This post is to say a huge cảm ơn/thank you/tak/Ďakujem/merci to all the people who shared those 5 months with us.
A special thanks :
– to the CSDS staff : Que, Nhung (you were the first person whom we went on a scooter with – because only 2 on a scooter is boring. And stop pretending you’re working when you’re actually reading this !), Trang (you were the first person we met in the house), Yen (we heard that you were getting married, so we wish you all the best in the wolrd), Thao (did you ever find out if yoghourt+banana was a good combination ?), Quynh Anh (no more kissing in front of the staff now 😉 ), Duc (you like punishment too much), Hung (we loved to torture you), and all the others who arrived later but whom we did not get the chance to spend a long time with,
– to the volunteers who welcomed us when we arrived : Annie, Ida, Martin I, Martin II, Markéta, Sarah, Binny, you were wainting for us to arrive to go to Tom’s, and we ended up buyng beer to drink on the roof,
– to all the people we got to share a room with : Markéta, Ida, Martin I, Martin II, Seungyoep, Lauren, Krestina, Nina, Ellie, Kara, Eva, Priscilla, Jessica and Yvette.
– aux personnes avec qui nous avons travaillé à l’école : Lý et Hoa, les superbes professeurs de l’école, Marion et Ruby-Lee (vous serez des super maitresses !), Frédérique de VPV et Candyce (amuse-toi bien en Inde, et bon courage en Angleterre)
I would write down the names of the vonlunteers who were leaving, with sometimes a quote, things that you guys used to say or things that made me laugh. Thank you, all of you :
Annie (UK) – Thank you for making us laugh, I wish we could have spent more time with you : « Hello… It’s me… »
Sarah (France) – Merci pour ta présence à note arrivée, qu’est-ce qu’on aurait fait sans toi ? GUYS ! SHE’S THE REASON FOR OUR WEEKLY EXPEDITION TO BAR BETTA !!! : « What about depression ? » / « J’suis pas nareuse »
Maggie (France) – Merci pour toutes tes anecdotes qui nous auront bien fait marrer, j’espère que tu prends soin de ton « bébé » : « C’est le pain ! » / « Don’t eat my bread ! »
Lucy (UK) : « I feel like we’ve been through so much together, and you’re still judging my eating habits »
Jieun et Hyojung (South Korea)
Alex (Autralia / Germany)
Emma (Denmark) : « Emma was bitten by a monkey… » « Whaaaaaaat ? »
Ida (Denmark) – Tak (it’s the only thing I can say in Danish) for being such a wonderful roomie and person : « Little duddes » / « Nous sommes des petits Danones »
Sofie (Denmark) – Tak for all your advices on health : « The Northenest point » / « Oatmeal is good for you ! »
Kate (UK)
Frances (UK)
Vicky (UK)
Merel (Netherlands)
Nina (Norway) – Tak for being a wonderful roomie too : « Oh, no no no no no ! » / « Where’s my phone ?! » / « Argh ! I can’t be bothered ! »
Lauren (Canada) – Thank you for making me laugh so much in the room : « I’m feeling like a person again » / « I am not taking the risk to remove it (mosquito net) »
Sarah (UK)
Anna (USA) – Thank you Anna, you were greatly missed at the house when you had to leave : « It’s funny because… Well actually it’s not funny, but anyway ! »
Holly (UK)
Aoife (Ireland)
Alasdair (Scotland) – Merci pour ces conversations franco-anglaises à Bar Betta : « Pipa’s ass looks better… But I like Kate too ! »
Elisabeth (Denmark) : « I have seen so many dicks since I arrived in Vietnam ! »
Krestina (Denmark) – Tak, for finally not dying despite your best efforts 😉 : « amazing » / You : « I am going for a walk » Me : « and buy snacks » You « Noooooo »
Alice (France/UK)
Emilia (UK)
Océane (France) – Pinceau va très bien, il nous reconnait et nous saute dessus avant même qu’on ait fini de traverser le carrefour : « j’ai trouvé un motorbike… »
Seul Bin « Binny » (South Korea) – I hope you’re practicing the cup song ! : « how was your day ? » « … It was okayyyyyyyyyyy… »
Rachel (UK) – Long live our Queen of Braids : « you absolute chopstick »
Louise (Scotland)
Eamon (Scotland) : « Messi qualified on his own, even fucking Yorkshire qualified, but Scotland did not ! »
Ellie (UK) – we actually discovered the color of the floor and the desk after you left 😉 : « I am going to clean this mess » / « I am an independant woman » (while packing)
Kara (UK) : « Where is my white bra ? Oh here’s a strap ! »
Martin « 3 » Pierre (France)
Jean-Gabriel (France) : « Allez, il faut partir maintenant ! »
Grégoire (France) – J’espère que tu as arrêté de te blesser, bonne chance au Louvre ! : « c’est une déclaration de guerre ! » (après que les anglais aient effacé la carte au tableau)
Eva (UK) : Ellie « I am an independant woman » You « NO you’re NOT ! »
Frederikke M (Denmark) – I hope you’re holding up your promise about food ^^ : « I am so bad at waiting for food »
Fie (Denmark)
Frederikke N (Denmark)
Ida (Denmark)
Nanna (Denmark) : « I don’t trust the meat »
Donna (UK) – Thank you, especially for making us laugh during that shitty week-end with the monsters : « WHO’s in THERE (toilet) ?! » / « I ain’t doing no fucking treasure hunt with ’em little monsters ! »
Emily (New-Zealand) – I hope you’re having a wonderful time in Europe : « I am a Kiwi » / « seven / red / ten / pen / deck… »
Calum (UK) : « Sac à meeeerde » (one time when Ellie was rolling on the kitchen floor)
Anna (UK)
Camille (France)
Alexandra (France)
Aurélie (France)
Alice (France) – Mamie Alice, merci pour ces barres de rires lors des réunions potins sur mon lit : « Je vais aller fumer ma petite clopounnette, et après il sera temps d’aller au lit ! »
Alberto (Italia)
Fatimah (UK)
Rima « Reem » (UK) – It’s a shame that you could stay only for such a short time, you are an amazing (creepy) person, please never change ! : « Can you (fucking) not ? »
Jessica (USA)
Yvette (Netherlands)
Isabel (Denmark)
Carrie (UK)
Rimmy (UK) – Thanks for being part of our extended family : « Look at the stars » « You’re staring at the roof Rimmy »
And last to leave before us, but not least :
Markéta (Czech Republic) – My first roomate with Ida, I’ve got the John Cena song randomly stuck in my head thanks to you, and I am keeping my toes crossed all the time now : Me « today can be your cheat day » You « I already had a cheat day » / « since when do you speak Slovak ? »
Martin I (Slovaquia) – where to start with you Martin ? : « Food is good » / « Tastes like chicken » / « what the fuck » / « don’t be stupid » / « Google maps » / « Inception button »
Martin II (Slovaquia) Thank you for everything, we’ll miss you a lot : « Very very good, very very cheap » / « Daviiiiiiiiiiid ! » / « Les hommes riches » / « KL -> Kovac Landed » / « Bike is dead » / « piče »
And to those who are still in the house(s) :
Laura (UK) – You’re now officially the mum of the house, we’ll miss you loads, have fun in Asia. Stay in VN until your birthday 😉 : « I just woke up on a random person’s sofa »
Suman (UK) : « I drank the water from the river »
David N (USA) – Our favorite Irish boy, I hope Shamrockology is going well : « Oh look ! This is the bridge that I built ! »
Alli (USA)
Priscilla (France) : « 50 shades of flemme » – parce que vivre dans un pays où on a plusieurs mots pour parler de différents degrés de flemme, ça en dit quand même long sur ledit pays.
Jian (Malaysia) : Me « You look tired » You « I look Asian »
Alex (Scotland) – The new « dad » of the house, try not to corrupt the newbies too much
Claire (USA)
Hopefully we didn’t forget anyone.
To quote Martin, I hope that all of you will bring back something from Vietnam [in your heart] like we did.
This is not goodbye, but see you again.