What am I doing in Vietnam?

I am now living in Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a., Saigon), Vietnam--my birthplace which I left in December of 1978. This is the 2nd time I've been in Saigon.

Two main reasons:
I'm here to improve my Vietnamese speaking skills--expand my vocabulary.
And, to travel around this part of the globe (Asia, Australia, Indonesia, etc.) more easily.

I've been in Vietnam (a.k.a., VN) for nearly four weeks now. So far, I've visited a few beach resorts/towns in southern VN, and I've visited Cambodia. More on that later... At the end of June, I'm hoping to visit a friend in Singapore before she moves back to San Francisco for grad school. And, I'm hoping to visit Manila in mid-August. More on that later, too...