hanoiink.wordpress.com
flowers and grass: poet Bui Giang | Hanoi Ink
https://hanoiink.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/flowers-and-grass-poet-bui-gian
Old books and dirty fingers. Flowers and grass: poet Bui Giang. My previous post ended with a prediction that the next stop on my little tour of southern poetry would be the brilliantly mad Bùi Giáng. So here I am, weeks later, having spend quite some time grappling with a small translation project on one of his poems: eight short lines, challenging to tease out but also quite entrancing. Was published in Saigon in 1962. Was first published in Saigon in 1973. Bui Giang has been getting quite a bit of att...
jamathy.wordpress.com
Around Hanoi in 30 Dishes #8: Chả rươi | Familiar Strangers
https://jamathy.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/around-hanoi-in-30-dishes-8-chả-rươi
Food and Heritage in Hanoi. Taste is a state of mind. Christmas in Malaysia: One day, five dinner parties and twenty mosquito bites →. Around Hanoi in 30 Dishes #8: Chả rươi. November 18, 2010. A slightly unusual dish this time. Hanoi is a city that adapts to the seasons. As it enters Autumn, the temperature drops to bearable levels, people dust off their winter jackets, and double denim. Makes its annual comeback. It was around this time that a Vietnamese friend invited me to have Chả rươi. To as fly eg...
teamfroz.blogspot.com
Vietnam Adventures: A Question for the Vietnamese: Part 2?
http://teamfroz.blogspot.com/2010/11/question-for-vietnamese-part-2.html
One year in Vietnam (Un an au Vietnam)! Stories from an Australian and French perspective. Saturday, November 13, 2010. A Question for the Vietnamese: Part 2? Note: This picture is not a reflection of the length of the Vietnamese nails. The nails I have seen are around the 5cm mark. So, in my quest to understand all things Vietnamese, I want to get to the bottom of why the men do this and why do some only grow one fingernail and others two, three, four or five. November 13, 2010 at 10:39 AM. According to...