Although it's already after Tet now, I haven't been able to blog about pre-Tet yet, which as far as I can tell involves many many parties. The first of which was our work party. No offense to any of my former coworkers who may be reading this, but it was quite possibly the best work party ever. They took us to a restaurant near the school, began serving food and pouring shots, and never stopped with either. The food here is delicious, and lucky enough for me the girl I was sitting next to insisted on preparing all my food for me (it was lucky cuz honestly I would have had no idea how to eat it if she hadn't). Then there was booze. Let me fill you in on something no one told me: women here don't drink. Ever. And, well, I do. So basically, I amused the hell out of everyone there. (I was worried that it might be offensive or something, but thankfully it appears not to be.) Steve told a few of our impressed male coworkers that where I'm from (Russia) they drink Vodka like water, and so from that (and the fact that we were basically drinking everyone under the table) came our new nicknames - Mr and Mrs Water. Finally the neverending food and alcohol eventually ceased, and the party ended as all good parties should - with karaoke. And with Steve singing a duet with our very professional-asian-businessman boss, arms around shoulders and everything (and I do believe it was a Lionel Richie song). Yes, I'm still kicking myself for forgetting my camera. So instead of some awesome blackmail-worthy pictures, here's a random pic of a karaoke joint instead. I'm pretty sure hoi hop means hip hop.
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