Sam | June 15, 2010
Well, the great RASEA has come to an end, for now. The adventure continues, in a more normal way back in Australia, but what I’m left with, is a heavy heart and a fairly harsh adjustment period from the energy and highs and lows of being a ESL Kindy teacher in Vietnam, to an IT [...]
Sam | September 3, 2009
Long time no post! It’s been so long, this post might be very short.
We celebrated Independence Day today, which marks the Vietnamese politely asking the French to leave and the French saying “Sure, fine. Let’s go. We’d had enough anyway”. Actually, I think it was a little more involved than that, something about Dien [...]
Rose | July 5, 2009
Xin Chao!
So, several months ago when we were in Hoi An with vague ideas about teaching English in Hanoi, assuming that we would need suits and pretty formal attire, we – you may recall- bought quite a lot of tailored clothes. It turns out that the Just Kids attire is jeans/shorts and t-shirts, and has [...]
lily | June 28, 2009
Well hello to you all.
This post will be my first and last on roseandsamsexcellentadventure. I am now at the end of this truly excellent visit. I have been in Hanoi now for just under 3 weeks and have thoroughly enjoyed it.
It has been a delight being the first visitor, I have felt very appreciated and [...]
Sam | June 11, 2009
I was riding my Honda 67 to Big C supermarket today to buy a couple of badminton rackets. It was about 4:30 so the roads were chockers with bikes. I was at the lights with about 50 bikes behind me, when I sensed something was up with the bike.
I glanced around and saw a little [...]
Sam | June 2, 2009
Ok, It’s been a long time between posts, so I think I owe you an apology, but instead, HERE’S A TISSUE!
Let’s start off with some wisdom from TISM.
The guy who slagged the football team – Those yobs were not for him
Turns into a real estate agent who believes in discipline;
That guy who’s the first to [...]
Sam | April 7, 2009
Well, today is a big day! I finally own my own Honda 67 as I dreamed of ever since I saw my first one in Saigon a few months ago.
The mighty motorcycle exported only to Saigon in 1967 makes a motorcycle that’s born into the B-52 fuelled forge and is, as they say on the [...]
Sam | March 26, 2009
Well, I’ve been playing games all damn night and I’ve finally gotten the inspiration to write the blog post that I’m sure some of you have been gagging for.
Here it is, in a reasonably nutshell.
We arrived in Hanoi and was run over by it and mildly recoiled in horror at being back in the big [...]
Sam | March 17, 2009
Xin Chao bitchez!
Rented a Yamaha Sirius and headed North about 30 klms to Da Nang this morning. The road was fairly good on the way without too much craziness (relative to what, I’m unsure) and the bike engine was fairly new and ran smoothly with the luxury of disk brakes!
The few klms leading into the [...]
Sam | March 13, 2009
Howdy.
We’re in Hoi An, as you probably already know. And what’s Hoi An famous for? Their populous of 500 tailors. Good or bad? Good question.
As this is Vietnam, and the home of the “It’s ok, numbah one special price good quality new!” about 450 of those tailors will make you a sack out of [...]