A day in the life

Still haven't found housing yet. Could have been much easier if I could pay out of my pocket. But i'm not willing to, especially since i'm not making any money. Would rather save for other expenses.

A successful person doesn't necessarily work hard, but work smart.

A quote posted in our office.

Don't know if we're working smart or hard or not, but we're certainly working long: rarely closing the office before 9 p.m.
Anyways, i'm excited to leave early today to head to alliance francaise.

faking to be high-tech

discomgoogolation: Colbert's missed it this time.

Chrome: got really excited over Google's Chrome and couldn't install the damn thing because of this Window's incompatibility .

Hadn't it been for vietnamese blogs, I'd have forgotten it's Sept 2nd

oddly enough

So the fish i was talking about in this post had a partner. They looked alike and of course i couldn't tell them apart. But anyways, we came home last night (to Mr. Jowher's) and found one convulsing, gasping for air on the floor. He had jumped out of the tank. I didn't know if it was the fish I'd noticed or it was the other one.

breast

yay! everyone's fav topic.

Vietnamese: small, mostly As and smaller. Seems to have been so forever and i haven't seen much change in the past 10 years or so despite our diet heading into a new path. And for stupid reasons, we are still so embarrassed about it and can't embrace it as part of our figure and feature.

French: have to say i'm not quite sure since i was there for only 6 months and it was cold most of the time so despite their fashionableness, people bundled up (in black or grey) so it was hard to judge. I'd say mostly As and Bs, look quite proportional to their shape.

American: huge. I've seen guys in Vietnam goggled their eyes out at Bs. In the U.S. Bs and Cs are such a common sight. Ds are fewer, but you still see them around.

Indian: have the most beautiful breasts that i've ever seen, no matter what size they are, from the skinniest to the chubbiest.

A side note: In the U.S, i wear an XS, sometimes an S, hate that feeling when i go shopping and find that every top and dress looks weird on me because of the bubble that my breast can't fill in.
In France, I wear an S, clothes generally don't have that breast "pocket" and plus, once i wear bras, my breasts have better shape so they fit better. However, my American friends had a lot of trouble finding something that gave their breasts enough space to breath.
In VN, I wear an M or an L (!?!?!) And sometimes, I ind things that would look like a binder on me, even when I've taken off my bras. Crazy. And have to keep in mind that my breasts are super small, like a typical Vietnamese.

just read - a bend in the river

sounds like a stupid thing to say, but no book has given me such a clear insight into the history of Africa, the ambivalent legacy that new independent states inherit from colonialism.

from Kolkata to Ahmedabad

In Kolkata, the women don't seem to care about the scorching sun and the suffocating dust, such a fresh switch from the Vietnamese with our own "hijab" (only eyes shown), and the Singaporean who seek refuge under awnings.
In Ahmedabad, women also wear "hijab" though all of them are clearly not Muslim. I was surprised and my first thought was maybe these girls just wanted to avoid stares on the street by covering up. And how ignorant i was. They have the same concern and came up with almost the same solution as Vietnamese. I have to give them credit because their scarfs look so much more elegant than our ninja masks, but maybe not protective (read hard-core) enough to our standard.

internet cafe registration

Full name, Full address, ID/Passport number, and Phone number. For God's fucking sake!