Mirror, mirror on the wall...

who has the fairest toes and fingernails in the land?

Me, of course. You saw the pictures above, so it should be obvious. My
hostmom, Trang, took me for a mani/pedi this afternoon. It was great
and she insisted I get the little flowers painted because I never had
it done before. Oh, how beautiful they are! Now, if I just shaved my
legs and started wearing cute shoes (aka not just my chacos), the
beautiful nails might fit in a bit better. Oh well, I guess my
black-hairy legs will go just fine with my white nails that cost
approximately $2.25 (cha-ching. That was SUCH a good deal, I think I
might have made money on it.).

Also, last night I was dragged along to Karaoke. I totally expected
some lame stuff to go down. Like having to listen to horrible singers
who weren't my friend. But when we finally got there (it was Cassie,
Julia, Jana and Eric from our group and 2 Vietnamese students), it was
sooo different than expected. Basically, we came to this building that
looked like a hotel. There was a smoky entry way and male workers in
horrible plaid uniforms and a waitress in a skimpy little black dress.
We looked at each other and asked if we were in a brothel. We didn't
know, in Vietnam things could just be THAT different. But we were
escorted up to the fourth floor and brought to a private room with a
karaoke machine and a flat-screen TV. What pursued could be described
as THE COOLEST, MOST FUNNEST THING EVER. Who knew karaoke was fun? But
really it is when you just have to listen to your friends and you sing
any song that you want and not have to wait for some drunky to finish
up their horrible rendition of Mr. Piano Man by Billy Joel. Some of
our specialties from last night were:
My heart will go on by Celine Dion
Bohemian Rapsody by Queen
Barbie Girl by Aqua
Dancing Queen by ABBA
We didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel
and the list goes on.
It was sooo much fun. If you didn't want to come to Vietnam before
this blog post, this alone should make you want to come.

One more thing: Today is the birthday of the coolest big brother in
the world. HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY, NICK!!!!