Okay, so here’s the deal. I am sitting outside the Daewoo Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam at a beautiful banquet table. It’s dark now and the main lights are from the candles on the table and lights around the beautiful pool. The temperature is about 70 degrees and there is a soft breeze blowing. There are 14 people around the table, and there are at least 50 of these tables set up, white table cloths, French wine, wonderful food… My table mates are from Vietnam, Thailand, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. There is music- the National Orchestra of Vietnam is playing. The men are all in dark suits, and the women are in evening gowns. Very pretty women in traditional Vietnamese dresses are serving us and waiters are not letting a glass go dry. Sometimes I sit
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