Mikes Writing

later that same day

Today ended up being simply beautiful after some days of rain. Cooler temps. Humidity down. Sitting in the house did not seem right. My wife left to go fishing out in a rice field somewhere. I'm not into that after doing it a few times. I need some barang thing to do.

So first it was meaningless meandering in my journal. Writing on some things or other with no real meaning. It's never mattered before and never will. No one would be crazy enough to read the crap I write. Maybe it's like the blog too. Daily wondering of a life spent watching some other culture go by is the thing. I always have felt the blog really has no other purpose. It's just a take on a life spent for now almost 10 years doing nothing. I've been privileged to do all that nothing in various places in Asia. A little on a few visits to America and then a glorious year spent in Mexico refining my skills.

I came back here for some reason. Life seemed then a ramble. Like a move across places I could go back to and some I never wanted to. I left those places.

Just like now. Today sitting in Noi coffee. Watching some Cambodian day go by. Most likely coffee now and beer later. I enjoy cheap draft beers sitting over at viva. Since there's two of them I split my time between them. I've been going to both for years. Often with a decision to eat a meal but ending up with appetizers and more beer spent watching whatever there is go by.

so now

Now is no different. I'm just writing this today. My wife's gone for hours so I decided I should too. She goes to her things. I'm left to my beer devices. And memories. Flashbacks always of Hanoi. I don't know why.

hanoi recollection

This was down a favorite street to do some of that observation. I loved living in Hanoi you know. It gave me a big city but all divided into neighborhoods. So I often travel back when I sit for coffee here.

Like right now.