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[Hurricane88]

Priceless lesson with a bowl of noodles, of sorts, in Vietnam

Nui is a derivative of the French word “nouilles,” a generic term for noodles, but in Vietnamese it means elbow macaroni, great for slurping when you’re in the mood to use a spoon instead of chopsticks to get at the noodles

By Rick Ellis November 13, 2017, 11:11 GMT+7



https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/city-dia...nam/42612.html

[Hurricane88]

Personally I bought many things from Vietnam and dun encountered what this writer experienced...

So many fake things in Vietnam

Although I (and many expats) have been aware of this since our first week of living in Vietnam when you buy a phone charger only to find it lasts exactly 33 days

By Stivi Cooke November 11, 2017, 19:35 GMT+7



I have this theory that fakeness is contagious. And Vietnam is suffering a pandemic. There’s a cure that involves smacking people around the head with a wet ‘banh mi,’ unfortunately however, a vaccine involving human trials with something less painful is decades away.

Although I (and many expats) have been aware of this since our first week of living in Vietnam when you buy a phone charger only to find it lasts exactly 33 days, on the dot, each time, the exasperation never ends. The recent headlines regarding the selling of fakely branded scarves highlight the need for expats to be forever on guard against the fakeness that creeps stealthy into our cozy expat lives.

Personally, I was deeply offended by the incident because it undermines the efforts of the genuinely honest, hardworking Vietnamese businesses struggling to sell and export their products while dealing with the government’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ bureaucracy, international export compliance laws and the uphill battle to build Vietnam’s reputation for creating decent products for the local and global markets.

The scale of the problem is far greater than most people imagine: people producing and selling fake A92 gasoline, VN Pharma accused of importing fake cancer medicine, fake taxi licenses and drivers, fake art (that was in Hoi An…), fake government dog collectors, fake cops, fake cobra wine, and Da Lat comes in for a special mention as dishonest traders disguise Chinese fruits and veggies as Da Lat produce. I just hope their prison cells are not fake either.

Electrical products deserve a noteworthy category of evilness just for themselves and the sellers should be sentenced to a year’s hard labor as a sugarcane seller. I once bought a laptop locally from a shop that’s part of one of the biggest chains in the country only to discover that the Windows software was pirated. Yes, I did replace the software and Microsoft can sleep easy now.

Another magnificent product I procured was a power board labeled as an American product that caught fire in my kitchen ten minutes after I installed it. Generally, I don’t expect them to catch fire until I’m away on holiday.

Phone chargers are a laugh too – labeled as prominent international brands, most of these break down after sixty days. And why buy a real iPhone when you can get that swishy looking one with the fake glass that breaks the minute you put it down on the table? I’d buy one but I’ve got an indestructible ancient Nokia and semi-indestructible Samsung.

As I mostly eat out at reputable restaurants and pay out a little bit more for the real thing, I don’t have to think too much about fake food, however, food safety has become an almost paranoid obsession with many Vietnamese, rightly so, but fake products are rampantly flooding the markets and supermarkets. Bizarrely, fake beef – beef products mixed with other cheaper meat products, or chemically camouflaged – is a very frightening trend too. Thank heavens no one has faked pasta yet. I think the vegans are on to something here although I’d never give them the encouragement…

You know, now that I come to think of it…my house is probably fake too although there are far scarier examples around my neighborhood. My bathroom mirror is next to the bathroom, however, the bathroom basin is in the kitchen. My kitchen light switch is on the southern wall, the main power and water switch is on the western wall, the hot water switch is on the northern wall and the toilet light switch is somewhere north by northwest. Fortunately, my internal compass works brilliantly in pitch black Riddick conditions.

Some scientists claim that life is a computer simulation, therefore everything is all in our heads – so the world’s fake too. If that’s the case, then being phony is probably not fake, thus making it real, so phoniness becomes honesty and truthfulness becomes insincere; so ‘being yourself’ doesn’t mean that you ever have to actually be true and natural – you can fake it for as long as you can – and since most people do that anyway, we… all of us, as fake as we probably are as genuine as we’re ever going to be. Got all that?

One thing I have to laugh about though, this likely means that Vigara and Cialis, along with rhino and elephant horn, and heaven knows what other ingredients are all fake. Sorry, guys – you’re out of luck!

So what can we do about it? Well, complain…loudly, refuse to buy or accept fake stuff and tell off your friends if you see them doing that too! It’ll take time for the idea that customers have choices but retailers will get the message sometime before 2030…

But I’m lucky to live in Vietnam because the people are great (not fake!) and especially the women!

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by Naka_Timo

You a big fans of Ao Dai...

gers can do mani thgs in ao dai lei...example like tis

( Click to show/hide )

[iicycold]

so mani pattern can b done with Ao Dai...lol

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by iicycold

brother,u sure boh? wich hand u wan her 2 use ?

This one is nice...

The girls all looks tough.

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by nono1973

The girls all looks tough.

izzit yr favourite kind of ger?

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

I only share pic of sssyts...up to you to love it...haha...

Chey.....tio pian again........huhuhu tot you know of joints where I can finds those same VBs in the previous pic.........

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Interesting arcticle...

Vietnamese killing themselves with dirty food

We are worst, Sinkie killing ourselves with dirty minds

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Personally I bought many things from Vietnam and dun encountered what this writer experienced...

So many fake things in Vietnam

Although I (and many expats) have been aware of this since our first week of living in Vietnam when you buy a phone charger only to find it lasts exactly 33 days

By Stivi Cooke November 11, 2017, 19:35 GMT+7!

Well I dun blame Wetnam, the article writer should know that most of those goods came from China

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Chey.....tio pian again........huhuhu tot you know of joints where I can finds those same VBs in the previous pic.........

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

Ok, when you going to be in hcm where you feel like tiko...then I see if meet my schedule...bring you there ok...swee bor...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

We are worst, Sinkie killing ourselves with dirty minds

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

tio lah...very good point...but then expert said man should ejaculate as many times as you like...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Well I dun blame Wetnam, the article writer should know that most of those goods came from China

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

I try not to buy goods made in PRC in Vietnam...will only buy made in Vietnam...especially VBs...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by iicycold

so mani pattern can b done with Ao Dai...lol

bro, try not to re-post photos...you can post link to the old photos....

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by nono1973

This one is nice...

The girls all looks tough.

Viet gals are pretty tough and survived like roaches...can survive in any conditions...

but dun be fooled by the gif....some gals are like tofu...

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

bro, try not to re-post photos...you can post link to the old photos....

err? Ok,ok...i'm sorie.

but i didn't repost the photos on yr quote lei?

u can check...i look through liao

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35669

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35690

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35717

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35721

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35664

though i din't repost the photos u quoted but i stil no gng 2 deny my ownself mistake bcs i did accidentally repost one of my photos i posted much earlier here,jus tat it's not those school ger photos la...i'm sayin abv ,i'm sorie 4 the other photo i posted by accident (wich i ownself find out de),not the school ger photo u quoted.

all the photos were posted in a sequence of a set series ,so almost no possible tat i'll get the chance repost it de...lol.

like tis one below?



they look like same but actually nt the same

abv look like tis 1 below

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35721

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or it can be aso like tis 1 below

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35669

look like tis 1

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35664

all similar photo is in 1 series de. I still got 2 or 3 more near same 1 havn't post out yet lei...

tis kind of photo veri gd 2 use 4 friendly tease ppl la...like tis 1 i use 2 tease brother naemlo

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35690

...& tis 1 below i use 2 tease brother snipeshot08

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35717

i aso use 1 of em 2 tease u below too

https://sammyboyforum.org.nz/showpost.php?p...ostcount=35721

it's all no harm kind of fun teasing w no offending any1 de...more like playing. Those photos bring a message 2 each individual lor....

Hv a good day ya!!