More Books on Vietnam and Miss Criminal

In the meantime, I’ve read “Good Morning Hanoi (Iain Finlay and Trish Clark)” (again) and “Catfish and Mandala (Andrew X. Pham)” (again). Yesterday, another book, “The Ugly American” authored by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick, arrived, which of course reminds all of us of Greene’s “The Quiet American.” And today (Friday) I read two thirds of the book.

“Good Morning Hanoi” definitely makes me feel like visiting “Binh Soup Shop” on Ly Chinh Thang while I think Andrew X. Pham would allow me to see Ly Thai To Street where he grew up.

Miss Criminal seems to be working in the UAE under a false name. Perdition is waiting for you. Until it catches up with you, enjoy your life in the UAE.

Hong Kong or UAE, You Are Being Warched

In Hong Kong or the UAE, remember you are being watched. You have to pay sooner or later. I’ll never forgive you and your family for what you’ve done to me. Serious crime that the law-enforcement system of your stupid/corrupt country, called the Philippines, has no will to resolve.

Additional Documents Submitted for EP Renewal

Late afternoon today, I uploaded requested documents supporting my EP renewal. Until now, my renewal application has never been rejected when MOM requested additional information. I’m less pessimistic now.

Are You in the UAE?

Ahhh, you’re now in the UAE? If so, let me commend you on your having managed to leave your country despite the ban issued by the court, probably under a different name. If I’m right about this, your country’s law enforcement is truly shit. I wish you hell.

A Terrible System Called "Technical Trainees" in Japan

愛知県に本社がある電子部品メーカーの岐阜工場で、技能実習生のひとりがおそらくうつ病になり、帰国することになった。会社は何の補償も行わず、帰国費用は他の技能実習生の寄付でまかなおうとしているらしい。日本の恥。こんな会社に人間を雇用する資格はない。

I’ve read more books about the Vietnam War: “The Road Not Taken, (Max Boot)”  “Vietnam: A History (Stanley Karnow)” and “A Bright Shining Lie (Neil Sheehan)” and videos such as “Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War” and “Vietnam: A Television History.” None of them mentions any Japanese journalist, politician or diplomat. “A Bright Shining Lie” mentions “Akitane Kiuchi” and “Minoru Omori” only as interviewees, but they do not appear at all in the story. I remember little about the war but I know there was active movements against the war in Japan too. It seems they didn’t occupy any part of the worldwide anti-war movement and they meant nothing. I have to wonder then what impact, if at all, people like Kondo Koichi (近藤紘一) and Kaiko Takeshi (開高健) had on the trend of the war. Probably, nothing.

SHAME ON YOU, LESSIE. SHOW YOUR FACE TO THE WORLD AND REPENT AND ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR STUPID ACTIONS. YOU ARE NOT A HUMAN BEING, JUST SCUM. AND YOU ARE A FUGITIVE.