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Seoul-Hongik

Tuna xin gui mot loi chao cho cac ban than o nha va ban nao da toi tham SaigonInACup.com.

Deoksugung Palace

Deoksugung Palace–reenactment of the changing of the guards

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Seoul

Okkkkkk….here is more of Seoul.  Ive been busy on the road and havent had the chance to gather my wits.  Here is a little somethin somethin for now.

The King threw phat parties at Gyeonghoe-ru

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A rare case of 'good service'

Nguyen Kim

Earlier this month, my Aunt (Di Tu) asked me to go with her to a large electronics store in Saigon called Nguyen Kim, to help her pick out a new CD player.  I recommended that she buy a portable media player like an iPod instead since they can store hundreds of CDs; [...]

Can I get a hot stone please?

Apparently someone wants to get more hits on his blog so Im going to post this one because of the number of hits you get just by having the word ‘massage’ in your post.  Lay chua toi!

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Where the streets have no name....

My younger cousin took me on a 5 minute ride to Long  so that I could do some shoe shopping since I didn’t make some running shoes this time.

She claimed that a store there had a good selection of running shoes.  I disagree because there was barely a case dedicated to giay ten-nis.

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Legalities

TUNA’S DISCLAIMER:

For most people who know me, I am cautious, sometimes too cautious but you can never be —-correct?  It’s how I roll yo so read the disclaimer.

Anyone reading this blog CANNOT hold myself, the blog owner, my family members, friends, pets, volunteer group, membership organization, church, or other agencies [...]

What up ya'll from da Dirty South?

Ok, I had to just put that in the header y’all.

The reason being is, I am in the South of Vietnam visiting but I am also from the Southern part of the US so I had to just put that in the title somehow.  Those who know me understand how goofy I can [...]

New Guest Writer!

Tuna

Today I  would like to introduce a new guest writer to my blog.  She is a Vietnamese American who is visiting Vietnam for a few months and I thought it would be nice to get a female perspective on things.  Please welcome “Tuna” to Saigon in a Cup!

p.s.   She is a little “eccentric” (crazy), [...]

The Whole Anh Em Thing

"Anh and Em" Me and my little brother in 1975

Titles, titles, titles….everyone in Vietnam has one.  Adults, kids, teenagers and even babies have them….there are so many that it’s sometimes even confusing to the locals.  For instance, you generally use the terms “Anh”, “Chi”, and “Em” within your immediate family.  “Anh” is [...]

"Vietnamese Time"

Vietnamese Clock

A few weeks ago, a NPO (Non Profit Organization) I volunteer at set up a meeting so that the Supervisor and teachers could discuss the current curriculum for the English Class we were teaching.  The meeting was at 6:00pm….I showed up at 5:50pm and the Supervisor arrived a little after 6:00pm.  [...]