Grateful

Friday, October 28, 2011
I just had a night of major cleansing...cleansing my life of something that was riddled with insecurity and selfishness. It feels so good, so so good. Anyway, in honor of my cleansing I decided to wash my clothes, clean my room, and clean out my iphone for your picture viewing pleasure of my last week. hahahaha!

This weekend is looking up. Going to have some local students teach me and my housemate how to cook, some hanging out with an old friend, friends/co-workers from Berkeley arriving tomorrow for a few weeks, and getting to know new friends that know how to get me to relax. ;)

Kelly Clarkson, I see you. LOL!

So Vietnam doesn't have luxury car shows they have motorbike girls...makes perfect sense to me.

Co-workers making some jokes on our way to lunch

 Dear lord, this is only 2 blocks from my house. Let the fattening begin! <3 Banh Xeo!

Red noodle soup with seafood and veggies and a grass jelly drink on the side!

Hey! Look! I got to practice my med student skills on my friend. My poor friend, it was lots of accidents that weekend!

I don't care what you say, it's the Hanoi Eiffel Tower.

OMG, soooo cute...THAT IS A SHOE BOX LID. Do you know how small that puppy is???

A Vietnamese variation of spaghetti. :P

Snails that look like snot soaked in delicious lemongrass. :P

My boss with a bowl of pork tongues. They tricked me -_-

An example of how much people protect their skin from the sun. Eh, it's probably pretty healthy - we like tans in America (aka melanoma)

A bowl of pregnant snails with sauce and fried pork with chili on the side.

Apparently I'm funny even when I don't mean to be. Ha, I've been hearing that all my life. :)

HAHA, another form of Vietnamese spaghetti...there are spaghetti noodles underneath the minced spiced pork, bean sprouts, cucumbers, and fish sauce...i swear. :P

Boss and co-worker at a fancy buffet

The top dogs of the National and Hanoi Lung Hospitals. HEHE, let's see if I ever get to drink wine with the UCSF Chancellor eh? They're sweet and totally right on with their boy bashing!

Breaking open the wine bottle. :D

And the spread...I failed to take pics of the noodle bar, seafood bar, sushi bar, fruit bar, and che bar. CHE BAR!!!! DEAR LORD this is heaven.