getting happily sidetracked during Tet Nguyen Dan
January 28th 2009 When I return to Ireland and my mother uses her favourite catchphrase ‘What did your last maid die of?’ I shall reply ‘She didn’t die, she’s alive and well in Vietnam to the best of my knowledge.’ Yen (pronounced ‘Ying’) has arrived on the first day of her New Year to clean my apartment. She can’t clean her own house as sweeping the floor on such an auspicious day is considered b
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