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Vietnam is AWESOME!!!! We cruised down the Saigon River to get to Ho Chi Minh City this morning. We couldn’t get off the ship until about 12, so we just did some shopping today and went to the tailors to get our dresses made. I’m getting 2 silk dresses made for $30 each including all the material and the sewing. I decided against getting a business suit for now because I still have 3 years to go before I do interviews. I’m hoping that I won’t grow bigger by then, but I figured I’d play it safe because I probably won’t use a suit anytime before that. Vietnam is a brand name shopper’s paradise. They have everything: Prada, Coach, Dior, Channel, North Face, Lacoste, Polo, Nike, Puma…you start to see the same stuff over and over and over again. I bought quite a bit today, but still spent less than Hayley, Ellie, and Becky. Ellie makes fun of me for being so “frugal” sometimes, but I’m still coming back completely broke even though I haven’t been buying as much stuff.
There’s a dvd stand right outside the ship. Movies cost $1 a piece and seasons of shows cost $3 per disc. I got seasons 1-3 of grey’s anatomy for $12, sexy and the city seasons 1-7 for $12, lost season 3 for free, seasons 1-10 of FRIENDS for $15 and about 7 movies. I tried them all on my laptop and had to take some back and exchange them because they didn’t work…I have to get a new grey’s and sex and the city tomorrow. I know that’s a lot to spend on dvds, but they don’t even have subtitles at all! If I would have bought them in the U.S., FRIENDS alone would have cost over $200. Pretty cool, eh? I also bought a 512mb jump drive today because I lost mine in an internet café in south Africa. It was totally my fault I think…but anyways, that cost me $18. I could have gotten a 1G one for $22, but I figured I’m not really going to need all that space on a jump drive, so I might as well just go with the cheaper one. Haven’t seen North Face fleeces yet. We heard from our R.D. on the ship that Vietnam is the place for North Face backpacks, and Beijing is the place for North Face fleeces. I got ben 2 tshirts today..
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