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Archive for September, 2009

Good educator? Or a bitch?

Posted in Language, People, tagged , , , , on Thursday, 24 September 2009 | 5 Comments »

The other day as I was walking into the train station to get to Uni, I saw a young Asian girl standing near the ticket machine looking around for help. (Young as in twenty-something.) I approached her and without asking whether I could understand Vietnamese, she started firing questions at me in the language. Now [...]

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Sên, mứt, và mười hai năm

Posted in Family, Places, Vietnamese, tagged , , , , , , on Monday, 21 September 2009 | 4 Comments »

Nửa đêm đang nằm khèo đọc truyện ngắn của Lý Lan, thấy chữ “sên mứt” tự nhiên giựt mình cái đùng. Mới nhớ là bao lâu rồi không nghe, không dùng chữ “sên” mà không phải để nói tới loài động vật tròn tròn nhớt nhớt, bò chậm rì chậm rịt, hay ăn lá cây [...]

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The “Are you a real Vietnamese?” test

Posted in Music, Places, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on Saturday, 19 September 2009 | 2 Comments »

(This was written some time last week and has been left to lurk around in ”Drafts” with about 50 other half-baked entries. Ugh! Bad writer! Bad blogger! Bad whinger!)
Last night, at precisely 12 o’clock, yours truly was still up playing with a glue stick. Hmm… that doesn’t sound right. Well, before anyone starts imagining (inappropriate) things, [...]

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Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Posted in Language, tagged , , , , on Thursday, 17 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

(I’ve been lazy with my book reviews. Wondering if there’s any way to incorporate Social Living’s Virtual Bookshelf on Facebook to this blog.)

As said, I was afraid that this book was going to be another “Under the Tuscan Sun”, contrived and cliched. I can no longer stomach chick-lit, not that there’s anything wrong with that, [...]

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Veins and the city

Posted in Random, Style, tagged , , , , , on Thursday, 10 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By saying this I know I run a massive risk of getting chased / bashed / whacked across the head with a Manolo-inspired heel by the throngs of Carrie Bradshaw’s fans. But. BUT! Seeing recent photos of the filming of Sex and The City 2 makes me kinda sad. Not boohoohoo sad, but more of a ”sigh, it’s getting [...]

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Dịch với chả thuật

Posted in Heart, Vietnamese, tagged , , on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thằng Chả ngồi ở chỗ làm rảnh rảnh, sờ cằm gãi râu, lóc cóc gõ rồi gửi cho mình 1 cái i-meo như vầy: “Em bé, Bạn thực hiện cho tôi nụ cười.”
Chấm hỏi?
Chấm cảm!!!
Có phải là ác lắm không nếu mình trả lời lại kêu là “Google Translate sucks”? Thôi, chắc không nên ác [...]

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Nhà lãnh đạo của ngày mai

Posted in Music, Random, Vietnamese, tagged , , , , on Monday, 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Thứ hai là ngày đầu tuần, bé hứa cố gắng ăn chơi.”
Lẽ ra bữa nay mình được nghỉ ngơi, xả hơi, ăn chơi, đi bơi, nói chung là sướng mê tơi. Vì thứ hai là chủ nhật của mình. Nhưng vì đã lỡ dại dột dấn thân vào con đường phạm pháp, ý lộn, con [...]

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2000 words

Posted in Random, Videos, tagged , , , on Monday, 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

How long does it take me to write that much? Lemme see…
Well, if it is about my trips and wacky observations on, say, the etiquettes for using squat toilets in China, or the lovely way Americans say “my caw” to refer to their vehicle, or the (in)appropriateness of low-waist jeans and exposed bum-cracks on long [...]

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Pollen season

Posted in Random, tagged , , on Thursday, 3 September 2009 | 3 Comments »

Well, spring has sprung on us. Finally! In fact, it officially hit the Land Down Under (lovingly known as Uhstrayah) a few days ago, but you can always trust in me to be a little slow with important news. The sun’s a-shining, birds a-chirping, trees a-blooming, my nose a-flowing like a miniature Niagara fall. People [...]

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