Chúc mừng Ngày 4 Tháng 7!
EDIT: Fixed Vietnamese spelling mistake in header
The Labor Code of Vietnam legislates two extra holidays per year for expat employees: one day for their cultural New Year (Jan. 1 is already a holiday in Vietnam, so this is nullified for me), and one day for their country's National Day (the Fourth of July for me). My company allowed me to defer this day until later in the year, so I opted to go to work today instead of taking a random, isolated Thursday off to sit around at home doing nothing.
Here's how I celebrated the 237th birthday of the United States of God Bless America:
• Lunch with Annika at Burger King — the first time I've been to a Burger King in Vietnam. (They just arrived last year, and I don't often eat fast food here.) It tasted like Burger King.
• Domino's Pizza as an afternoon snack at the office. I don't know who ordered these (four different varieties) but it was a nice treat.
• Dinner (pulled pork sandwich) at Texas BBQ in the backpacker area with my American friend Phil and his wife.
That's what I do on American holidays. One guilt-free day of pure American livin'.
When I got home tonight, I saw that the landlord had given me a brand new electric Infrared Cooker to replace my reclaimed gas stove. It looks like this:
High-tech, yeah? Wikki-wikki what! Supposedly it works with any kind of pot. Haven't tried it yet, but apparently this is how it works:
This weekend I'll try to make some modern family coffee and ramen.
The Labor Code of Vietnam legislates two extra holidays per year for expat employees: one day for their cultural New Year (Jan. 1 is already a holiday in Vietnam, so this is nullified for me), and one day for their country's National Day (the Fourth of July for me). My company allowed me to defer this day until later in the year, so I opted to go to work today instead of taking a random, isolated Thursday off to sit around at home doing nothing.
Here's how I celebrated the 237th birthday of the United States of God Bless America:
• Lunch with Annika at Burger King — the first time I've been to a Burger King in Vietnam. (They just arrived last year, and I don't often eat fast food here.) It tasted like Burger King.
• Domino's Pizza as an afternoon snack at the office. I don't know who ordered these (four different varieties) but it was a nice treat.
• Dinner (pulled pork sandwich) at Texas BBQ in the backpacker area with my American friend Phil and his wife.
That's what I do on American holidays. One guilt-free day of pure American livin'.
When I got home tonight, I saw that the landlord had given me a brand new electric Infrared Cooker to replace my reclaimed gas stove. It looks like this:
High-tech, yeah? Wikki-wikki what! Supposedly it works with any kind of pot. Haven't tried it yet, but apparently this is how it works:
The electric heat stove take use of the far infrared to heat the food. It is especially suitable for the modern family cooking.
This weekend I'll try to make some modern family coffee and ramen.