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The Cockle guide to lurve...and Vietnamese weddings ...Part 1
Published: November 19th 2011Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Bien Hoa
July 10th 2011
Despite having been married for a few months now, I have had real difficulty writing this blog. I freely confess to being a mediocre writer. I often find it hard to express how I feel about things even to the point of frustration. I frequently feel myself being flooded with emotion and generally have real trouble trying to disseminate what my mind is trying to tell me. I'm quite a sensitive guy at heart and will gladly sit and weep over a romantic movie or take to heart a well written poem or sincere declaration of love. That said, I find mawkish outpourings to be nothing less than vomit inducing, but I will, in my limited capability, try to give you an insight into the ins and outs of a Vietnamese wedding ceremony, well from a ... read more
January 18th 2009
Well, after teaching for 5 weeks, the Tet holiday, or the Lunar New Year is finally upon us and we now have 3 weeks to do whatever we want! The teaching work here is only what I can term as amazing. The students are all wonderful and a joy to teach and for the first time in my life I can actually say that I have found something I thoroughly enjoy doing and that maybe now, finally, I seem to have found complete and utter contentment in everything I do. So, all that was left for me to do was head out onto the Dong Nai river, get out of Bien Hoa for an hour or so and spend a few hours revelling in some serious drinking and fun with the teachers and staff at our ... read more
December 14th 2008
Well after five months of unexciting, non-travel related experiences, I've decided that it is well and truly time to get back on the open road and start blogging again. Of course I'm going to start by having a moan, well..... gripe I must and gripe I will!!! I do hate long haul flights! So, in my wisdom I thought I would split my flight up into 3 sectors, to give me a rest between each flight. (The real reason is because I'm a cheap skate, but I’ll keep that one just between you and me!) So, after a 7 hour flight to Bahrain and then another 7 hour flight to Bangkok I'm feeling slightly the worse for wear, my legs have lost all their feeling and it feels like I've crushed my lower lumber vertebrate, I've ... read more
