All together, they make for quite the memorable two week holiday.
Most creative way to give a girl your number
My friends and I were having lunch at a Malay restaurant in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. As we were waiting for our food, I notice two of the male workers staring at me from behind the counter. I smile and wave in an attempt to get them to stop staring. It didn’t work. When I received my food, the waitress handed me something else and said, "Someone has given you their number phone." Confused and thinking someone had just bought me a phone, I take the item. Indeed, it is not a phone but a hard object with two names and two phone numbers written on it, from none other than the two male workers. After much analysis, it is concluded that they used an animal bone on which to write their names and numbers and then considerately placed the bone inside a stapled plastic bag. Creativity: 10.
Proof:
Go to bed in one place, Wake up in another
I don’t know what I was thinking or how this happened, but one night, I went to bed in my dorm room and woke up outside on the steps of the hostel. I vaguely remember trying to return to the room just to find the door locked. Not wanting to wake up my friends, I sat down on the stairs and fell asleep. In the morning, I woke up as confused as ever, knocked on the door, was let in, and went back to bed. Strangeness factor: 7
Most interesting pick up line
My friends and I were at a restaurant and bar in Saigon listening to a live band. At one point, I was asked by an older gentleman to take a picture of him and his friends. I obliged. Shortly thereafter, he comes back over to my table with a fifty dollar Australian note and proceeds to tell me about how all of Australia’s money is plastic and how you can tell if it is authentic. Did you know that Australia makes all of Vietnam’s money, too? Awkward factor: 8.5
Best method to ensure your dance partner remembers the dance
At another pub, listening to another local band, I am asked to dance by an older gentlemen. Thinking he is going to continue the trend and swing dance as the previous two individuals did, I accept. But no, it was just awkward, free style dance. Of course, the band had to play the Beatles’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand at this time, so this man held my hand and would not let go. He must have known that I wanted to sit down, and yet wanted to ensure I would remember the dance. Thus, he takes the back of my hand and wipes the sweat from his forehead. A final kiss on the hand and I am free. Disgusting factor: 10+
Other fun events from my vacation in Vietnam
Driving a bicycle taxi around the block while the real driver sits in the carriage
Getting up close and personal with leeches after exploring a Northern Vietnamese Army tunnel
Taking two waitresses from our restaurant to sing karaoke with us in Hue
Getting locked out of our hostel at night because the electricity to the block went out and the hostel only has an electric door
Finding He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in stone on Marble Mountain
Crashing a Vietnamese wedding with two new friends, one of whom is a student at my former university!
Fellow Tar Heels crashing a wedding
Love life and live it to the fullest.
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