@WorzelGummidge
English expat in Vietnam
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Lives in HaTien
Registration: 18 July 2012
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Tet Sales - Best Before or After by WorzelGummidge
I want to buy some stuff in SaiGon and since it means a flight from Phu Quoc Island, where I am for the season, can someone tell me if the pricing in the shops are better BEFORE or AFTER Tet holiday, like the Boxing Day sales back home? Thanks.
@Nhi & @Judy.lovely - Thank you ladies, for your input. I am not wanting clothes but ELECTRONICS. From what @Judy.lovely it looks like I have to make it to the Big S by the weekend. Thanks again for your inputs. I think I read someone ... Read More
Tet Sales - Best Before or After
I want to buy some stuff in SaiGon and since it means a flight from Phu Quoc Island, where I am for the season, can someone tell me if the pricing in the shops are better BEFORE or AFTER Tet holiday, like the Boxing Day sales back home? Thanks. Read More
Help from a Vietnamese member needed, please. by Jaitch
In some Vietnamese optical shops there are pre-focused, non-prescription eyeglasses. They are economically priced (cheap). These are intended for older folks for reading. They simply try on different pairs until they can read clearly. If anyone ...
Getting old and your eyes are getting dim? Get contacts. Read More
A book every educator MUST read by Jaitch
There is a audio book I have insisted my partners listen to, we can actually read, called That Used to Be Us. How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book, written ...
Disillusioning people is fun and all, but you know the old saying about leading a horse to water.... Around here, America is still the great good guy, like in the movies. The movies tell it like it is. My confirmation bias tells me so!I thought ... Read More
A book every educator MUST read by Jaitch
There is a audio book I have insisted my partners listen to, we can actually read, called That Used to Be Us. How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book, written ...
... I'm sure that the 2 of you would would dance with glee were America to fail, but do you think that you, or anyone reading this, wouldn't be affected? I'm not proud to say it, but if the US goes down we all go down, including China...I guess I ... Read More
Not all cities in VietNam are equal by Jaitch
To some, VN government structure an be confusing. It was, originally based on agricultural organisation of the country' facilities. Subsequent to 1976 districts became agro-industrial economic units, acting to reorganise production, were agencies ...
When I came here to Vietnam I had my work boat shipped over as the local boats looked unsafe at any speed. http://www.alnmaritec.co.uk/images/boats_gallery/aln102_00.jpg My little runabout I found out that I couldn't get the paperwork handled ... Read More
A book every educator MUST read by Jaitch
There is a audio book I have insisted my partners listen to, we can actually read, called That Used to Be Us. How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book, written ...
I got a copy of this book (printed) given to me when I was headed out here a year and a bit past. It explains how the American education system is failing, why that country is going down the hole, and how this (Oriental) part of the world is taking ... Read More
License to conduct private English Classes by dathancna
Dear all, I would like to ask some of you guys if you have any idea about conducting private English classes in your own home. I have been teaching English in Vietnam for quite awhile now and recently thought of renting a house with a big living ...
Me thinks where (space) is the hardest part. Two chums and me are looking down here in Ha Tien for a spot to give English teaching and so far the park iis the best we can do. We really need an area with a roof. So you are being lucky having a ... Read More
Road Rules: Believe it or not, there are some rules in VietNam by Jaitch
A couple of weeks ago I was pulled over by the CGST in the early hours for having lights that were too bright. I have two 60-LED high-intensity illuminators I use when driving in the countryside. They offered me the choice of attending a driver ...
I am a tester. The company classed me a "less sophicticated" user, thank you very much, which means I just use things but not experiment. The English has improved, and makes easier for reading. My version sits right on my Nexus 1 handset. Doesn't ... Read More
Rain Gear by Anh Map
I found a couple of old threads in the blog area about where to get rain gear in VN. I am getting ready to head over and the stores in VN will not have my size. So what are the recommendations? Poncho? Rain suit? Foul weather gear able to ...
Out on the boat the inly thing additional to the above I wear is a good so'wester hat. You had better check them on you before buying because no one is the same shape, some have skinny necks, some have fat heads. I'm serious, no good spending hard ... Read More
Tales of Two Laptops in Tan Binh District, TP HCM by Jaitch
Laptop snatcher kills victim, injures policeman (Tuoi Tre) Police in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City have detained a laptop snatcher who stabbed his victim to death and injured a police captain who chased him. 28-year-old Cao Xuan Lap, the ...
Freak said: No one is suggesting we all wear rose coloured glasses, but for the expat(or anyone) statistics are generally enough to be able to gauge the crime rates. Plenty of places(news sources) to find detailed information if you want that. The ... Read More
Learn golf nearby Ho Chi Minh City by Ellion
Hello! My name is Lionel, I am 23 and I come from France. I will arrive very soon in HCMC and I will like to learn golf ! Does anybody know good places to practice as beginner or anybody would be interested to learn with me ? What are the ...
There was so many golf courses around SaiGon the city banned any more from being built. That was last year. Read More
Taxi advice by HorizonViet Nam
Taxi Advice If you dont want to cram onto an overcrowded bus, perch on the back of a motorbike taxi (xe om), or go slow on a cycle-rickshaw, taxis are the only real option for tourists to get around in Vietnamese cities. Taxis are plentiful in ...
He choose the max punishment. And yes, he was fully aware of the price difference, as we pointed that out to him, as the meter 200 000 VND jumped.I'm ith the other guy on this one. You are a guest in this country, if you wanted you could have ... Read More
Gift of Sight = First Eye Bank starts up in HCMC by Jaitch
The Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients held the official opening of the first Eye Bank in South VietNam on 2012 July 20, aimed to set up an official base for cornea donations to help up to 300,000 blind people in the ...
Great notion. I would bet many readers hereabouts don't pay the income tax to Vietnam. This is a good way to give back to the country. Blood, too! Read More
Taxi advice by HorizonViet Nam
Taxi Advice If you dont want to cram onto an overcrowded bus, perch on the back of a motorbike taxi (xe om), or go slow on a cycle-rickshaw, taxis are the only real option for tourists to get around in Vietnamese cities. Taxis are plentiful in ...
Me, I count the meter clicks when I go to SaiGon. Never pay if it's a bad reading, I say call the police - pirate taxis don't like the law. They should make taxis use different coloured licence plates. Read More