Finally I have something to write about. As you may know, I find my life here in Saigon quite boring. Between going out to the local bars, entertaining clients from the big international companies entering Vietnam and playing darts, there just isn’t much to do. But last week was the most interesting I’ve had in…… Continue reading Saigon Stories – Interesting Week in Saigon
Category: Journal
My life journal.
Government Spying
Almost every ex-pat here in Saigon knows that there is a government dossier with their name on it from the moment they went through immigration. When I first heard of it, I was a bit taken aback and remember being taught that some governments in the world do this sort of thing. I also remember…… Continue reading Government Spying
Poverty
Last week while searching the many many pirated DVD’s around our house for something interesting, I came across Michael Moore’s movie where he sticks it to the man yet again. While I generally like his movies and agree with him that many corporations are greedy, evil institutions, there is one point that I would like…… Continue reading Poverty
Saigon Stories – Saigon Life
It’s been a while since my last entry so I thought I should sit down and write something. As I’ve mentioned before, the life here isn’t so exciting, and thus neither is writing about it. But there have been a few things of note that may be of interest to you out there wondering about…… Continue reading Saigon Stories – Saigon Life
Another entry – ADHD
I finally won GTA- San Andreas. There are still a million sub missions to complete but for the most part, I’m free from the games clutches. I will not play another game until they come out with another GTA game and will concentrate on my blog, writing back e-mails to friends in good time and…… Continue reading Another entry – ADHD
Addiction – GTA
It’s been quite a while since my last post due to a certain, horrible addiction that consumes me every time I turn on the computer. That addiction is in Grand Theft Auto – San Andreas. This is the exact reason I quit playing video games (or tried to) and concentrated on other computer related activities…… Continue reading Addiction – GTA
Language – Hated sayings
I have studied foreign languages for years now and learned how to construct sentences by following some structure of pronoun, verb object and so on. However, it wasn’t until I became an English teacher that I started to see my own native language with a critical eye. The most difficult to teach would have to…… Continue reading Language – Hated sayings
Saigon Stories – Random Irrelevance – Experiences abroad
There have been a few thoughts going through my head that do not deserve a full fledged post but I still wanted to write about. Some about Vietnam, and some about my experiences abroad in general. So I thought I’d combine them all in one post and get them out. The first deals with my…… Continue reading Saigon Stories – Random Irrelevance – Experiences abroad