Help please

Anyone can help me with my photos? I used the uploading function of blogspot..... cannot..... I tried uploading onto flickr.... cannot! I tried emailing it to flickr..... still cannot!

Do I need to resize the photos? My photos are about 1 MB. Or has it got to do with my settings?

And you know how much time I'm wasting trying all these out cause the connection here is @#$% SLOW!!! Argh!!! I'm going to pull my hair out very soon!!!

Beep Beep!!!

Remember how our teachers in primary school used to tell us to hold our hand up when using the zebra crossing? It's how i do it when I cross the road here..... but I don't hold it straight up of course.... That would be too embarrassing! Just at the waist level so that (1) to show the drivers that I'm crossing and (2) in case a bike decides to knock me down, I can block or push it back a little! I learnt that the trick to crossing is not to wait for the vehicles to give way. It is to just 'cheong' across the road, albeit at a slower speed. The motorcycles would just weave their way around me. Over here, the faster vehicles drive on the left lane while the slower motorbikes and bicycles ride on the right! Oh, did I mention that I hear about 1 beep every second? It's really crazy here!

Had my first experience riding on the motorbike too! It was bumpy and fun! I even rode it when it was fully laden with my groceries.... The plastic bags were hanging out from the bike and I had to hug my bag and other groceries, and at the same time hang on tight to my friend's shoulders! Don't know why, but when I got off the bike, I had a backache.... Perhaps I was too tense when riding!

Here's a look at the roads of Vietnam, courtesy of Linffy. As she aptly puts it, the streets are a scene of systematic chaos!
http://media.putfile.com/survive-saigon-short-movie

Today Cafe... For Tomorrow...

I'm nicely settled into my room and lessons will start tomorrow. I work only in the evenings and I have the whole day free to do anything I want! But the other teachers have told me that they spend the time preparing for lessons! No!!! But I have looked around my area and there really isn't much to do around here.....

I can't being to tell you how happy I am that I've got internet in my room! Who cares that it's only 100 Mbps.... I don't know what's wrong, sometimes it's on and sometimes it's off.... So when it's off, Mr Son (pronounced as Sng!) will have to turn it on for me.... I'm going to find out for myself where that secret switch is!

I'm now a regular customer at the Today Cafe... It really says "Today Cafe, For Tomorrow"! (But on separate sign boards) Sounds like something out of The Sims. Most of the time, I'll have my lunch and dinner there.... The food there is not bad. Rather similar to Asian food. Sad to say, my only intake of vegatables here are fresh lettuce and tomatoes.... No such thing as stir fried vegetables here. And I bet I've eaten more 'cong' here than compared to my entire life in Singapore! Slowly getting use to the taste.... The food here is super duper oily! Towards the last part of my meal, I can always see my noodle or rice swimming in oil.... Ugh!!! Plus the food can get quite salty at times.... That coming from someone who loves salty food, you can imagine the taste for yourself.... Have yet to get my hands on traditional Vietnamese food.... But I'm going to have lunch everyday with one of the office staff here so hopefully, she will introduce me to yummy food and teach me Vietnamese!!!

The other place that I go to regularly is Maximark. It is a supermarket cum departmental store. That's where I got most of my stuff. It's supposed to be cheap and good compared to another supermarket (yet to find out the name!) down the street. But everytime after I've visited Maximark, I realised that my hands are very dusty.... So to be very sure, i wash whatever bowl, fork, spoon, fruits, etc that I get from there doubly well. It's fun shopping there as it's really huge!!! I had a hard time choosing my stuff cause they really have a large variety....

Pictures coming soon.....

My First, My Last

This is my first and probably my last post in Singapore..... I'm off to Ho Chi Minh for a year to teach. No, I'm not going to teach in a village. I'm not that noble! And yes, there's internet connection. The country is backward but I suppose it's still suitable for living. The people there are still well and alive, aren't they? Many people have asked me why I chose to go to Vietnam? I try to explain that the conditions of living being not that bad, good exchange rates, good shopping, blah blah blah.... But to me, the answer is rather simple: "Why not?"

Still trying to figure out how to use blogspot, put up photos, etc.... Those who know me should understand how technologically unsavy and inept I am.... I have problems operating electronics from my digital camera, printer, laptop to my new toy, the Nintendo DS!!! Woohoo!!! Can't stop thinking of my beloved Nintendog, a golden retriever. My parents must think I'm mad shouting "Betsy, sit down!" in the middle of the night! Special thanks to all you guys out there who chipped in for this lovely farewell gift! I'm sure it will be the best companian during my lonely nights in Vietnam.

I must also thank Benjamin, Darren, Jeffrey and Calvin for going shopping for a digital camera with me. Thanks Jeffrey for getting the price $5 down! Hope you all were not too bored while waiting for indecisive me to finally settle on my camera. Here are the test shots from the cameras that we tried.....

So which camera do you think I got?