Sitting in a diner ( Read more... )

t's the rainy season in HCMC right now. They tell me that Vietnam has two seasons, rainy and dry, and that the year is split 50/50 between the two. Honestly, I feel that in the divorce between the rainy and dry seasons, the rainy season seriously got custody of the year. It's been raining here since May, and if I recall correctly, it was raining ( Read more... )

The receptionist tales continue. I want to note that I've never taken this girl out on a date, invited her out on a date, nor even complimented her! As most of you know, I compliment most people out of boredom. She's cute and sweet, but I think something deep within the beast(me) realized that complimenting this girl is the last thing I should ( Read more... )

Aka, "how not to court me ( Read more... )

I guess it's the forks that I'll always remember. I walked in for the cheap food, but at the end of the day, I stayed for the forks. They were just that clean ( Read more... )

The other day, I got home after a successful date to find my roommates sprawled upon the living room couch ( Read more... )

"Did they ever offer you BoomBoom in the alley?"
-My roommate Karlie

"When did 'Vanilla' become a bad word?"
-Me

It's raining like shit in Saigon right now.  A friend of mine just texted me a message.  She lives on the top floor of her building, and her room is flooding right now.

One of her housemates says, "this is a sign that you will be rich."

I just received another message from her.  "Now her whole family is in my room."

I'm trapped in my school.  I' ( Read more... )

At the Sapporo beer factory, Jen and I exchange love stories over beer. "Love Stories Over Beer" sounds like it could be a good anthology for our generation, doesn't it? I tell her mine, about the "Destiny Wife," "Chris-Squared Tran-squared" etc. I tell her about Sayaka, who at this point was only a two week old memory ( Read more... )

I learned the day before last ( Read more... )