Greetings with a completely screwed up body clock from Hanoi

Well, I'm here. I made it. I'm in my dorm room, which came equipped with mosquito netting, so Mum, you can hold onto the receipt from when we bought some. I have a roommate, but I arrived so late last night that all I really know about her is that she's from Sweden and her name is Andrea. No clue how old she is or anything. I wish she would wake up so I could ask her questions about the shower, though. It's just a thing coming out of the wall – no real stall thing to stand in – so I'm wondering if I just stand on the floor or stand in the large bucket that's in the bathroom or what. I really don't want to flood the place on the first day, but I also haven't showered in at least thirty five hours, so I might want to take a chance on it.

There was a really nice man from Laos sitting next to me on the plane from Seoul to Hanoi that I chatted with a bit and then he helped me fill out my customs stuff properly and seemed to be generally concerned with my welfare, which was nice. He gave me his card in case I ever want to go see Laos. Asiana airlines was really nice, too. All planes are really the same, but the things they provided were quality items – nice blankets, a meal on nice airline china with real silverware, warm rolls to go with dinner. I think I must have eaten five meals yesterday plus random Luna bars here and there, what with being awake for twenty seven hours and skipping around so many time zones on my flights.

My coordinator person, Lan, picked me up at the airport – she seems really nice, and she is really small. I feel very tall next to her. I think Emily Abeshouse would feel tall next to her. And we got driven by some man to the dormitory, who just honked at everything the entire time – drivers going to slow, drivers with their turn signals, drivers next to him, drivers in front of him – and chatted with Lan in Vietnamese, so of course I had no clue what they were saying.

I didn't really sleep last night – you'd think I'd have this overwhelming exhaustion and drop off immediately but I think my body's just too screwed up right now to figure out it needs sleep. Today is the day I get a tour of the city, and then tomorrow I have orientation and start teaching. Hopefully I'll get exhausted today and sleep really well tonight and be fine. It would be really nice if I could take a shower, though.

Writing prompt for Lisa: Write out the conversation that Lan and the driver were having. Have them be talking about something that is completely juxtaposed by their calm, lighthearted tone, so if you were someone who didn't speak the language (like me!) you'd have no clue what they were talking about.