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01 June 2009

Went to Market

I ride past Truc Bach every day on my way to work and on each occasion I think of the images of John McCain being ... umm ... let's call it "liberated" from its depths. 

Truc Bach is actually a very small lake quite close to the old quarter of Hanoi. It's so bizarre to think that the Americans were able to get so close to Hanoi and bomb the fuck out of it for ... umm ... some good reason or other.

Yesterday as I was driving along Truc Bach lake I had a different purpose. I was trying to catch this guy in front of me so that I could film him. 

He was hunched over and weaving in and out of traffic, gunning it.


In case you're wondering, they're pigs. Lots of pigs.

Deflating the Doll

This new colloquialism from Urban Dictionary is fantastic.

Deflating the doll
1) Packing up a hotel room to check-out; or
2) Generally keeping your colleagues waiting in your hotel lobby
"Hey Bill, what's the hold-up? We're all waiting for you in the lobby to catch a cab to the airport!"
-- "Sorry Mike, just deflating the doll. Be right down"