ogay... 6 days left
just got back from vietnam. thought i'd do some mugging today but turns out not to be the case. got distracted by a movie and pool afterwards. yeah yeah i'm not a frequent movie goer, but this one was complimentary... so like just go lar, what to lose? and i wouldn't say it was a movie, more like a documentary. what a waste of 2 hours.
responses first. some dork obviously trying to irritate me eh? i've got two things for you. one: go read house rules. they're the very first post so you can't miss it. two: i have no idea how to link, so if you have a suggestion i'd rather you point it out or type it out rather than spout nonsensical grouses that don't improve the situation at all.
hmph, ok now that's over, maybe i can talk a bit about vietnam. well my report about china got a bit of a negative response, and i got a few complaints about certain things being X-rated, so i shall try to make this report as "lean"as possible.
Vietnam
One thing: unless you know where to change your sing dollars into vietname dong at a good rate, you better be a math whiz, or at least somewhat good at mental sums. it works like this: vietnam dong is weak, about 10,000 dong to 1 sing dollar. and in vietnam they prefer to accept US dollars, don't ask me why. now here's the math: 1.57 sing dollars is about 1 US dollar. and sing dollar, as i have already said, is about 10,000 give or take a few hundred. so in order to pay in US dollars you take the total bill, cut off three zeros, then divide by 16, and add a few dollars depending on how generous you are with loose change. all this in your head. those constantly getting F9 for math, you know you should bring a calculator =P
not forgetting the language barrier. well i don't think even sherwin can speak vietnamese.. and very few people understand mandarin or even rarer, english. one or two might be able to converse in cantonese, but that's it. well you could resort to sign language but it usually doesn't work. i remember how when we tried to order at a CHINESE restaurant we ended up calling out the boss as in the owner of the restaurant because nobody could understand what we were trying to say! zomg. have you ever called the owner of the restaurant out before? bet you haven't.
oh, and be careful tipping. you never know when you're tipping too much. we stayed in a resort so there was the guy next to us who had a story to tell. he told us that a man offering to polish shoes came knocking at his door. so he was like "ok, polish them a little" and after that he gave the man US $1 (well that was the smallest he had) and the man was ecstatic. then he told us how the entire night he couldn't sleep properly because people kept knocking at his door asking to polish his shoes -.-"
well so after we heard the story we were a lot mor careful, but when the attendant brought in an extra bed (there were three of us, remember?) we were inclined to tip (it's a sort of culture, almost the same as america) so we gave him a dollar as well. and then after that every 5 minutes or so someone would knock "here are your slippers" or "here's an extra pillow" or "an extra cushion for your chair" and so on. it wasn't until we hung that "do not disturb" sign outside that they relented.
well all right, leaving out all the "fun" and slightly "X-rated" stuff that's about all i have to say. well ok still got today to talk about.
the movie... well documentary was about the afghan war and how the prisoners, many of them innocent were mistreated... yawn i hope this never gets off to the big screen. it's ok if you're doing some social studies or history, but if you're expecting hollywood you're gonna get disapppointed. think of hotel rwanda, plus interviews, plus no main character. something like that. but one thing that i can say is there's a heck lot of swearing. i hear swear words more times in half an hour than paul says in a month! (and he's trying very hard to kick the habit, too)
and yahoo! can complete time crisis 2 in less than 5 continues! yeehaa! achievement! okok maybe i was lucky. but still. yeah! and i tried my hand at pool too. ok i can make basic shots without the cue ball going in now, and i can slice to a certain extent. but don't rely on it. i'll know my real standard the next time i play with the class =P
going out tomorrow... another day wasted that i could spend mugging. ah well who needs to mug with me on thursday? do't make me sit thee alone for 8 hours again. thanks! ^_^
responses first. some dork obviously trying to irritate me eh? i've got two things for you. one: go read house rules. they're the very first post so you can't miss it. two: i have no idea how to link, so if you have a suggestion i'd rather you point it out or type it out rather than spout nonsensical grouses that don't improve the situation at all.
hmph, ok now that's over, maybe i can talk a bit about vietnam. well my report about china got a bit of a negative response, and i got a few complaints about certain things being X-rated, so i shall try to make this report as "lean"as possible.
Vietnam
One thing: unless you know where to change your sing dollars into vietname dong at a good rate, you better be a math whiz, or at least somewhat good at mental sums. it works like this: vietnam dong is weak, about 10,000 dong to 1 sing dollar. and in vietnam they prefer to accept US dollars, don't ask me why. now here's the math: 1.57 sing dollars is about 1 US dollar. and sing dollar, as i have already said, is about 10,000 give or take a few hundred. so in order to pay in US dollars you take the total bill, cut off three zeros, then divide by 16, and add a few dollars depending on how generous you are with loose change. all this in your head. those constantly getting F9 for math, you know you should bring a calculator =P
not forgetting the language barrier. well i don't think even sherwin can speak vietnamese.. and very few people understand mandarin or even rarer, english. one or two might be able to converse in cantonese, but that's it. well you could resort to sign language but it usually doesn't work. i remember how when we tried to order at a CHINESE restaurant we ended up calling out the boss as in the owner of the restaurant because nobody could understand what we were trying to say! zomg. have you ever called the owner of the restaurant out before? bet you haven't.
oh, and be careful tipping. you never know when you're tipping too much. we stayed in a resort so there was the guy next to us who had a story to tell. he told us that a man offering to polish shoes came knocking at his door. so he was like "ok, polish them a little" and after that he gave the man US $1 (well that was the smallest he had) and the man was ecstatic. then he told us how the entire night he couldn't sleep properly because people kept knocking at his door asking to polish his shoes -.-"
well so after we heard the story we were a lot mor careful, but when the attendant brought in an extra bed (there were three of us, remember?) we were inclined to tip (it's a sort of culture, almost the same as america) so we gave him a dollar as well. and then after that every 5 minutes or so someone would knock "here are your slippers" or "here's an extra pillow" or "an extra cushion for your chair" and so on. it wasn't until we hung that "do not disturb" sign outside that they relented.
well all right, leaving out all the "fun" and slightly "X-rated" stuff that's about all i have to say. well ok still got today to talk about.
the movie... well documentary was about the afghan war and how the prisoners, many of them innocent were mistreated... yawn i hope this never gets off to the big screen. it's ok if you're doing some social studies or history, but if you're expecting hollywood you're gonna get disapppointed. think of hotel rwanda, plus interviews, plus no main character. something like that. but one thing that i can say is there's a heck lot of swearing. i hear swear words more times in half an hour than paul says in a month! (and he's trying very hard to kick the habit, too)
and yahoo! can complete time crisis 2 in less than 5 continues! yeehaa! achievement! okok maybe i was lucky. but still. yeah! and i tried my hand at pool too. ok i can make basic shots without the cue ball going in now, and i can slice to a certain extent. but don't rely on it. i'll know my real standard the next time i play with the class =P
going out tomorrow... another day wasted that i could spend mugging. ah well who needs to mug with me on thursday? do't make me sit thee alone for 8 hours again. thanks! ^_^
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