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hanoi is full of wonderful things.

i take a hot shower. the water spews out of the shower head and burns my skin. i stand with my back to the nozzle and shut my eyes. i take a long shower, something i rarely do in long xuyen. when i leave, the mirror is completely fogged.

they have television here. i watched football game last night and felt incredibly worthless. the game was fascinating and i sat back in my wicker chair and curled my legs up to my chest.

i watched cnn the other day and learned a lot about the war in iraq. i learned that there was a huge coalition and that coalition troops keep getting attacked. i fear for the spanish, polish, afghani, british, ethiopian and american soldiers put in harms way. i surely wouldn't want to be in their shoes. i learned that dick cheney thinks america will preserver. that makes me feel better because dick cheney is a really smart guy.

all in all, hanoi is pretty exciting. the other day i had a greek salad and some pasta in a nice cream sauce! it didn't taste anything like rice or fish sauce! i tell you what, if you're ever stuck in a small, rural town in southern vietnam and only have rice to eat, cold showers to take and south korean soap operas to watch, coming to hanoi is like experiencing a small slice of heaven.