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A new dawn
on Oct 1, 2009 in new blog goodbye and goodnight thank you After much procrastinating, I've finally setlled on a name and created my new blog: an african down under I've exported all my links so all of you on my old blogroll are on my new one too. Thanks for reading my Vietnam blog for all these years and...
End of a Chapter
on Aug 18, 2009 in fare thee well goodbye and goodnight I’m sitting here in our unit sipping on a super strong cup of Trung Nguyen’s Legendee coffee, that famous Buon Me Thuot blend, my last stash of Vietnamese coffee that I brought with and also the best I’ve ever drunk. There’s nothing like a di...
A Rooster Ruckus
on Jul 23, 2009 in photos nam street style <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:...
Flour Power
on Jul 16, 2009 in saigon gastronome nam street style food Bot Chien is a favourite pre- and post-class snack for Saigon’s school kids and you’ll nearly always find a vendor eagerly parked outside a school or language centre. I first discovered it when I was working at a school up in Tan Binh District ab...
An Ode to the Raiders
on Jul 8, 2009 in footy Raiders expatriate sport odes A ragged bunch of mercenaries, battle-hardened warriors, drawn together from the far corners of the globe troop onto the field at the National University in Thu Duc District every Sunday in Saigon. A South African, a handful of British and Irish, Aus...
An Ode to Mr Wobbles
on Jul 4, 2009 in Mr Wobbles goodbye Vietnam Yesterday some of my friends came over for a garage sale that wasn’t in a garage and it wasn’t a sale. I basically gave what’s rest of my house away to my friends and Ms Sau the cleaning lady who comes in twice for a few hours. Her name literal...