Day 1 in the city of peace, and the roads are anything but peaceful.

The rain in Hanoi finally stopped to welcome us with plenty of sunshine, and the evening is cool with strong breeze.

Watched part of Duplicity again and it reminded of the time we watched it 4 months ago and what a hilarious irony it is.

Had wanted to catch 2 Lovers (cos it reminded me of Sliding Doors, one of my all-time fave) back then at the cinema but they didn’t have the slots, and thus I settled for Duplicity, but it was such heaviness watching 2 Lovers (I didn’t expect the dark element in the movie) that I had to watch Bride Wars to level out the heaviness.

A couple of other great shows on KrisWorld and Gran Torino is one of those I would wanna catch.

The room has a fantastic view which I am just chilling and watching into the vast lake, and talking to my colleagues by calling out across the balconies even though they are one floor above, with the breeze teasing my hair.

This is exactly the view from my room.

The night is so peaceful, so beautiful, and the moon is so bright tonight.

The free and easy day had us scrambling through the busy streets of Hanoi, shrilling as we tried to cross the road. The key is, close your eyes, and walk across without looking at oncoming traffic.

Pretty tiring day with all the walking, an am just alone in the hotel room, since my roommate, whom I had only met once and  never spoken to, is on a different schedule from me, and probably won’t be back early.

Strangely, Hanoi reminds me of Russia.

And I am actually starting to get a bout of homesickness, and it is only day 1!

Will upload the pictures (very subdued this time cos mostly colleagues and plenty of walking… and not much sight) when I get the chance to, which probably mean quite soon since the schedule isn’t very packed.

Meanwhile, I shall catch up with my daily news and email clearing.