that any attempt to drag it along the ground will result in a brokenstool and ass meeting pavement.Nowhere else in Saigon is it more important to observe the rulesof sitting than at the Rum Bar, where five US dollars will get youtwo cokes, a block of ice, a bowl of peanuts, and a repurposed winebottle filled with the tastiest moon shine north of the Mekong Delta.The Rum Bar is not the actual name of the Rum Bar, and what theyserve isn’t technically rum. The Rum Bar serves grain alcohol sweetened with molasses and sugar, enough sweetness to convince anynon-sober person to think they can drink it straight from the bottle.I fell prey to such a delusion on several occasions. After all, whyshould I pay 3 bucks for soda when the rum is sweet enough todrink straight? Because it’s not rum, because falling off your thirdstool in under an hour is embarrassing, and because black out youthinks riding a motorcycle home is a good idea.I moved to Vietnam mostly due to a terrible habit I have of romanticizing places I am not currently inhabiting and partly becausemy prospects of finding a post-grad job in America were next tozero. With 5 grand saved up and having googled Best ways to makea living abroad, I flew halfway around the world to start my newlife. I was to become an English teacher. I found a TESLA certificateprogram, paid my 500 dollars, and after a month of rigorous coursework, I was a teacher. I figured, with a few more weeks of practice,I’d be the next Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society. That thoughtwould vanish within a few days.The unfortunate thing about being a teacher is, that in order to begood at it, you have to actually want to be a teacher. There are plenty of professions you can excel at without being passionate aboutand teaching isn’t one of them.16
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