Timestamps

All timestamps are generally in Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), unless otherwise noted. I was living in Vietnam (2012-11-2017-11) where the local time is Indochina Time (ICT) which is 15 hours ahead of PST and 14 hours ahead of PDT.

Papa Foods Group Meal Photo

2012-12-01 - Saturday - 03:16 PM | 10:18 PM

This was my second full day in Vietnam as I arrived Wednesday Night, around 09:00 PM PST or around 12:00 PM ICT on Thursday. So, on this first Saturday in Vietnam, I probably helped Joy Sanchez in some of her classes and we visited Papa Foods for a few meals or something.

Kute Chang - 09:05 AM:

Một buổi tối mưa +lạnh và rét nhưng thật vui và thú vị
Vì đc nc với thầy Joey.cô Joy...đc đi ăn mỳ +phở xào và ốc luộc nhâm nhi vài vài ly rượu trắng => ngon tuyệt.ước j tuần nào đi hc cũng đc như vậy.thanks tới Đặng Lê Giang, Manh Bui, a.hải, Allyson Lam

Translation:

A rainy + cold and cold evening but it was fun and exciting
Because you can do it with Mr. Joey, Joy ... you can go to eat noodles + stir-fried pho and boiled snails with a few glasses of white wine => delicious.

Happy Birthday

2012-12-02 - Sunday - 02:57 PM - Chris Golden - "Happy birthday."

I probably helped Joy Sanchez with some of her classes at New Star.

03:08 AM - Got an email from Jimi who said he would interview me on Monday.

Job Interview

2012-12-03 - Monday - 10:55 PM | I probably helped Joy Sanchez with some of her classes at New Star. I also had a job interview thing where I pretended I was teaching the manager. I tried teaching him English but he wanted me to pretend as if children were in the classroom. That led to him firing him the next day or technically not hiring me in the first place. During my five years teaching English in Vietnam, 2012-2017, I would improve. So, I'm not here to say that I was perfect at teaching. But at the same time, Jimi was saying that I was terrible. The truth might be closer to the middle.

Email Fired

2012-12-04 - Tuesday - Email Fired | Boss vs Joey | Taxi Ride

So, I told people about this on Facebook. Joy told me to go to Papa Foods. So, I did. Joy told Andy who started talking to me about the situation. We walked to New Star. He talked to people there. After that, Andy told me to forget about them. Andy let me stay at Papa Foods. I probably was allowed one more day at the hotel that New Star paid for or I had to get out that day. On the last day at the hotel, the male owner, who was probably 60 years old or older, had some tea with me. He was trying to teach me English. Before that, the husband and wife, the two owners of the hotel, were trying to get me paid. I was told that New Star would pay for it. But the hotel owners knew no English or very little. So, I used Google Translate to tell them. So, they went to New Star to straighten things out.

How The New Star Fell

Clothes On Showers

2012-12-05 - Wednesday - 06:57 AM | Clothes On Showers

Embassy vs School

2012-12-06 - Thursday - 05:06 AM | 05:08 AM | Embassy vs School | 10:36 AM - Joey in Vietnam - The Pride of a Mother

Photo

2012-12-07 - Friday - 08:16 AM - Chu Quân - Papa Foods, Bac Ninh, Vietnam - My Coworker

World War

2012-12-08 - Saturday - DRIFTING TOWARDS WORLD WAR 3 | Rise of the Robots

Central Intelligence

2012-12-09 - Sunday - 08:11 PM | WOMAN SENTENCED TO YEAR IN PRISON FOR HAVING AL-QAEDA MAGAZINE

Imagine Dragons

2012-12-10 - Monday - Radioactive | THE ALZHEIMER’S CONSPIRACY - Coconut Oil - Natural Remedies