Well, after a late night SMS to my landlord yesterday to remind him to clean the house, fix the aircons, and to get the stairwell lights working again, to my amazement, he complied. Early this morning, the aircon maintenance guys came to my house. Right after, about 3 cleaning people came followed by my landlord's relative to do the electrical repairs. Even though I did not … [Read more...] about House Nearly Cleaned
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Home Repairs Completed
My landlord's workers finished with the repairs in my house today. Unfortunately he did not clean my house. To make things worse, as usual, his workers stoled my cleaning towels. They even stoled the towel for my motorbike and the towel my cat sleeps on!!! No problems, I will deduct all this, the electricity they used, and the water they used from next month's rent. … [Read more...] about Home Repairs Completed
Lucky’s Bed
Smokey (cat): "So this is where that stinky dog (Lucky) sleeps at night. Nice, really nice..." ("Now where did he place that bone of his?") … [Read more...] about Lucky’s Bed
Is my Vietnamese really that bad?
This morning I was in the center of District 5 (Cholon) to replace the seat cover on my motorbike (Smokey used it as a scratching pad). As I was waiting, the owner of the shop started speaking with me. He kept asking many questions and I just could not recognize the words. They were very strange Vietnamese words. Finally he walked away after I responded "Khong Hieu" to … [Read more...] about Is my Vietnamese really that bad?
Naughty Cat and Puppy!!!
Well, what happens when you leave a cat (Smokey) and puppy (Lucky) home all by themselves??? Well, the puppy chews through her collar and presto, she and her partner in crime go on a destructive path through my house... (Troi oi! - Look at Smokey's "What?" expression...) … [Read more...] about Naughty Cat and Puppy!!!