Today I visited another campus owned by my school (in
district 10). It was great to see a new
area and to experiment more with the transit system here. Note to self: Find a decent transit map, app
and/or website to look up bus routes! I found out that I will be able to get a
few hours per week teaching Kindergarten English at a public school and that
the school is only a 15 minute walk from me! I picked up my books, CDs and
curriculum materials today and tomorrow I’m going to observe a couple of
classes.
After my evening classes, in which I scored oral speaking
midterms, I strolled into the Coop on the way home and bought some veggies to
make myself a salad to go with some boiled eggs – for 46,000VND (about $2.30),
I got: greens (looks like a type of spinach), an oversized carrot (no puny ones
here!), a huge bag of long green beans,
2 cucumbers and 300g bag of dried white beans.
For the dressing, I had to make due with whatever I could find. It was
pretty sad. It’s my goal to find balsamic vinegar here because so far... no such
luck... I’m in balsamic withdrawal!
Below is the experimental salad I made. My first homemade one as an expat in Vietnam!
The ingredients are:
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Greens
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Diced cucumber
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Diced tomato
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Boiled green beans
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Chopped and sliced carrots
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2 boiled eggs
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Sliced green pimento olives
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The “Sad”
dressing: Basil, mustard, white vinegar (ugh), vegetable oil (ughX2), black
pepper, minced garlic
After dinner, I even got to try a few bites of a housemate's Indian chicken meal - A couple of my housemates are from India and always cook at home. It was so nice of them to give me some! And it was so delicious. The coriander chili sauce on the side was such a colourful punch of flavour.
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