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A long time ago, in a Room 50 far, far away...
Wow... 5 years since VPX. It was my most amazing experience in America, and I miss all of you! -
My Tết - a quick account of the holiday
I’ve spent three Tết holidays in Vietnam now, so I’ve become quite accustomed to all the goings-on. Before the holiday’s finally over (personally, I’ve still got a week to go), I thought I’d use the opportunity to give an overview of events from my own point of view here in Saigon (and keep in mind that there is no fixed way of doing things - other ( Read more... ) -
Cat not rabbit
So for the past few days here, I’ve been lying (and sitting) around in the year of the cat, enjoying the Tết holiday, occasionally going out for a bit of sun, some food, some attention, and some gratuitous killing of weaker animals (okay, that last part was a lie). The past week, I’ve felt very much like a cat, in fact (except for the beer drinking ( Read more... ) -
The Phamily
Sitting around at the start of a two-week holiday thanks to Tết, and I realised how late I am with my next post here, so thought it would be good to at least get one more done before the month is over.
This would be an ideal time to get out of town, under most circumstances… and indeed, the majority of friends are off exploring other places, or ( Read more... ) -
Forever Dượng
It’s a bad pun to begin with, given that the vowels are not quite right, but it’s confounded by the fact that even as a tenuous pun, it only works in the southern dialect - in the south, the d character is pronounced like a y, whereas in the north, it’s pronounced like a z. If you want your actual English d sound, you need a đ. But now that’s out ( Read more... ) -
Terms of Address 1 - anh, em, chị
Happy New Year, everyone! Not that it’s Vietnamese New Year yet… we’re still on the lead-up to it, but Vietnam uses the Western calendar like most countries (actually it uses the Western and the Chinese calendars, for different purposes, but that’s a topic for another post), and so even while Tết is the most significant holiday in Vietnam, the ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to Saigon Sunsets
I’ve been in Vietnam for over three years now, and while I’ve written a fair bit about my experiences here (as have many), the focus has always been on myself and the people close to me. Which is fine, and I’m not about to stop doing that, but I thought that, since the new year is coming, it might be nice to try something a little different. Step ( Read more... ) -
My 8th post of the year
Yep, it hasn't been a big one on the LJ front, but then that seems to be true of most people nowadays anyway... I still come here for a read a few times a week, because there are still a few entertaining folks posting worthwhile stuff, but between Facebook usage, lack of writing productivity, reading an ever-growing number of RSS feeds through ( Read more... ) -
A quick note from Taiwan
In Tainan with justin_pilon, and this bar has wifi, so here's a quick note. Taiwan is an excellent place, and having a lot of fun. It has currently reminded me of Kuala Lumpur, Japan, Singapore, and even Vietnam, but curiously not HK. However, despite these reminders, it is it's own unique place and well worth visiting. Oh, and I find it hilarious that Justin ( Read more... )
