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Genie Cooper

Just a rural New Zealand girl trying to Navigate life teaching abroad in Vietnam.

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Kia Ora!Welcome to the inner workings of my mind and the absolute yarns that I've been spinning since moving to Vietnam! If you have any questions or want to see more, head over to my instagram! 

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An open letter to Vietnam

Well, now that i’ve made it through isolation I thought why not torture myself some more by writing this. Like always, the best place to...

The Last 24...

Waking up at 9am I had a horrible feeling. What if I had read my flight details wrong? What if I was flying out Saturday morning, not...

The week that was

Well the time had come. I had finished my last weekend at work and had started to plan my final week. I had to think of all the things I...

I CAN drive....

Just a wee update on the license front. After waiting the allocated thirteen days, we headed back to the shambles that fronted as the...

The TRUE spiral

Now this is the true story. Before the bars closed again myself and my most irresponsible friend, Emily Smith, decided we deserved a...

Corona, Floods and Spiraling.

So it's been awhile since I dropped some wisdom, but things have been absolutely crazy here the last wee while. When I last wrote I was...

Seven Day work weeks

Kia Ora! Me again! I know it's been awhile since I last gave you all an update but life has been pretty hectic! Vietnam is back to normal...

One broken child.

You've heard the story about how I have inspired a child, now it's time to hear the story about the child that I broke. Let me set the...

One Proud teacher!

Happy Vietnam-aversary to me! If you asked me four months ago what would have been happening when this was posted I would have happily...

25 Things by 25.

Isolation is doing weird things to people. I'm somewhere between crying at a children's show on Netflix (pup academy none the less) with...

Kids say the darnest things! 

Well well well, pretty sure we can all agree, let's just start 2020 over yeah? It's a crazy, stressful time for a lot of people. As for...

COVID- 19

It's crazy how quickly things can change in a month. For example, last month we were on our big holiday having the time of our lives, and...

Crash.

When it rains it pours, right? And that statement could not apply more than in Vietnam, and I'm not just talking about rainy season. New...

A sea of literal red 

So I'm actually a teacher out here. Thought I should tell you as a lot of you may have forgotten, due to the fact it seems like all I do...

Hangover Part 2... 

Looking around I do another quick head count, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Damn. All the free drinks leave my body and I’m sober as a judge. Instant...

The real life hangover.. 

The fun never stops.. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times, I have the best friends in the world. Not only have my parents...

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