It took me three years to discover Ali G

I’ve been having trouble accessing the internet and my email at work for the past week or so (hence the lack of postings recently as I usually blog from the office… erm…AFTER office hours that is!). Not sure what the exact problem is… the IT department suspects the service provider and the service provider suspects that it’s our internal IT issue. No wonder nothing gets resolved! Loop da loop…

Anyway, right now I’m typing this out in MS word and will copy/paste into the blog whenever the Internet gods in Vietnam decide to let me connect. I wonder if there’s any correlation between rain and the Internet connection. So far I’ve noticed that when it rains heavily several things may occur: 1) power goes out (lucky there is a backup generator both at home and at work), 2) tv has no cable reception, 3) internet connection goes down (terrible especially when you switch off the tv to find that you can’t connect to the web). I can understand the first two cases happening but still can’t figure out the last. Maybe it’s just my luck…

On the bright side, the past weekend was fantastic! I had electricity (always a plus point!), cable tv, DVDs on hand, and most importantly, good food.

Here’s a quick sum-up of the weekend:

Movies watched by Piggy:

1. Closer: Four strangers, two couples, infidelity and sex all around. What’s not to like??? 7/10 popcorns.

2. Ali G Indahouse: After taking a couple minutes to adjust to Ali G’s street lingo slurred with his heavy British accent, this movie about ‘keeping it real’ was damn hilarious. No doubt I'll be watching it again soon...BOOYAHKASHA! 9/10 popcorns.


Don't mess with this idiot...

3. Lost in Translation: One bored actor meets one bored woman in a Tokyo hotel and they form an unspoken bond of sorts. Look, everyone was bored here - including me. 2/10 popcorns.

Food eaten by Piggy:

1. Duck porridge: duck meat, liver, gizzard, coagulated blood and webbed feet. Even the bird flu couldn’t keep me away! If only I had a photo to share… 8/10 slurps.

2. Buffet at Café Central: the best buffet in HCMC and of great value too. BBQ meats, roasts, sashimi, sushi, pasta, seafood, steamboat and Vietnamese food all decked out for me to conquer! Spent a good three hours there. 10/10 slurps.

Other notables by Piggy:

1. Spur vs. Suns (Game 3): The Spurs dominated the match taking a 3-0 lead in the series. They plan to close the series at home tomorrow. Hopefully, this is not yet the end of a fantastic season for the Suns.

2. Hair cut @ Sam Lily: Went for a trim and wash. Dozed off when the shampoo lady started to massage my scalp and face. She was nice enough not to disturb me and massaged me until I woke up. Brilliant!

3. Two-hour Sunday afternoon nap: Sheesh, it’s been so long since I’ve done this. Getting excellent mileage from my bed.

One weekend over and I'm just looking forward to the next... I'm going back home to Singapore baby! Booyahkasha!