When we Americans hear “Vietnam” we think “the War”. This does not happen the other way around. Continue reading
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Grumpy Post (It’s gonna be a long 7 days.)
If I wait until I’m in a good mood to blog again, you may not hear from me for awhile. Here I am trying not to complain too badly and to just make it through the next 7 days. Continue reading
Postcards: Seas stymie snail mail
It’s Saturday, January 19th and half my postcards STILL haven’t made it to America, after being mailed on the 2nd. Hopefully some will arrive today. (Did you get yours today??) Continue reading
One type of person I don’t understand
“Hey! I don’t have time to read your blog, but can you paraphrase everything, put it in a reply email to me and attach loads of pics, please? KTHXBYE!” Continue reading
Day In The Life: Wednesday in Pictures
No words, just pics. All taken today, from morning-wakey to evening-sleepy. Continue reading
“Reasons To Hate Vietnam” (response)
My best attempt at a fair, comprehensive, informative response to the popular 2007 blog post “Reasons To Hate Vietnam.” Continue reading
ohiasia meme
I realize I’m about a year late to this particular meme party. Better late than never (right?) Look what I made just for YOU! Continue reading
TGIF
Here’s a Friday slice of life. Bon Appétit! Continue reading
Someone Didn’t Go To Business School
How a tofu breakfast lady lost a repeat customer over 10¢. Continue reading
2013 Q1 resolution & 2012 in review
My big goal for Q1: to start a full-time job after my February Break. Also, here were my top 3 posts for 2012. Continue reading
Happy Gregorian New Year!
My New Year’s Eve consisted of a tuna sandwich, an erroneous Brit, a bold IM, a different kind of swastica and walking through someone’s bedroom to get to it all. And pics! I have pics! Continue reading
Trà Vinh, Nhung, Nghia and the abandoned Khmer Cultural Museum
After my Mekong Delta tour I met up with a coworker-couple for Christmas Eve in Tra Vinh. Continue reading
The bus from CanTho to TraVinh (audio!)
After my touristy Mekong Delta tour, I took a 3-hour bus to TraVinh to meet my coworker, Nhüng, near her hometown. I will not miss this bus. Continue reading
The “Stupid American” Incident
I dug this silly pic up from 2002, when I lived in North Carolina. It represents me last Sunday when, for a few minutes, I became someone’s idea of a typical American. Continue reading
Mekong Delta: the good stuff
Here are the rest of my pics from my Mekong Delta tour, as well as some of the people I met. Continue reading
Mekong Delta Tour
Here’s my full review of my Mekong Delta Tour. My advice to anyone planning a tour: keep your expectations as low as the price. Continue reading
Mekong Delta Christmas
Merry Christmas Eve!! Here’s a quick post from the road in Mekong Delta. First a tour, then hanging out in Nhung’s hometown. Continue reading
Interview with Anh
Before her internship ended here in HCMC, I got to interview my new Vietnamese-American friend staying in my building. Continue reading
Relocation: Let’s see what the next alley over is like
I’ve only been in my new place for about an hour, but it already seems to be quite an improvement. Here’s my place for the next 6 weeks. Continue reading
Why I haven’t been posting that much in Vietnam
Thanks to some mysterious workings of the internet, my blog posts here in VN take far longer than usual. That is, if it lets me post them at all. Continue reading