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But Tet means, to some: http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/15914
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Would someone go tell my neighbor something?
His Karaoke singing is truly awful and unbearable. 
The traffic noise is plenty. 
 
Annoyed in Hanoi, again. 
 

Tell you the truth, I am addicted to sleep. It’s just that I am addicted to other things too. Like what’s on the internet, news from friends.  And sometimes at 3 am, I wait for San Francisco to wake up and send me emails and tidbits.  And for a moment or two, the years of foggy, […]

So Lunar New Year came and went. It’s been cold, and other than being out walking Moto, I have stayed home.
Of course, I thought of Tet 1968, as I am proned to do every year at this time, and also because I did a story on it for WGBH-BBC’s The World.  You keep wondering why […]

I wrote the following last year - and I hope it’s still able to stand up.  More soon though, for this year.

Hello, Happy New Year.
Happy year of the Pig indeed.
We colonized peoples of Asia have been using the Western Christian calendar for a long time–but what with globalization, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, diversity celebrations… let’s turn the […]

to one’s blog: I didn’t expect a blog would keep me so buy. Maybe it’s just me not knowing how to upload items, and fonts and images all go wrong.  Nonetheless, none of that is a good excuse to abandon the blog altogether.  But I also thougth if I wrote so much about Ha Noi, I would likely reach for things […]

One wishes never showed up in one’s inbox. Why am I even surprised? It was going to be a matter of time before Ho Chi Minh was going to be used to sell. Exotic golfing indeed. Named after the man, as decribed below, “whose legacy as a nationalist and founding father stands for the Vietnamese as George […]

The dictionary in my computer doesn’t have a word for what the heat and humidity in Ha Noi does to you.
At least I am not wearing a ton of military equipment and a flak jacket, carrying a rifle, having to shoot people, and getting shot at. It’s usually 32º Celsius during the day in Baghdad, […]

Uyen Ly and Na Son - two cool media people in Ha Noi tell me pix on this site are small. 
 
I had no idea.  They appear big when I post them.  I am going to develop ideas, strategize, conquer my ignorance in these matters, and generally fix this.  As to when that happens, this is […]

I’ve had a little accident and haven’t been able to keep this site updated.  I will try in the next days - about hanging out with artists here, and about my accident, which allowed a glimpse into the health care system at one hospital in Ha Noi.  It is also about friends and neighbors I […]