February 2012
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A man with his shirt pulled up above his nipples, a woman in pyjamas, children in school uniform, young men in polo shirts and young women in micro shorts.
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A Vietnamese friend was explaining the gift an English teacher received from some students on Teachers Day in Vietnam:
Channel five, she said.
Channel five?, I asked.
She repeats herself this time making a button pushing motion with her thumb that makes me think channel five even more.
Channel five?, I say again, this time with a scrunched up in confusion expression on my face.
Channel five,...
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One of my neighbours is playing We Are The World …
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Peeing on heart shaped urinal mints (actually, this being Vietnam, they are more likely to be moth balls).
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Slim of the waist, long of the hair, navigating traffic, without a care …
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A rat runs across a puddle, a man on a scooter runs a red, a cockroach dashes across the counter, stooping I bash myself on the head.
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“I order whatever the bloke next to me is having. It turns out to be a mixed grill, chops, eggs, sausages, bacon, just protein and grease, the West on a plate.”
— Joe Bennett, Where underpants come from.
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The meal finished, the coffee begun the flies move in.
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“Backstage on Western culture”
A reference to being in a Chinese factory which produces all the stuff western, first-world countries consume.
— Joe Bennett, Where Underpants Come From
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“You’ve got a bicycle: you’re a millionaire.”
- Hunky Daddy (Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea)
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I have begun reading a book by Joe Bennet titled Where underpants come from. It’s basically about China vis a vis the raw materials and production required to produce underwear (pants, in England).
Although taking place in China the first three pages reflect many of my feelings and observations in Vietnam.
It’s informative, easy and fun read; as good as any way to introduce yourself...
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“I don’t date photographers; you keep terrible hours, you drink too much and you’re crazy. There’s bad stuff, too.”
—The Bang Bang Club (movie)
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January 2012
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Neighbour — Vung Tau, Vietnam
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A long Ha Long — Vung Tau, Vietnam
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She is sitting. Smoking. Drinking cane juice. Talking on her phone. Suddenly she urgently asks for my help, holding her hand in my direction.
‘What is it?,’ I ask.
‘Something stung me.’, she wails slightly.
I pull out what appears to be a stinger and she continues to blubber a little.
‘What do you want me to do?’, I ask.
‘Find the bee.’, she requests.
‘Then what?’
‘I kill it!’
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Legs post jellyfish-sting-itching-scratching — Vung Tua, Vietnam
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When most people do not understand what I’m saying (but even in the best case scenario do they really?) my humour and subsequent laughter becomes largely monastic (but isn’t it usually?).
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Tet: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Eve
The streets are full of scooters and bicycles transporting Marigolds, New Years trees and boxes of Heineken beer. In spots the sidewalks are made impassable by miniature forests of the same trees and plants in addition to obstacles such as watermelons. People have carts hawking plastic coins on red strings and decorative envelopes for ‘lucky money’ to be presented...
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Bibliophilia: Punches, matrices and fetishists →
WITH the proliferation of digital reading devices, the decline of the book-as-physical-object appears inevitable. But bibliophiles won’t have to find a new hobby quite yet.
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Literary Lushes: Our 10 Favorite Book (and... →
For many authors over the years, alcohol has been nearly as important a writing tool as pen, paper, poverty, and loneliness. Some have speculated that hard drinking and prolific writing might have similar genetic roots. Another theory is that the sauce, inhibition eliminator extraordinaire, might just make the very exhibitionist writing process easier, Time reports. Whatever the case, Fork in the...
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