i find this awkward because i'm generally the one laying on the leather couch and not the one giving the evaluation.  after being gone for about a month, i find many of my friends, some family, and yours truly, in peril.  so due to small demand, this is for you.

1) the 1st time.  maybe your mom and dad are not ready to hear that you've got someone ( Read more... )

it's a mixed feeling being back home. for the most part, i'm glad to be home. i'm going to get started studying vietnamese so i can be prepared the next time i go ( Read more... )

1.5 weeks to go.  as much as i love saigon, i'm ready to come home.  don't get me wrong, i'm having my fun, just not the way i want to have it.  at times i feel like a king over here but with all the restrictions that come with it.  if you ever visit a 3rd world country, do NOT go with your parents!  it's funny that i can find my way thru new york ( Read more... )

hello all!

i'm now into the middle of my vacation of the motherland.  i spent the first half of it in saigon.  at the moment i'm in nha trang, which is like the only beach resort they've got here.  i hate the humidity here.  other than that it's quite an experience.  one which i'll share with some of you on a  more private level of ( Read more... )

the "Thaigus Tour" continues at O eight hundred.  people i've just said bye to, i'll be seeing again.  happy lunar new year to all my peoples of asian decent.  the notebook came out on dvd yesterday.  i've never seen women act more deranged in my life.  everyone i know who watched that movie sobs like a baby.  they say i'll cry too.  you know what ( Read more... )

good job to the new england patriots.  i don't like that team but i still respect them.  a part of me didn't want them to win because i really didn't want to hear "DYNASTY" for the next few years.  but they are what they, just like we are who we are.

june and i were talking tonight about a few things.  my friend dan wants to name his daughter, ( Read more... )

an old friend found me on instant messenger tonight.  ahh the power of the net.  apparently i'm a very hard person to find.  it got me thinking as to how many friends or would be buds i've lost because of my endless nomadic lifestyle.  it also bears the point that despite all the times i've moved, how many people still keep in touch with me.  not ( Read more... )

today annie and i did our usual weekly talk about current meaningless to others yet meaningful only to ourselves phone call.  i must admit, she tries harder than alot of people in my life that i've given the title "friend" to.  you know the type.  the ones i've taken a beating for in a club fight, your army buddy, the ones who were there to give ( Read more... )

ZUG ZUG!

It's always nice finding friends you've lost.  No matter how much changes, some things will always be the same.  Even if nothing ever changes you'll find that it will never be the same.  ER?  whatchuwannmedo?

4) be less sentimental about material objects ( Read more... )