very so long time since

Indeed it has been a very long time since I have written a blog. And the only reason I am now writing a blog is due to one Christopher Dundon. You see, chris was searching for Alibaba's phone number online (the awesome Indian restaurant in Vung Tau) and my blog came up. He read it and was telling me last night that he enjoyed it, and that it had been a long time since I wrote. I knew.
However, it is often difficult to find things to write about when you're just living. I mean, every day life really isn't that interesting... or is it?
Things that have happened recently: I saw, for the first time, a man driving a motorbike, holding onto a big piece of glass BY HIM SELF. Usually there is another person on the back holding on to the glass, but he was doing it himself. Utterly, fantastically dangerous.
I did a triathlon. I had been swimming certain mornings just for fitness and to do something in this lazy town. Kristoff had mentioned a long time ago that he would be doing a triathlon in Mui Ne at the beginning of June, and he told me I should do it too. Of course I laughed because I am in no shape whatsoever, and cannot find ambition in this town to get into shape. However a week prior to the event, talk started around the office and I ended up signing up along with a fellow Canadian, Camilla, and planned to travel up with a group of others. Alec, Fiona and I drove up, while Camilla, Kristoff and Mirjam took a taxi. In preparation for the event I had swam a couple mornings, ran a couple evenings, and not biked for over a year. However the event went quite well. Of course I dominated the swim. It was only 250 m, but I got a long way out front. But when I made the transition to the bike, I didn't even know where to go. So I went somewhere slowly, waiting for the next person to show me the way. Well as I ventured on I realized that the way was clearly marked. I pushed on, realizing that 20km is a long way, but eventually made it back to the beach for the run in 6th or 7th place. The run was on the beach, which was awful, especially because I stepped on a purple sea creature that had spikes in it at the very beginning of the run, and had to limp most of the way. However I did not give up my position, and finished in 7th overall, 6th among men. Of course that was the short triathlon. The long one was won by my friend Kristoff. Camilla came 6th amongst girls I believe. So it was a very successful trip. And it was my first triathlon.
The most interesting part of my life, as well as the most frustrating, is my mission to get into China to see the Beijing Olympics. But that's going to have to be another day.