Advent in Asia

Vietnam is definitely getting prepared for Christmas. This was my evening entertainment as I waited for my bành xèo:

I know exactly how this little girl feels:

Can't get more exciting than tinsel, can you?

Here is my bành xèo, which as you can see, looks suspiciously like Vietnamese omelette, so it was very brave of me to sit down and agree to eat it because omelette upsets me:

However, it's not omelette, it's more like a lentil pancake with dubious prawns in it. In this picture is also my trusty coca cola which I order in case of taste emergency where I want to spit out the contents of my mouth onto the floor, but can't, for fear of offending. 

By the time I had made friends with the little girl, the little girl had made friends with a flearidden kitten, and the kitten had made friends with me, Jimmy Le, who I'd also made friends with, had finished his Christmas tree...

And everyone was feeling very festive all around. When combined with the briht blue lights on the palm trees around my swimming pool, this is all contributing to a veritable winter wonderland!