting at their embassy here. But of course, an embassy is considered sovereign territory of that nation, so when we sat down the lady we were meeting welcomed us to Vietnam. Cute.
Part of the meeting was to determine when I would be going, either for the meetings of my original plan in mid-September, or for another set of meetings later in the month. Looks like I'm sticking with my original dates, so YAY, because not only will those meetings be more interesting, but also, my boss and one of the old guys from the office are going to the second set, and I don't want my first time in Hanoi to be with them.
Went out to Apex again Friday, saw Angelo for the first time since getting back, as well as Josh and Albert and Rueben and Prakash and Anna. And then Ethan and Vu and Choy were there. And Danny showed up, whom I also hadn't seen since returning. Then I ran into Dancin' Mike, who's back on his school vacation from Barcelona...boy is looking GOOD! And finally -- and this was the random one -- I bumped in Teguh, whom I knew when I lived here before. I totally didn't recognize him, he looks so different now...taller, longer hair, back to his natural hair color. Looking great! Anyway, we had seen each other in the club but I didn't realize who he was...when he came over to talk to me I was surprised, when he knew who I was I was VERY surprised, and when he said "you don't remember me..." I looked into his eyes and knew who I was seeing. Wow. Haven't seen him in 5 years, not since right before we moved, and Adrian and I have often talked about him, wondering how he is doing (somewhere along the way I lost his contact info). Anyway, he is doing great and that is always nice to see.
OK, actually, I went to a meeting at their embassy here. But of course, an embassy is considered sovereign territory of that nation, so when we sat down the lady we were meeting welcomed us to Vietnam. Cute.
Part of the meeting was to determine when I would be going, either for the meetings of my original plan in mid-September, or for another set of meetings later in the month. Looks like I'm sticking with my original dates, so YAY, because not only will those meetings be more interesting, but also, my boss and one of the old guys from the office are going to the second set, and I don't want my first time in Hanoi to be with them.
Went out to Apex again Friday, saw Angelo for the first time since getting back, as well as Josh and Albert and Rueben and Prakash and Anna. And then Ethan and Vu and Choy were there. And Danny showed up, whom I also hadn't seen since returning. Then I ran into Dancin' Mike, who's back on his school vacation from Barcelona...boy is looking GOOD! And finally -- and this was the random one -- I bumped in Teguh, whom I knew when I lived here before. I totally didn't recognize him, he looks so different now...taller, longer hair, back to his natural hair color. Looking great! Anyway, we had seen each other in the club but I didn't realize who he was...when he came over to talk to me I was surprised, when he knew who I was I was VERY surprised, and when he said "you don't remember me..." I looked into his eyes and knew who I was seeing. Wow. Haven't seen him in 5 years, not since right before we moved, and Adrian and I have often talked about him, wondering how he is doing (somewhere along the way I lost his contact info). Anyway, he is doing great and that is always nice to see.
Labels: Friends, Life, Travel, Work
