So today the plan was to visit bat trang ceramic village.. Yen ( super pretty aiesecer from aiesec hanoi ) picked me up to meet with alvin and tien ( aiesecer from aiesec ftu hanoi)..
So after picking up some snacks ( and french bread for me- YUMMY!!) we walked to the luong bien bus stop to board da bus.. amazingly on the bus, we meet a group of chinese students studying in Vietnam ( ooo did i mention Yen and Tien could speak in Mandarin??).. They were surprised that our group could speak in mandarin ( I super felt like a banana today in VIETNAM!! wat da hell.. lai carmen lai carmen.. mmg takleh buat apa- apa dah..) Anyhoo.. the group of chinese students were really cool and we visited bat trang village together :)
We tried our hands at some pottery which i had zero talent in .. the thingy that i was trying to make either went flat ( y do i need a flat thingy for?? cannot even put ash la..) or had the shape of the the thing dat comes out of us when we defecate.. really interesting experience.. but to a certain extent , narrowed down my future career prospects.. ahaha i guess i cannot make my millions out of pottery eh to fund my sia 1st class flight ticketS :P Den we went shopping ( my uber favourite part) .. my mum must be wondering .. apa lagi dia beli budak nie.. ahahha i got 2 teasets for 80000 dong ( dats less den 10 ringgit per set), some necklaces and keychains for 10000 dong each(RM 2.40) for souvenirs.. really cheap like celaka la.. super happy with my purchases.. happy :) sense of success and achievement sia. ahahha.. i think i am done with souvenirs for now.. so ppl thats what u are getting..ahaha
Random thoughts : the scenery on the way to the village from the bus was breathtaking.. memang cantik celaka babi.. seriously there were lakes, and paddy fields, and ducks swimming in the pond.. houses were interesting cos they come in all shapes and designs.. sometimes i think hanoi is like a patchwork .. everything is different.. eventhough the houses are in the same row.. they are so different from each other.. you will NEVER run out of things to see in hanoi..
So after we return to town from Bat Trang, we bid goodbye to our newfound Chinese frens and walked to Hoan Kiem Lake for FOOD!! i saw some corn by a street hawker and couldnt resist.. in the process all four of us stopped to have some traditional( i think) Vietnamese drinks. me and alvin and yen had this lotus seed drink with cincau and white gummy sago with the coconut in it( i like !! a lot).. Tien had some drink dat tasted like ginger ale with lime.. also nice.. Den we proceeded to have dinner.. Dinner was good- it was some kinda noodle( the one i had with Trang dat day for breakfast) but the soup is different.. a lil sourish a lil spicy.. but SEDAP :0
After dinner we wanted to walk at the night market( again i know:P) however we saw the water puppet place.. and we managed to convince each other that its high time we went for the must- see-if-you-visit-hanoi famous water puppet..ahahha damn kiasu la us.. takut tak sempat watch before we leave hanoi..( me and alvin that is)- mati mati wanna watch today.. but i tell you there is a reason why its a must see!! cos its really really awesome.. no shit man.. its music was beautiful, story line interesting and funny , puppets were really nicely made and hallo its on water ok.. mana nak cari?? u tell me.. ppl actually in the water performing for u to see.. very colourful performance.. both me and alvin were entranced.. it was truly magical i tell u..
(random thoughts again : i realised that i have NOT seen the wayang kulit before.. in fact nak tengok kat mana pun i tak tau.. paiseh sia)
So after the water puppet show.. we went along the night market.. and we ate. ahahah .. we had passion fruit sugar cane drink ( i know i know.. passion fruit flavoured fresh sugar cane .. interesitng rite!!) and we also had fried sosej .. Alvin den spotted this random drink. its really interesting .. Let me describe it for you.. it was gooey like glue, and some part of it is white like milk.. ( i think my description can make u cringe in fear) but it was really really really really good!! ( or at least we liked it a lot! ) it had all kinds of jelly and corn and red beans in it.. really gummy and jelly-ish. and its topped by gooey (really sticky sticky wan lo) milk(?)(i am guessing cos its whitish).. but the effect? sedap!! yen said she will bring me around hanoi to try various versions of this dessert and i cannot wait! i guess i like my goo ~~ ooo den yen and tien (eh it rhymes) treated me and alvin to some awesome dessert - caramel pudding(cold , smooth and have some coffee taste- argh heavenly) and get this.. yogurt black lo mai( itu pulut hitam tong sui tau?den they added yogurt :P)
ok dat was the end of my gastronomic experience today..
Tomorrow - LC HANOI MEETING!! got training wei.. damn exciting.. and i cannot wait to see everyone from AIESEC LC HANOI!!
oo i kena bangun at 7 tomorrow.. nites
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