In ter net

Vietnamese is a monosyllabic language - that means that every word they use only has one syllable - unlike ours. So when they say the word Internet - they say it as three words, each one with its own meaning.

This is the outside of the Internet shack where I spend so much of my time getting stuff online for you to view and read. The room where the computers are located is way in the back of this photo, behind the first building. There are 15 computers crammed into this one little room, and they each share the same dialup connection.

Internet gaming is popular, as I said in an earlier post. Empire is the most common game, but if I get to the computers before the end of the school day, or after supper it isn't so crowded. We have stayed quite late, and are often the last to leave, especially if we get there when students are there, making things much slower. It costs me an average of about $3 a day - if I stay 4 hours. Not too bad, and at least I can get stuff online. I do like staying connected....