Erev shabbat

I left work about 4:45 after a very very very busy week. I had meetings a lot but not as much as last week. The Trangslator took me to a very nice, large, and new shopping centre to shop for short-sleeved shirts. I bought 3 very nice ones, probably more than I wanted to pay, but hey ... I have some cooler shirts now. I cabbed back to the Horison and cooled off then headed out for challah and borscht. I stopped and picked up a new SIM card hoping my receiving of SMS was related to Vinaphone. Low and behold, with VMN and Viettel I can now receive text from the outside world. I will now have to either buy an alarm clock or rely on my hotel's wake-up service. I am just glad I am not staying with Jerry, who pissed off the wakeup guy and I bet I'll miss the start of my marathon :).

The Tex Mex joint I went to was lovely. The staff were very friendly and I know they were giggling about stupid ferenge. The enchiladas were OK, they did look like enchiladas which was a good start. I would go back there. There is a little strip of food emporiums a few hundred metres after doing a right then quick left heading out of the Horison.

I looked at the bills for the shirts I bought and it looks like I paid for 4 shirts but only got 3. I will ask someone at work to decipher the Vietnamese on the bill when I get to work Monday. It was very hot and humid tonight and somewhat unpleasant still to be outside. I delivered my "MoF should have me on a full-time contract" letter today to Mr. Tri and it should be interesting to see if they want some arrangement. I would commit to being here 8-12 weeks a year if they bite. If they wanted me full-time on the TABMIS project that would get me out of the contract game again in Ottawa and I would be back to working from home. Interestingly enough I have already pointed out to Mr. Tran Anh that I am 11 or 12 hours behind Vietnam depending on the season, which is such a bonus for DBA personnel. They are working when you are in bed and vice versa.

So we are all cheering for South Korea still I hope so I can be in Seoul for the final and they can be in it. Canada was eliminated from the group of 16, to be expected in the World Cup.