His mouth was moving with strange words coming out and I was completely puzzled as to what English he was using. I listened carefully as he repeated the sentence again, but no luck - I couldn’t understand a thing. Only as he repeated the sentence the third time did I realize that Mike, Laura’s acquaintance, [...]
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I kept thinking that there’s no way anyone can make out those Chinese symbols on the board. I’ve seen them in Thailand, I’ve seen them in Lao, and now they’ve come back to hunt me in Vietnam. My curiosity has drawn my attention to it more than once, never been able to understand what was [...]
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This was one mystery I had to unfold. It never made sense, it couldn’t be working out. My MBA’s marketing (shitty) instincts were pushing me for an extensive research to uncover the impossible marketing plan (4P) and my MBA’s organizational behavior training was calling for a qualitative in-depth participation. So, ladies and gentlemen, thank you [...]
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Most of the people who know me are somewhat aware that the last few years it has been giving me hell. My stories and complaints about what was happening to me were famous and commonly unpopular around my family and friends. It has also effected my appearance and physical health, making it hard for me [...]
Trouble in Paradise. We’ve only been married for a day, but that’s all it took us to have our first newly-wed fight. American Lora (nicknamed - Sassy) and myself came back on the bike to the hotel, after the loveliest time chilling at the Hoi An beach, to book our tour for the My Son [...]
My second marriage proposal in three days, this time from the receptionist in my Hotel. The guys from the Hue hotel I was staying at suggested they’d book me this really neat hotel with a swimming pool for 15$ in advance, but I wasn’t sure I’d like the room. Coming down with the tourist bus [...]