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May 26th 2017
Tan Chau, Vietnam April 29th 2015 Why is it that the torture of animals affects me so deeply? Right now I am disturbed by the plight of one of my wife Thuy's little cats. It wandered off from the spacious restaurant where it lives and took a walk in the adjacent rice fields. Persons unknown – probably children – tied it up with string and left it. ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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Kevin Mulqueen

I've been teaching English for 48 years - in England, Egypt, Tanzania, Argentina, Venezuela, Ghana and now Vietnam. At 71, I'm still going strong and have no wish to retire. I enjoy my job, which gives me plenty of time to relax and travel. In toto, I've visited 66 countries. I'm married to a Vietnamese woman and have been living in Ho Chi Minh City since 2001. Outside of work I am a chess fanatic (Tanzanian National Champion in 1991), devotee of blues and jazz music, imbiber of fine malt whiskies (especially from Islay), bibliophile (Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, Brian Moore, Philip Larkin, Di... full info

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