Thanks to my wonderful family in Australia, I now have Darrell Lea dark chocolate coated liquorice in my fridge (the one with the padlock!!). Darrell Lea's are [sob] in receivership, so I'll be enjoying this endangered species while I can. Posted from WordPress for Android
About 30 minutes ago I was walking back from eating lunch at Now Zone on Nguyen Van Cu St and was on the pavement verging the Nga sau Cong hoa roundabout midway between Ng. Van Cu and Pham Viet Chanh outside the German beer restaurant. This roundabout is the confluence of Ng. Thi Minh Khai, […]
As I mentioned in the previous post below, last week I travelled up to Buon Ma Thuot in the Central Highlands for a week helping young children with their English. Although the trip itself (9.5 hours by bus), and the actual teaching were very tiring, it was certainly worthwhile and a lot of fun. I'll […]
So here it is, lunch time on the third day of teaching in Buon Ma Thuot and I got to thinking about what time of the day I enjoy the most here. I certainly enjoy the mornings arising at 5am to switch on the electric jug to prepare hot water for my wake up coffee […]
So it seems as if FaceBook is not accessible again, at least it hasn't been for me over the past few days. There has been much debate whether FB has been blocked here officially or not in the past, and to me it doesn't really matter one way or the other. Actually, if I can't […]
At least I had an attractive table decoration to admire while my cappuccino got cold (previous article).
Me: "I'll have the smoked beef and cheddar baguette with salad and a cappuccino please. But can you bring the cappuccino after you bring the baguette, not before?" Waiter: "You want a tall latte?" Me: "No, I want a cappuccino, but don't bring it right now, bring it later." Waiter: "OK, you want a tall […]
To the uninitiated this may not look all that appetising, however, this is one of my favourite things to eat. It's xoi ga, or sticky rice and chicken. In this version the chicken is mixed with mushroom, tiny shrimps and a quail egg and encased in the sticky rice which in turn is wrapped in […]
My work?space. Work on one screen, live test cricket on the other. Bliss!
I just finished reading Murakami's "1Q84", a marathon read and excellent. Typically zany Murakami.
