And while the Communist Party of Vietnam, specifically those in charge of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), also boasts about its adequate food supply and noteworthy effort to feed those in and around containment zones, many people, including us, are calling out their bullshit. From July 8th, the day when the HCMC Party Committee announced […]
While the Communist Party of Vietnam boasts about the breadth and commitment of its frontline medical workforce and effective triage and treatment strategies, among other things, videos are being shared on chat apps, such as Zalo, WeChat and Messenger, of inhumane conditions from inside of Vietnam’s critical care facilities for COVID-19 patients. For example, in […]
I’ve been against you, your mother and me getting the COVID-19 vaccination ever since talk of it began. I’m not an anti-vaxxer. I just don’t blindly trust big business. Every employer or client of mine has always made decisions that were in its best interest. That’s okay. They owe it to their shareholders. But knowing […]
Life has sucked in Sài Gòn since May. Yet another outbreak of COVID-19 was first reported in late-April, April 27th — I think, in Vietnam and has not begun to abate. It’s already mid-July. The Communist Party of Vietnam immediately started to shut down businesses starting with those in Hà Nội. In Sài Gòn: All […]
We’ve been giving your grandmother money every month since being together and, previously, your mother had given her money every month since she was a teenager. I don’t know how much money your mother had given her before, but we’ve given her between 5,000,000 VND ($215 USD est.) and 10,000,000 VND ($430 USD est.) each […]
Some Vietnamese guy just stole your mother’s iPhone. We were enjoying our time together outside in a relatively safe, open public area that wasn’t busy because of the Communist Part of Vietnam. More specifically, the typical, scared shitless regulations it has imposed on its residents in an effort to control the latest COVID-19 outbreak because […]
My best friend and his wife have begun to prepare for their baby’s arrival by turning the extra bedroom into his room. They’ve agreed on its design after some deliberation. A safari motif will be featured on the walls and there will be hardwood floors throughout. The hardwood flooring has already been purchased and the […]
Your mother and I signed a deposit agreement for a new apartment recently. We had been talking about moving since we extended our lease agreement late last year as rents in the city were dropping significantly due to COVID-19, issues with the apartment and our landlord’s unwillingness to discount rent for that term. Even though […]
Last week, President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time as the POTUS. He used that platform to promote his first two major policy initiatives, the “American Jobs Plan” and “American Families Plan”. Understanding that money can’t be freely minted without consequences, President Biden strongly insisted that they will be […]
I used to drive my parent’s cars, illegally. Other than starting a car, understanding the basics of an automatic gear box and adjusting the seat and mirrors, the extent of my driving experience was limited to video games. One night, after my parents had fallen asleep, I snuck downstairs, took my dad’s car keys to […]