It’s been quite a while since my last post due to a certain, horrible addiction that consumes me every time I turn on the computer. That addiction is in Grand Theft Auto – San Andreas. This is the exact reason I quit playing video games (or tried to) and concentrated on other computer related activities…… Continue reading Addiction – GTA
Category: Journal
My life journal.
Language – Hated sayings
I have studied foreign languages for years now and learned how to construct sentences by following some structure of pronoun, verb object and so on. However, it wasn’t until I became an English teacher that I started to see my own native language with a critical eye. The most difficult to teach would have to…… Continue reading Language – Hated sayings
Saigon Stories – Random Irrelevance – Experiences abroad
There have been a few thoughts going through my head that do not deserve a full fledged post but I still wanted to write about. Some about Vietnam, and some about my experiences abroad in general. So I thought I’d combine them all in one post and get them out. The first deals with my…… Continue reading Saigon Stories – Random Irrelevance – Experiences abroad
I hate CNN
This is an entry I’ve been thinking about writing for a long time. Here in Saigon our Western news comes from the BBC (Good Reporting) and CNN (Complete Nonsense Network). My main complaint comes from the endless commercials for Christiane Amanpour. In the commercial she is seen running through the trenches of some war torn…… Continue reading I hate CNN
Intelligent Design
As you know, I get most of my information about the USA from the News. I haven’t actually lived there in 4 years, so my feelings about the country always come from the outside looking in. Reading the news today, I see that this “Intelligent Design” issue is sweeping the nation with States actually passing…… Continue reading Intelligent Design
Saigon Stories
Tonight I went out with a friend of mine to a local Australian Pub called the Blue Geko. It’s a great place to meet drunk Australians who are really open and easy to talk to. One guy shared a story with us about how he got conned out of 200 australian dollars and one million…… Continue reading Saigon Stories
Saigon Stories – Heartbreaking
As I was passing by the American Consulate last week, I saw something that really made me sad. There was a young Vietnamese girl just coming into her mothers arms and putting her head on mom’s shoulder. She had a few tears and with all the documents in her hand I knew what had happened.…… Continue reading Saigon Stories – Heartbreaking
Japan Stories – Trouble in Roppongi
Trouble in Roppongi By tok_matthew July 30th, 2005 @ 6:43 PM Life in Tokyo Every month I receive an update from the American Embassy about Visa info, security situations, etc. I usually never read it since the visa info doesn’t apply to me and the rest just tells us that the rest of the world is still…… Continue reading Japan Stories – Trouble in Roppongi