Monday, October 5, 2009

The morning after...

Giat minh thuc day la sang thu 2 ko ngu duoc anh xuong nha bep nau nc pha cafe danh rang va nuong 2 banh mi sandwich xong chet beurre voi ti muoi thuong thi toi ko an sang nhung biet hom nay it is a long day. Chua bao gio thay banh mi toast ngon den the vua uong cafe vua nghi se mang gi theo. I took a bag put a laptop and 2 books in case I have to wait va 1 o banh mi mua o nha hang hom qua. 5 gio sang roi TP den cai lang nho xiu do. Nhin trang lang xuong roi binh minh vuot len that ngoan muc lau lam roi toi khong co lai xe ban dem. Hom qua toi da lam homework ve nhg du dinh se lam. Theo google thi co mot dealer gan do 50 km thay vi fai keo xe ve TP se mat 600 dollars. Toi ghi tat cau so dien thoai can thiet. Toi roi nha va den village do co ten rat dep Belleville tieng Phap Bell la dep va ville la thanh pho nhu vay Belleville co nghia la thanh pho dep. Mac du o Bac My nhung co rat nhieu TP mang ten cua Phap ngay xua the ky 14 Colombus den va kham pha Chau My (October 1492: the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus) va sau do nguoi Au Chau thuong qua day giao thuong sau co nhg tran danh giua Canada va Phap va My va Phap nen anh huong cua Phap van con o day, co the thay rat ro dau vet va van minh cua Phap o Quebec city Canada hay nhg TP Baton Rouge, New Orleans o USA. Toi hua se dua em di den nhg noi nay rat thu vi khi thay hoa nhap cua Au va My trong nhg thanh pho nay. Du lich cung la mot cai dem me cua toi vi hoc hoi va biet dc nhieu dieu thu vi.

Anyway, toi den Belleville la 7gio 30 phut den gap ong chu hom thu 7 noi chuyen mot chut roi ong cho den cho garage 2 nguoi noi chuyen co ve hop va dua email de tien viec lien lac. Ong noi neu muon lam an ve mo cho cho muon xe nhu ong thi noi cho ong biet ong se giup do he is from Pakistan.
Dung truoc garage toi goi towing truck den cai lang ben canh lon hon 1 chut 50 km o day co Toyota dealer ma toi da google hom qua. Tai sao fai keo ve TP nen keo den noi nao co Toyota dealers nhu vay se re hon. Towing truck is costly. Den Toyota dealer ho cung tu te ho bao doi o waiting room nhg toi noi can 1 desk de lam viec ho di tim trong building co 1 desk trong va toi ngoi day lam viec va connected voi wireless cua ho de viet ra nhung loi nay. Tat ca rat thich ngam ra mot canh dong lua mi menh mong, Ngoi duoc chung 1/2 tieng thi ho goi ra ho da tim duoc problem cua chiec xe roi bi hu 2 thu: timing belt va water bump va chi phi khoang 700 dollars lam toi cung mung vi toi nghi se ton den 2000 dollars neu hu computer modules. Ho dem coffee va noi chuyen than mat va toi ngoi day lam viec cho ho sua xe. Nhu vay la toi nay co xe ve thanh pho roi. Mot kinh nghiem va ky niem kho quen. Khong biet con chuyen gi se xay ra nua khong. Cuoc song da nhu vay hon 20 nam hau nhu khong con gi lam toi so ca. Co dieu khong biet chuyen gi se xay ra de suy nghi hom thu 6 ma biet co dealer gan thi do biet may cung nho rented a car ve nha moi biet...

P.S. Sorry sang di voi ko mang theo camera. Xem hinh chup tu laptop webcam chay he dieu hanh linux that's all I can do. Linux la he dieu hanh nhu windows danh cho nguoi chuyen nghiep nhu engineer de viet software. Giao dien no khac rat nhieu so voi windows. Co the lam viec voi 20 virtual desktops at the same time. Toi thich song o day vi tu do/luat phap ro rang va moi nguoi deu co bon phan va trach nhiem voi xa hoi minh song, nhu di lam dong thue cho nha nc va nha nc tra tien cho canh sat va canh sat fai bon phan phuc vu nguoi dan. Ngay xua cach day hon 10 nam toi nghi se ve VN song mo cong ty o do luon nhg ve VN o mot nam mo cong ty ko nhu minh nghi vi rat nhieu ly do...viet co le thanh mot cuong sach nen toi da ban cong ty va tro ve day ko co dinh ve huu o VN dau vi lau lam VN moi co the nhu o day. Nhung di va lam va thu va song nhu nguoi VN moi biet dc tat ca va toi co the noi toi biet kha nhieu ve Saigon, xa hoi va da thay doi qua nhieu voi nhg gi toi da nghi khi con nho trong ky uc minh. Co email nhu vay: "Cung mai la ben My neu o VN chac "Cop , Beo" - 2 chan khong tha anh roi.". Lam toi lien tuong den nam o VN toi thich Binh Quoi vi no co mon goi sua va phong canh lang man va yen tinh. Toi va em ngoi ngam nhin may nc luc binh troi, co khi ca buoi chieu nhat la nhg ngay nha hang vang khach, hom do cung nhu thuong le toi ve Vo Thi Sau queo Nam Ky Khoi Nghia (toi thich ten goi ngay xua la Hien Vuong va Cong Ly nghe rat hay) de xuong Queen Bees. Lan nay queo bi canh sat cong lo thoi lai noi khong cho queo toi tuc muon oi ra mau toi hoi cam queo sao ko co bang cam queo trai lam sao chung toi biet duoc. Dung cai mai tui no buc minh noi anh o dau thi anh fai theo luat o do chu, toi luat gi quai dang qua vay, toi tham nghi chua thay ten canh sat nao ma noi ngang nguoc nhu cua, toi da song ben day hon 20 nam neu anh ben do toi se goi xep cua anh noi chuyen chu khong them noi chuyen nhoc ranh nhu anh. Em dung va em so no se lay xe giam cho bo ghet hinh nhu sau su thanh cong cua ng dan ong la mot nguoi phu nu ma toi di tim mai khong thay ai nhu em. Em goi toi noi nho thoi anh dung cai voi tui lam gi anh de em noi chuyen. Em da chuan bi tien $50 ngan hay $100 ngan gi do cho ho em noi thoi cho em xin loi cac anh vi anh nay moi ve VN lam an nen khong hieu luat o day. May ten canh sat biet vay con lam toi, chi ve noi voi ong rang dung co hong dem luat ben do o day, em noi thoi cac anh thong cam, ko noi mot loi nen toi rat tuc va ngam thinh em dua tien cho tui no quay lai nhin thoi anh minh ve, tui no con noi voi toi rang lan sau chung toi giam xe anh luon. Toi tuc muon chet duoc. Hom do chung toi huy bo het du dinh. Cung nhu nhg lan toi dap xuong phi truong Tan Son Nhat vao thay may nguoi Vietnamese customs/hai quan ko bao gio hoi "hi how are you" nhu o day ma mat mai lap li thay kho ma cam tinh. Cuba la quoc gia nho va cung communist ma toi thay hai quan cua ho de thuong hon VN. Buon thay khi minh viet ve quoc gia cua minh nhung do la su that. Lau lam VN moi qua dc co the khong bao gio chung nao thay doi duoc "con nguoi".

Ngoi o office cua dealer, co nhieu nguoi khach vao mua xe hoi ma tuong toi lam viec cho Toyota va thay toi lam viec voi my laptop ho hoi ve xe nhg toi lai fai gioi thieu ho den reception, that ra toi chi muon office cua ho de lam viec vi ho co 1 office trong. Nhin khach hang ra vo nghe ho noi chuyen cung rat thu vi. Toi thich nghe noi chuyen cua 2 vo chong gia vao mua xe hoi nhin ho that de thuong va dep doi. Day cung la lan dau tien ma xe bi su co giua thon que. Ngoai doi neu nhin toi thi ko co kho tinh nhu trong hinh dau toi it noi nhg neu dung chuyen thi toi cung thich noi nhg la nguoi ham voi toi. Co the noi rat hoat bat vi vay moi co the song mot minh lang tu dc chu.

Toyota garage office cung dc - nhin hinh. Cung ok co banh mi co nc co the doi ca ngay ko sao ca. Hoi on ao mot ti nhg co the ngoi o day den chieu toi ko sao ca minh la ke lang thang bui doi co gi ma so nhu bai nhac Dem Dong. Co ai thau tinh co lu dem dong khong nha. Uoc gi anh om em nhay slow bai nay nhi. Chac tuyet lam !

Xong roi ho vua goi dung 4 tieng dong ho nhu ho da hua se sua xong, nhanh that chua lam dc gi nhieu. Goodbye Toyota's office. I am back to my normal life. It is noon time. One more time she is ready to bring me home. She is beautiful again. Xe hoi la giong cai o day - a she. Ra kiem hamburger an chu.