Monsoon Season!

So, the university planned a nice tour for all the foreign teachers on Sunday to a nearby cave. We were supposed to leave at 6am, take the 3-4 hour bus ride to the cave, explore, have lunch, and return around 8pm. Then, somebody from the international relations office called to cancel Saturday night, saying that a storm was coming. They were right - it started raining Sunday night and hasn't stopped since then.

As I write, all the classes at the university have been canceled and my power is out indefinitely. Actually, the power goes out quite frequently, so I'm starting to get used to it. No air conditioning and no lights are not so bad, but once the power runs out on my computer, I will have nothing to do, except go to sleep. Everything is on my computer - books, articles, facebook . . .

It's not all bad news, though - A news crew was supposed to come film me and my class today, so I'm glad to delay that for a little while, at least. They picked me because they want some who, "looks foreign." I guess the Vietnamese are not so impressed by the Korean, Taiwanese, or Japanese teachers . . .