Lucy and Chris

So here it is, the last entry unless I can be bothered to finish off when I finally come home. Right now I'm all on my lonesome, Mrs Moss abandoned me last week for 2 weeks, in exchange for spending 2 hours in the company of Robbie Williams and Take That. I wasn't wondering but in case I was, I know clearly where I lie in the pecking order. So here I am, all alone and not even with my other lady here for company (the Lambretta is in the garage having a service before its long trip). No doubt Lucy is being showered in love and affection whilst I'm still here trying to sell some shoes to Next. It was a moist eyed farewell at the airport that brought down the official end to the ... read more

...is the motto for our last couple of months here. And indeed we are trying our best to do things and see people as much as we can. Homesickness and sadness about leaving come and go and do affect us despite the obscene amount of jolly jaunts that we go on. Please know that we do realise how lucky we have been! So lets start by telling the slightly amusing tale of a Vietnamese wedding that we attended. Two important shoe factory people invited us to join them at their well-to-do evening do and with great intrigue and excitement, we went along. If you looked in from above you would think that it looked very similar to a lot of English weddings, the round tables, flowers, candles, fancy chairs, smart people... However, at close range oh ... read more

Hello blog fans, It's Mr Cwiss here. Mrs Cwiss is away on a girly weekend to Phu Quoc island today (sat'dy) and no doubt basking on the beach right now, leaving me home alone. I've been riding the scooter around this morning and had to pop into work - which I should mention, as the last few weeks might seem like we're just travelling and not working out here! Weekdays are still very busy for me - average day is 8am to 6.30pm for me, sometimes longer but we've been making up for it at the weekends lately.... Last weekend we went to Singapore after work - it's true, it is very clean and chewing gum is indeed illegal. It is also eye-wateringly expensive - at least a fiver for a beer, which is a shock ... read more

Tet, tet, tet, tet, tet is coming... well actually it's been and gone now but anyway, I won't let that ruin a good title so Chuc Mung Nam Moi all the same (Happy New Year!) It's the year of the cat now (I know - it's the year of the rabbit everywhere else, but in Vietnam it's different) and apparently it's a very lucky year if you are a goat(/sheep). Of which I (Lucy) am... excellent. It's also now 12 months and 7 days since we've been in Asia - time flies eh? So what has January 2011 had in store for us? Hmm let me think.... Actually, we have been pulling our belts in (well trying to) just like the rest of the you. We have been trying to be good and cook at home ... read more

Hi folks, Hope you're all doing well and have got your thermal undies on! It's been a bit chilly over here too, Saturday actually dipped to 27 degrees. Our rains not stopped quite yet though, but it's getting less and lighter so it can't be long now... except that we've been saying that for a month already. It seems global warming might be doing strange things to the seasons over here as well! So what's new? Well this month (actually last month) was all about visitors. We had a holiday at home with the parents and some of our own Nottingham folk made it over as well. When I say holiday - we were still going to work in the day but just enjoying going out every night with great food and company. It gave us ... read more