Badvertising

Posted July 8th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Central Sulawesi may have a lot going for it-but it could use a good PR company. Check out this “Visit Central Sulawesi” tourism ad, most

Canadian news

Posted April 5th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Even though I’ve lived overseas for going on twenty years, I like to read the Canadian news. Invariably, my husband (who’s Australian, and therefore has

anphuneighbours

Posted January 21st, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

The Saigon neighborhood in which I live - An Phu - has an expat Googlegroup message board called “An Phu Neighbours”. People post notices about

Hafasco

Posted August 30th, 2011 by & filed under Blog.

On a recent visit to Hanoi I snapped a photo of a shop owned by my favorite Vietnamese State-owned enterprise: HAFASCO. In Vietnam, a lot

Road safety

Posted July 6th, 2011 by & filed under Blog.

Since Vietnam’s mandatory motorbike helmet law came into effect in December 2007, most adult riders are wearing helmets. Here’s one lady who’s going all out for traffic safety…and

Walking on sunshine

Posted June 30th, 2011 by & filed under Blog.

I’ve seen some bad photoshopping in Vietnam, but nothing quite as bad as this picture from Huili county in southwest China. The image purportedly shows

All Clear

Posted June 14th, 2011 by & filed under Blog.

While I regard fortune telling with a healthy dose of skepticism, getting your fortune told can be fun. Check out this guy I met in