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I'm in Hanoi!
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I just checked into my Airbnb, and I rested for a bit, had to do some admin stuff like my eSIM, and I freshened up because I had a 24 -hour travel day,
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so I showered, got dressed and everything.
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I'm wearing a very simple outfit.
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I'm putting on a tank top because I think my body needs to get used to the heat here, because literally right when we landed, I was like,
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oh forgot this is what vietnam feels like i remember the
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last time i was here my body had to kind of
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like adapt to the heat i'm pretty like well adapted to heat
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because i'm from sacramento where it is literally 100 degrees as we speak right now
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but it's not humid and the humidity is what really brings out my sweat
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because i'm not a huge sweater even in like the 100 degree dry sacramento weather i'm not like a dripper
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but here i'm a dripper first things First, I'm going to grab, I'm going to grab,
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grab, and go to some tailor spots to hopefully get some custom clothes made.
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One of my goals coming to Vietnam was to get a whole new custom wardrobe made for myself.
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Last time I was here, I had a relative of mine make a custom ao yai, and I love it so much, so I just want to get more custom clothes made.
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Especially me being a short guy, it's very hard to find clothes that, like, fits me properly without having to go to the tailors all the time, which I do, I have to do that.
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We're gonna go to the Taylors, have a few in mind, have a whole Pinterest board and everything ready to show them.
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I want to set that early on just so then it can be ready by the time I leave Hanoi.
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I'm already sweating.
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Thank god I have antiperspirant deodorant.
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I bought it specifically for this trip.
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My Grab driver had to drop me off like a minute walk away, but I understood him fully in Viet.
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And I talked only in Viet, so I'm kind of myself.
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It's starting again. To the end.
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Let's go all the way up here.
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I think I like the thicker one yeah maybe
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if I do the blazer maybe one of these oh wow yeah i'll look through this thank you exactly
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i think i'll go for this one are you guys from the uk yes technically technically i'm french
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How long have you guys been here?
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We live here.
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You live here?
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Oh my gosh.
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Yeah, we just moved for the next four years.
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Four years?
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Oh, what are you guys doing here?
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We work for the embassy.
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Oh, wow, that's so cool.
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Wow.
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Have you enjoyed living here?
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Yeah, I mean, so far it's been great.
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We've only been here a month, but it's just lovely.
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The people are so nice and helpful.
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Do you speak Vietnamese?
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We are the problem.
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Me too, me too.
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I mean, I grew up with Vietnamese, so I understand a bit of it, but it's like the brain correlation of speaking is very different.
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But I guess once you're in the country and submerged, it's also a lot easier than mine.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You know, my family's Portuguese, but I don't speak a little Portuguese, because it's very, it's different.
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It's also different when your parents are, like, commanding you. In language.
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Yeah, which is my entire life, so now I only know what people speak at me.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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It doesn't give you the enthusiasm for it yeah it's never been conversational yeah how long have you been working here
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three years is it family business or do you just work here it's um not really family oh okay like bros
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like this one is the horn do you have other buttons with like more like like a pattern in it
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or grain yeah it will be brighter yeah with the horn button it is slightly different the button choices
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tucked out if you want to look a bit more casual about the sleeve button
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or is it standard this one is uh kissing kissing button
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cute kissing button this one is just normal gap um i
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like this this is cool yeah yeah we will do the
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kissing button about the inside we will do full lining normally we do full lining
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okay yeah the back of the jacket uh we have double bands like this this style is It's quite common
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and it's quite comfortable.
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We have a middle band as well, that's very old question.
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Okay, do you have an example of the middle one?
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Yeah, let me find that one.
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Okay, no, I like this one.
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Yeah, so we would do double band.
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Do you like having pleats?
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Yes, I do.
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I can't tell if he has the pleats or not.
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Let me just check with my tailor, but this line, I'll just find out.
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Okay.
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Wow, I didn't know there'd be so much decisions.
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Just got done with the fitting and getting my suit stuff all set.
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Now I'm walking to the second tailor, and it's only a nine -minute walk, so I'm going to walk instead of taking a grab.
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And I was just in AC for like an hour, so I feel pretty good right now.
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Unfortunately, they didn't have any fun fabrics for a potential blazer I wanted
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So I just ended up not going with the blazer
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because the one
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that I did like they didn't have in stock Also not
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captured me for the first time ever asking for an influencer discount because I'm already you know Obviously, I'm vlogging in there and I'm gonna obviously show off the suit on Instagram
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and stuff So I was like hey like do you guys give discounts to like influencers
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or whatever if they like make content for you guys
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And she was like no she like what she laughed in my face.
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She should have laughed in my face Okay, she actually didn't.
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She did it very politely in like an awkward ha -ha -ha way.
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No, we don't do that.
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Because low -key, the suit was expensive.
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It was like a little over $500, which I think for a custom suit, it's good.
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But I thought I would, you know, test my luck.
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Maybe they would help a Vietnamese brother out, but nope.
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But honestly, it's fine.
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Honestly, it was good for my growth.
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Rejection therapy and exposure therapy for me asking for discounts.
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Crossing the street here so far. So good!
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It's like I'm a local.
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The second tailor I went to ended up only doing suits.
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So I had to leave because I don't need a suit.
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I wanted just like normal clothes.
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So now I've taken Sanctuary in this Harry Potter themed cafe.
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I just needed somewhere to like cool down because I was getting really sweaty.
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Now I gotta sit here and enjoy a thing called a polyjuice potion.
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Try to find a tailor.
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I didn't expect this.
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I did so much research on tailors before I got here.
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guys i got a massage from this place right here
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which honestly i would highly recommend it's nighttime now
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when i came in for the massage it was daytime but
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that place was really cool they hired visually impaired people
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which i think is very very cool i went for a massage
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because i was feeling overstimulated and I was stressed out about the whole tailoring thing and I just couldn't think straight.
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Felt like I needed the massage to reset myself and honestly I think it was a great decision.
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I'm not gonna go get dinner now.
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I'm gonna get some moonshine.
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Now I feel reset.
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I think after a long day of traveling
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and also the stress of trying to find a tailor
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which by the way ended up going to this one
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that another mutual of mine went to but they had kind of bad reviews
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and she also kind of didn't recommend them either but turns out most of the tailors here are for like
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menswear and suits and formal wear or silk they don't actually do a lot of just like random custom
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clothes especially like women's clothes so you really have to search for it
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but low -key i was kind of done searching for tailors for the day
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because i went to two and they both said no
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that they couldn't do the things i wanted
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so then i just gave up and went to the place
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that probably is going to do mid -job only asked them to do one shirt
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because low -key i was just getting the vibes
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that they weren't going to do a good job they say stuff is silk here
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but how do you know if it's actually silk or
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if it's just like polyester that's meant to feel like silk
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because there's no tag there's no brand we're just supposed to trust it
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but i needed this white shirt made specifically for an event i'm going to
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so i just got it done the more work i was
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putting into it the more i was like do i even really want these things
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that much because i low -key thought i was going to be able to go to one store
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and have it all be made there but
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that was very naive of me because that's just not how it works here
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and they definitely make a certain type of clothes here It's definitely like more simple clothes.
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Anyway, it is very loud out here.
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Hanoi is very bustling at night Also, there's so many foreigners here
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that I've been able to like chat it up with a bunch of people I've been very like extroverted today, which is very strange because you think I'd be very tired But surprisingly, I'm feeling pretty fine.
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I'm feeling energized.
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Anyway, I'm gonna go get dinner now Actually, my first real viet meal of the day.
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I'm gonna go get some bun cha going in this rush
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right behind me apparently this place is good we'll see also i'm not very familiar with northern vietnamese foods
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because my family's from the south and in the states most vietnamese restaurants are also southern so Oh, yeah.
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Oh, he's having a place.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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good morning vietnam this morning i woke up at 5 30 a .m I fell asleep around midnight, so I only got five hours of sleep.
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I think I'm a bit jet -lagged.
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So then around 7 .30, I went out to get a quick breakfast.
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I got banh kung at this really highly recommended place.
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I filmed the whole TikTok about it.
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Like, it was good.
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It was very cheap.
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Dare I say, I've had it plenty of times.
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In the States, it tasted just the same.
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That's why I'm always wary when I get TikTok recommendations from people who aren't locals or Vietnamese.
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I don't know.
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Every time I pull up to, like, a recommendation, I expect my taste buds to be blown away.
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All that kind of just tastes like pretty standard to me, like nothing too special, I don't know.
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But it was good, it was good, and for the price, can't beat it.
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But yeah, that was my little morning venture, because I woke up starving.
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Today though, I feel in much better spirits, because yesterday I landed in Hanoi, and I was just so, not exhausted, but you know,
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I had a 24 -hour travel day.
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The weariness was definitely settling into my bones, and I think I was just very overstimulated over adjusting to the weather here, but also just the culture you know you're in vietnam
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when you land and you have to stand in a long ass customs line
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and then once you finally get out of that line you leave
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and you get heckled by taxi drivers trying to get you to ride with them
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and also you're hit with humidity and then you start sweating balls
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and then next thing you know bada bing bada boom i'm in my grab
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which is the southeast asian version of uber
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and my grab driver asked me if i speak good english
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and i'm like yes hands me his phone oh now i'm on a call with his daughter
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so that she could practice her English?
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Yes, yes, yes.
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Wigby, uh, Wigby Fiennes.
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Sorry, what was that?
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What's your hotel, like, uh, your hotel name or, uh, in Wigby Fiennes or Wig City?
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Um, Sacramento.
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Sacramento's the same.
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Yeah.
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It's
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so nostalgic saying families writing together on one motorbike usually it's
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like the dad in the front the mom in the back
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and their little like kid in between
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and i grew up going to vietnam it was just resurfacing those memories i had here
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when i was a kid like i remember being on motorbikes
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and being able to like stand in the front
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and it was just a very sweet feeling to remember those
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memories like i wish i was a little kid again riding in front of a motorbike
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but you guys would be proud of me i've been practicing my vietnamese
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if you didn't know i've been taking vietnamese lessons for the
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past couple months it's improved my vietnamese i'm nowhere near fluent it's still
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so bad like there's no way I could get around on my own if no one here spoke English, but it's been fun to like try to practice it
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And also it's activated my brain to like try to learn more
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and try to memorize things And I think especially being here surrounded by people speaking Vietnamese It's definitely enhancing it.
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Also, this is my Airbnb.
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Isn't it gorgeous?
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I think the theme is like Japanese Wabi -sabi.
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Let me just show you guys.
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There's like wood interior There's a window into the bathroom The bathroom, so hot Because I don't think there's like a fan
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or ventilation in here It's kind of dark in here But I will say, I think I'm going to start booking a hotel from now on Because I forgot In Vietnam,
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it's very common for them to have these type of showers
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Where it kind of just leaks throughout the entire bathroom
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So then if you shower
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and then you want to pee You got to be stepping in a puddle of water
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while you pee And I don't like that Oh, should I show you guys the outside?
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There's a gym outside We're on the fifth floor, the very top of the building and it's so sunny
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and the gym is outside so i don't know
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if anyone ever uses it because it's so hot like invariably hot it's kind of like doing hot yoga
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here's the gym and see it's like practically outside so it's very hot this is the view
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pretty and this is the staircase Just being out there for 30 seconds and I've already started sweating.
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This guy is leading me to a coffee shop.
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We're at the train street, I got Leto's coffee shop.
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I'm pretty close to the rail, I'm kinda nervous, like should I be concerned?
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I don't know.
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I got my drink.
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This is so chaotic and crazy.
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Oh my god.
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Where'd it at?
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They really have to be working people.
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These people are going to crash.
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This must be the most stressful job ever.
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Wait, it actually doesn't even go that far.
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Wait it's actually so fucking big.
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Holy shit.
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There's people in it.
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Look how cute their cat is.
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oh my goodness that's cute you have stumpy little legs wait why are your legs
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so short are you like a kitten he's so stumpy he's so fluffy he is so stumpy is he
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so cute oh yeah it's the end of the day i'm
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gonna throw on a sheet mask my hands have been
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so dry lately my accent is just breaking out i haven't
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tried this sheet mask room before It's been a very long day.
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First, I went to the prison.
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That was just an Aki vibe to vlogging.
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Like, I just did not - I did not want to vlog in there.
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It's just such a sad and dark history.
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You know, it's like a prison and people died there.
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So I didn't want to just like pull out my vlog camera
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and then get random b -roll of really dark images and information.
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There's like some parts of the museum that are pretty dark
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and I was scared to like walk into like the hallways of the prison
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and go into the cells by myself i still did it
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but it was such a weird vibe to like walk into a prison cell
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and it's like a real prison cell that prisoners were held in
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and like very mistreated and the fact that like
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so many real people in viet history were in those cells
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and i was just casually standing in it like it just wasn't the right vibe to vlog in
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but i learned a lot of information
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and it was a very great learning experience i will say there are parts where they talk about american pilots
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and during the war and how they would treat their american prisoners
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and i kind of don't think what they were showcasing was entirely true
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but you know there's always two sides to a story there's always biases propaganda is a thing
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and like i'm literally from America.
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Y 'all know I know about propaganda, okay?
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We're a shithole.
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I also did end up going to the head spa, which was so good.
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I went to Nya Spa.
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If you've never been to a head spa before, it's basically just someone shampooing your hair for 45 minutes.
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Okay, it's a bit more extravagant than that.
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I'm sure they use a special kind of product.
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I think they use like some type of mugwort, shampoo, whatever that is.
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I don't really know.
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And they actually double shampoo, and then they put in a conditioner.
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And while the conditioner is sitting, they massage your neck and shoulders
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and they give you a scalp massage it's a very luxurious experience
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and it was only 200k dong which is about eight dollars
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and i also got to practice my viet in there a little bit it's
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so funny because i feel like i love vietnamese
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and i think people do know i'm vietnamese
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because i do have people on the streets talking to me in vietnamese at first
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but there's sometimes when i just like say thank you in vietnamese
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and people like oh are you vietnamese And they're saying it in Viet, and I'm like, yes, but I only know a little bit.
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But it's so funny when they get surprised by that, because I feel like saying thank you in the language of the place you're visiting is, like, very common courtesy, like, very bare minimum.
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But yeah, had a lovely conversation with that girl.
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Actually, I was in the elevator at the spa, and there were two employees in there, and one, she's, like, an older lady, she called me handsome.
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she called me handsome and she said it in viet
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and obviously i heard it so i said thank you
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and that's when the girl was like oh you're vietnamese
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and i was like yes actually i think she said under her breath oh this guy's vietnamese
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or knows vietnamese why is he speaking english i'm pretty sure
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that's what she said review of the head spa it feels nice
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and my hair was greasy i hadn't shampooed in a couple days
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and i'm in a phase right now where i'm shedding a lot of hair
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so i just had a lot of like built up loose hairs in there
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and they really flushed it out now my hair feels very
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like clean throughout my scalp feels nice i think it's very subtle it didn't like transform anything
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but i feel very squeaky clean all right right 6 a
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.m i woke up like 15 minutes ago hey 15 minutes
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later than yesterday though hey come on we're beating this jet lag slowly
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but early okay low -key though should i just try to keep this this wake -up time
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because low -key i feel like waking up at 5 30
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is everybody's dream like i've never been able to wake up this early
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and i feel okay like yesterday i was able to survive the entire day
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if you're all right so maybe i should just like not fight it
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but then again i feel like i'm not getting enough sleep
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and that's the problem and i'm worried about my health but
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but if i feel okay maybe it's okay then
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that i'm only getting less than maybe i'm only getting like
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six hours seven hours sleep i don't know in the middle of the night i woke up
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because there was loud ass thunder outside i think it was like storming outside i don't know i didn't look
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because i went right back to bed real quick
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but there was like a loud bang
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and i thought something actually like was happening in the building like maybe something dropped
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that was really heavy but i think it was just like raining outside with thunder
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and it shook the building should i be worried about the
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entirety of this building i don't know i don't know but uh yeah that happened last night
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anyway today maybe i'll go shopping i also have my fittings for my tailored clothes i ordered
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some food off of grab this feels light oh god i hope there's not just one in here
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oh my god i'm stupid no this is not gonna fill
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me up what the i ordered this now it makes sense
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because there's only 5 000 dong
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and i was like oh my god what only 5 000 dong
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so i got bumble dog probably horrible pronunciation it's like a
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tapioca dumpling wrapped in banana leaf um accidentally just ordered one
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the workers are probably like why did he only just order one Well, let's eat it.
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Let's try it.
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Here's what it looks like I feel stupid.
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Oh my god.
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Oh my god Like and I waited 30 minutes for that I mean, it was good though.
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Like it was good.
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Like best dollar I've ever spent I guess Fuck do I just order again?
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I feel so bad too because I made
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that guy drive all the way here just to deliver that one That's so he got paid either way, but that's ridiculous i can't believe i did
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that this dish actually i think you're supposed to get it more in huay
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or denang but it's one of my favorite vietnamese dishes
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and i was craving it real bad
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and also i just wanted food to get delivered to me
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while i get ready
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and now that's not me i'm gonna order more i'm gonna order more maybe there's a place that's closer too
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because i feel like i accidentally ordered it's kind of confusing ordering food off grab
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because i'm like how do i know where the restaurant is
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relatively like distance wise it doesn't really say i don't think at least i also ordered a nukmia, which is sugarcane juice.
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Mmm.
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I wish there was more ice in this.
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This is my first nukmia of the trip.
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It's so good.
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They take a sugarcane and they like stick it through this machine and it squeezes all the sugarcane juice out.
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And it's just like this sweet delectable juice.
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I feel like this would be really good with matcha poured over it.
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Kind of a flop mukbang, I guess.
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But I'm glad I got to show you guys one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes.
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That dish is typically served at like parties and stuff.
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All right, moment of truth.
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Yes!
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Okay, I actually want to show you guys it in more of its full glory.
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So here it is.
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I already ate a few.
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Oops.
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They gave me the fish sauce.
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It comes in a bag.
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I just snip it, put it in a little container.
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They also gave me a pepper, so I chopped some chilies into here.
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It's actually super spicy.
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Yeah, you just unwrap this this is like the greenest banana
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leaf i have seen in a long time looks like this dip in the sauce
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it's a party it's a party hey i went home girl i cannot you eat this at vietnamese party
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so hey Hey, we're partying.
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Hey, where the karaoke at?
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Hey!
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You guys got the vibe?
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I'm gonna do a lot of vintage shopping today.
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Also, I need to try egg coffee.
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She said to try the egg cream first, and then mix it in and try it all together.
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It's like a custard taste.
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Thank you.
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So at the front we haven't put the buttons in yet so after the fitting we mark it in the right position.
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I think maybe it can be more cinched in a little.
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Is that more than classic at the same time?
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I just feel like this looks better.
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Looks like the picture.
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Yeah, I like this side too.
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So, is it about love or no?
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No. Okay.
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Okay.
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Comfort.
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Comfort.
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Oh, okay.
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It's something like that.
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It's not very big.
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It's still something like that.
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Is it like comfort?
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Mm -hmm.
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Can't see you.
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Okay.
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Yeah, you're welcome.
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Okay, James.
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Yeah, okay.
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Boy wife, yeah.
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Yeah, come on
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okay guys wait the shirt actually turned out pretty okay like
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very similar to the picture i kind of wish it was like a little bit more skin tight
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but overall like pretty much what i wanted guys i was gonna eat at banh mi 25
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because it's so highly recommended but there's
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so many white people in line where i'm like okay maybe i should go somewhere else
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so i think i'm gonna go somewhere house
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because i feel like that's a bad sign like i should
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probably go somewhere where like not a bunch of foreigners in
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line no offense to those people by the way like
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if you want to stand in line for food you can stand in line
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but personally i have never stood in line for food
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and have thought it was worth it i also think usually
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when there's a line like that it's catered to foreigners
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and the flavors just are not there for my standards
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so now i'm walking to get some bun sale instead
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and maybe i'll get a bun me later from like a stand because i still haven't had one on this trip.
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I don't know what it is about today, but there's so much traffic.
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There's also a strong smell of like motor and like oil and pollution.
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And I wish I had a mask.
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And I remember when I came here as a kid, they would be selling masks at every store.
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But here, I haven't seen a single mask.
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At least I know those really cute ones with patterns and designs on them.
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Maybe because of COVID and everyone just wanted to get rid of them.
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I don't know.
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It is my last day in Hanoi.
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In approximately three hours, I leave to go on a sleeper bus to go do the Ha Yang loop.
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My time here has been so lovely.
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I really enjoyed it.
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I am really grateful to be on this trip.
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I think this was a really good idea before I move
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and am not able to travel as much as I do now.
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Actually, last night at the Jazz Bar, which was the most coziest evening ever, like such a highlight of this leg of the trip.
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I went in having no expectations the jazz scene in Vietnam
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isn't what I know of necessarily bustling like I don't really
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hear a lot of Vietnamese people talking about the jazz scene here
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but I was so impressed with the performances like genuinely the band the singers they were
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so amazing last night
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and I low -key got emotional being there I've noticed a pattern whenever I travel
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if there is a jazz bar I'm pulling up to it
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that's just how it is I love jazz I love a jazz bar.
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I love chilling, sitting, drinking some wine.
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Unless you're in Paris, you go to the jazz club and you dance and sip on some wine.
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So far when I was in France, I went to a jazz club.
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When I was in Spain, I went to a jazz club.
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And now in Vietnam, I went to a jazz club.
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I think it's kind of like a sanctuary for me when it comes to traveling internationally.
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Typically when you go to a jazz club, they usually sing like English, American jazz songs.
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So it's really nice and comforting being in a foreign country where you don't understand anything, you don't speak the language
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but you can go to this club you're still with the people of where you're traveling
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so you're getting to connect in that way
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but also you're able to connect through the music through jazz
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and you're able to understand
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that music something that's already familiar to me at least best of both worlds connecting with the people
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but also being able to have
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that warmth of familiarity that's how i feel at least
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when i go to a jazz club but this was a different experience obviously
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because i'm in vietnam i'm vietnamese so there's just like a whole other level of meaning for me As a Vietnamese American, I've always kind of felt a little bit disconnected to my culture,
481
especially being a Vietnamese American that didn't grow up in Orange County or the Bay Area or, you know, somewhere very central for Vietnamese people to be.
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I grew up in a white suburb.
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I've always kind of not felt, I guess, Vietnamese enough, especially because I don't speak the language.
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And even like with my cousins and stuff who live in the Bay, like I have always comprehended my brain.
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I'm like, they are more Vietnamese than me.
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And honestly, yes, they are.
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They are more Vietnamese than me anyway that's a thought
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that passes through my mind occasionally i think me putting the effort to learn via
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and like take language lessons has been helping me a lot
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and also just being here in general has been really helping with
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that a lot but specifically last night at the jazz club
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that was a very cool healing experience for me being able to have both of my worlds kind of collide
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and for me to feel like i sort of belong in this space
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and i felt a part of
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that i guess I just haven't really felt a part of
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like the Vietnamese community I mean obviously like I feel part of the Vietnamese community
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But like I think it's just a very interesting experience to have your roots be in Vietnam
498
But then being American and me
499
being able to experience a little bit of america in vietnam
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usually in my regular life i have to experience a little bit of vietnam in america
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but yeah on the motorbike home i was just like on a high it might have been the red wine
502
that was definitely enhancing the vibe
503
but i would highly recommend going to bin minh jazz club it was
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so good the singers were so good also this morning i stopped by a stationery store
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because i was looking for washi tape they ended up not even having washi tape available
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but it was a store full of local artist goods anything your heart desires craft wise it was there
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and the perfect place to get souvenirs by the way
508
if you're ever in hanoi i highly recommend especially
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if you want unique souvenirs
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and not just the basic bulk made stuff that's all over the main downtown street personally
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when i travel i'm very mindful about my souvenirs buy from the small artists buy the unique thing
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or even something that doesn't necessarily even have to be related to the place
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but just buy something that maybe you wanted like usually I buy a piece of clothing
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and I always think of that place when I wear that
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because I feel like people just buy like the crappiest souvenirs I'm like what are you gonna do with
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that what are you gonna do with
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that it's gonna go in the trash can anyway the person working there was so nice
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and I got a bunch of stuff clearly I got these
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two little art print cards I got this handmade stamp magnet
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I love collecting unique magnets to put on my fridge this
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is the store by the way Washington yeah I got these two motorbike stickers just
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because I feel like that is the motif of Vietnam
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and traveling to Southeast Asia
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and it's honestly one of my favorite parts about going to Southeast Asia I just think riding motorbikes are
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so fun and then I got some stamp stickers I thought these would be really good for my journal
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when I'm journaling I can like mark each page with a
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sticker to mark the chapters of like okay this was
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when I was in Hanoi this is when I was in Saigon
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and then last minute I saw this and was like wait I need to get this too or on high school stinkers.
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I need to rewatch this anime.
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I haven't watched it since I was probably in like middle school, but I remember loving this anime.
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Cute theme song.
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Did you just get triggered? So cute.
534
That's going in my journal.
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Anyway, that's my little stationery haul.
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I also bought so many other souvenirs, like a lot of ceramics and things, but they're all wrapped up and I don't want to unwrap them.
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I'll probably post a full Vietnam souvenir haul on TikTok.
538
I love solo traveling.
539
The solo trip's going good.
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I was actually thinking about this other day how like I'm so extroverted.
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I don't know, maybe I got like a couple clips to like showcase it, but like I'm not afraid to talk to people when I'm out in public, especially when I'm solo traveling.
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It kind of gives me the incentive to talk to people around me.
543
All the stores I went to, like the ceramic store, the station store, I was king with the people, but I noticed a pattern where yes, I talk to these people, i connect with people
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but then i never really make the effort to go the extra step of actually becoming their friend
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and then i'm thinking about like why do i do
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that do i want to make more friends
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because like i think it's always good to like make more friends right
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but then i'm like
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but like i don't want to that's the thing i think
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i'm just like don't want to put in the energy of
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like making the friend even though i'm already putting in the energy
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because i'm talking to them in the first place
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but i think just being a solo traveler i like to have my little social interactions
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because obviously that is me as a human being
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and I'm an extrovert so I'd go crazy
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if I wasn't talking to people but I'm also solo traveling
557
and I want to be solo like this is by choice
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so I just don't have the energy to like make the friend
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and then you have to hang out with the friend especially
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when you're like traveling abroad it's kind of like okay you gotta hang out like now
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and I'm like don't want to do
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that like I want to be able to do whatever I
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want at whatever time I want I hate being like restrained like
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that when I travel um so I just like that freedom
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and i just noticed like wow i maybe should try to make more friends like that'd be cool
566
but i just don't have the energy
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and i think that's why i'm not staying in hostels
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because i'm like i don't want
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that like i don't want to like make friends right now
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i don't know though like it'd probably be good for me am i being toxic
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or i don't know i think it's just
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because i haven't solo traveled in a bit
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and i'm really just like digging
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that also i'm about to do the ha young loop
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and i know that's like you're in a group
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and that's like a social thing
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so it's like maybe i'm conserving my energy anyway okay i
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gotta go pack oh my gosh i also have to like book my hotel for saigon okay i have
579
so much to do clearly y 'all see the mess in the back okay
580
Thank you.
581
i thought i would try to walk to the next store
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but then it started pouring rain and these bags are paper
583
so i'm taking a little bit of shelter underneath the storefront
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i've been shopping i'm dropping i've had a pretty successful shopping day so far i've spent a lot of money today
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it's been a crazy amount actually
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Thank you.
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I'm gonna try one of these hoses for the first time.
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I've been here reek, haven't used this once.
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Let's see.
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Oh.
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I don't know.
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Oh my god.
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Oh god.
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I don't know if I'm into this.
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I feel like it's just like getting my butt wet.
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This is the boots on the ground journalism you needed, right?
597
Oh.
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Like, I think so, but now my whole butt is wet.
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Okay, I guess that was a success.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Alone in Vietnam”. Este vídeo tiene 599 frases y 6631 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 41:39. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 159 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| jazz sustantivo | /d͡ʒæz/ | jazz |
| tailor sustantivo | /ˈteɪlɚ/ | sastre, modisto |
| massage sustantivo | /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/ | masaje |
| souvenir sustantivo | /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ | recuerdo, tornaviaje |
| vlog sustantivo | /ˈvlɑɡ/ | videobitácora |
| vibe sustantivo | /vaɪb/ | onda, vibra |
| cinema sustantivo | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | cine, cinematógrafo |
| silk sustantivo | /sɪlk/ | seda |
| sweat verbo | /swɛt/ | sudar, transpirar |
| dish sustantivo | /dɪʃ/ | vajilla |
| mask sustantivo | /mæsk/ | máscara, mascarilla |
| blazer sustantivo | /ˈbleɪzəɹ/ | blazer, saco |
| foreigner sustantivo | /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/ | extranjero, extranjera |
| southeast sustantivo | /sawˈθɪjst/ | sudeste, sureste |
| bustle sustantivo | /ˈbʌsəl/ | ajetreo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
| turn out verbo | resultar | |
| break out verbo | escapar forzadamente, fugarse | |
| bring out verbo | realzar, resaltar | |
| cool down verbo | /kuːl ˈdaʊn/ | enfriarse |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse | |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- How long have you guys been here?
- Have you enjoyed living here?
- Do you like having pleats?
- You guys got the vibe?
- Did you just get triggered?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | have you been working · i've been practicing · i've been taking |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | Have you enjoyed · it's been · We've only been |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | Yeah, which is · today, which is · people who aren |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is brought · be made · be blown |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 236 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: southeast /sawˈθɪjst/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, dish /dɪʃ/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, extroverted /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, humidity /hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: sweat /swɛt/, stumpy /ˈstʌmpi/, scalp /skælp/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/, sticker /ˈstɪkə/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: souvenir /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/, vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, vibe /vaɪb/, elevate /ˈɛləveɪt/, extroverted /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: jazz /d͡ʒæz/, blazer /ˈbleɪzəɹ/, prisoner /ˈpɹɪzənə/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como jazz, tailor, massage.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.