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okay, this one is good. talk about the adventures i've been having, well, this is probably the best story i will ever tell.as most of you know, i've been stuck here in vietnam about five days longer than planned. i was ...
February 27 @ 8:39pm . 69 views . 0 comments
a few things i've noticed here in saigon (aka ho chi minh city) that i found to be particularly interesting:when some large buses back up, they play jingle bells instead of that "beep! beep! beep!" american buses play. h...
February 27 @ 8:48am . 68 views . 0 comments
today has been an interesting one. i worked roughly 15 hours, spent about three on the phone with various means of support, and had a great post-work time with kyle from our vietnamese branch.i left work some time aroun...
February 26 @ 9:50am . 77 views . 4 comments
okay, maybe it was far from an apocalypse, but it definitely isn't now.
since i'm waiting on verizon to change some settings, i had yesterday off. it was quite nice. windy picked me up, bright and early, and we went to f...
February 25 @ 12:41am . 84 views . 0 comments
so because of my little visa problem, i lost two days of work here in vietnam. i pushed my return date back, so nothing was lost except a bit of a headache and some personal time. my job was to set up the router. potent...
February 23 @ 3:23am . 65 views . 1 comments
so, as i've mentioned before, i've spent pretty much all day with two women from our guangzhou branch. they are very friendly, helpful people, and without them, i have no idea if i'd have been able to get my visa, etc.
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February 20 @ 6:53am . 86 views . 4 comments
guangzhou.
i've spent the day speaking (or trying to speak) chinese with carol and ann, wonderful folk from our guangzhou office, who have been more than helpful in my little adventure. we've had quite a trip so far, an...
February 20 @ 12:20am . 77 views . 2 comments
so this one is for the books. this morning was quite enjoyable. I did mainly prep work for my trip to Vietnam, and got a nice lunch with daisy. I was to leave for Vietnam around 2:30. sometime around 2:00, I started to...
February 19 @ 6:04am . 107 views . 5 comments
i'm going to vietnam next week for work stuff. i'm setting up a new branch on our network (our windows network). very exciting business.
as thrilling as this may sound, what i was really excited for was that i was gonna ...
February 15 @ 4:50am . 78 views . 2 comments
...sucks.
since entering the business world, i've been cursed with the need to use microsoft email products. when i'm at work, it's not horrible. the search algorithm is awful, and the key commands are wretched. if only...
February 14 @ 6:51am . 61 views . 3 comments