Last night was an interesting one. I attended a “Software Solutions” companies opening party at the Sofitel and met a few guys in the computer industry. It was only Japanese and Vietnamese except for me and one other guy. The presentation was also only in these two languages and it reminded me of my extremely…… Continue reading A Night in Saigon – Debate at a Bar
Author: Mateo de Colón
Global Citizen! こんにちは！僕の名前はマットです. Es decir soy Mateo. Aussi, je m'appelle Mathieu. Likes: Languages, Cultures, Computers, History, being Alive! (^.^)/
Vietnam, WTO, Moveable Type and WordPress
I had so many problems with my last MT configuration that I had to reinstall everything. So I lost some of my old rants, but have pasted them in the excerpt…. I spent all day working on the website. For some reason there is an internal server error for the archive and recent entry links.…… Continue reading Vietnam, WTO, Moveable Type and WordPress
Today’s Adventure in Ho Chi Minh City
Today was actually not so adventuresome. However, today the Buddhist funeral infront of my house ended. The old lady who spoke to me in French not 6 months before and told me to “Firmez le porte doucemont” passed away. They then erected a shrine and had chants, prayers and visitors for three days. It was…… Continue reading Today’s Adventure in Ho Chi Minh City
Nationalism and Integrating with the Host Culture
Controversy for the whole family! By tok_matthew January 19th, 2005 @ 1:19 PM I just had a chat with someone we shall refer to as “the patriot,” which got me thinking about this subject. Most of us hard core ex-pats who truly try to integrate with the host culture often find ourselves in a complex situation.…… Continue reading Nationalism and Integrating with the Host Culture
New Years – Snowboarding in Fukushima
I think we were supposed to post a picture of what we did on New Years. I spent mine in Fukushima snowboarding in peace and quiet. Luckily for me it was the coldest day of the year and there was a snowstorm.