OK so I am not saying everything bad comes from China, but nevertheless.......

helloall wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:32 pm Tattoos are utterly repulsive, ugly, horrible, very unfeminine.

Unfeminine? Does that mean what I think it means, that only guys are allowed to have these ugly repulsive tatts? Times change grandad. BTW, what is the translation of the tatt in question, anybody?

The curfew only applies to foreigners, and the drinking ban is not observed in most bars.I was with gf in a bar last saturday, 8pm she wanted to keep drinking, I said we had to go, she said "no problem, if we get stopped by police they just tell me to go home". However a barang without a k...

I had a great job, big bucks, as GM with a 50 outlet restaurant chain in Vietnam, Hanoi / Danang / HCMC. Left it to return to NZ to be with daughter with mental health problems [her not me]. Couldnt get a job in Napier, finally ended up as store manager at local Starbucks. Best job I ever had. Loved...

Once you're out of quarantine, general rule of thumb when buying tuktuk/motodop fare, clothes, food, etc. is 1/2 of whatever they say initially, with exceptions for convenience stores, mall shops, and places that have computerized sales terminals. Assume nothing is safe, not even for 5 seconds. Loc...

I first traveled to Siem Reap in 2013, I thought it was a pleasant little town. So I came back here last September to live, I enjoyed the lack of tourists, the river walks were nice and peaceful, the minimal traffic made getting around so easy. And all the bars and cafes, struggling but still going....

Isnt this whats wrong with our world? "Mandarins's ladies ate rice by the ton, while peasants ate little and beggars ate none' (Roy Harper)

This is just in from Sihanoukville: Cambodia News, (Preah Sihanouk Province): The administration of Sihanouk Province on April 15, 2021 has issued a directive about stopping the sale of all kinds of alcohol for 14 days. https://i.imgur.com/PbWkLgY.jpg I'm confused. :? (Because stupidly, I am lookin...

atst wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:21 pm Would it be any less offensive it it was a colored female artist?

Yes. Why is it significant that it was a white male?

Yawn. Another 'inherited wealth and privelege' parasite gone. One down, so many more to go. The poms whinge about it, but they love having a foot on their necks. There’s always one. Pray tell, who exactly has a foot on their neck, and who’s foot is it? I didnt know him personally, so no bad feeling...