Reading back over that general update post from yesterday, I realize that I sound like a broken record about my health problem and the fact that I am currently very focused on it. (And to be fair to the Vietnamese film industry, I should probably write that like this: I have a VERRRY TROUBLING HEALTH [...]

A couple of months ago, my friend Sarah in Seattle asked me if her nephew, Logan, could send me a “Flat Logan” version of himself that I could take around with me in Vietnam, take some pictures of “him” out and about, and email the photos back to them so he could share them with [...]

Here’s just kind of a general update about my life over here and how it’s going. I’m feeling “bloggy” today – and also I have come to realize that about 90% of my communication with my family and friends occurs through this blog now. I don’t email with people as much as I did when [...]

So about two weeks ago, on Wednesday, October 17, I “starred” in a television commercial for Dai Viet beer. (The post about how this originated is here:  Call My Limo.) I thought I would have a copy of the edited commercial and some photos by now, but I still haven’t received them. As soon as [...]

Unlike many of you who promised (threatened?) to come visit me in Vietnam, my friend Mary Ellen from Atlanta is actually coming here in a few short weeks!  She and her friend Tony will be arriving in HCMC on the evening of Saturday, November 17th, and will be flying back on the evening of Saturday, [...]

[Update: No one has emailed me to complain about this post or anything, but I've been thinking about it and want to say the following: I hope it does not come across as anti-American in some way because I am not anti-American. When I was young, growing up in the Bible belt south, I was [...]

So I spent all day – and I mean all day – last Wednesday shooting my commercial for Dai Viet beer.  It was an interesting day and a lot of fun, and I’ve been meaning to post about it ever since but I’ve just been lazy.  Also, I didn’t take my camera to the shoot [...]

I just confirmed the details for my trip home to the U.S. in December.  I was originally going to head back on December 15th and head back during the first week of January.  But I had a problem getting a flight back to Vietnam on EVA Air (the Taiwanese airline that I prefer, get frequent [...]

[Sorry I haven't been blogging lately - just haven't been feeling it.] On Friday, Nhung and I went to watch the filming of Hay Chon Gia Dung, which is the Vietnamese version of The Price is Right!  Nhung manages Tim’s business importing nutritional supplements from the U.S., and I work with her a lot on [...]

My niece C’s birthday was this past weekend.  She’s officially achieved “big girl” status as she’s now 3 years old.  I had a video call with her on her birthday.  During the call, the maid who lives in our office here, Ut (not to be confused with the maid Ut that lives at Tim’s house [...]