Background
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Rules for Living Abroad
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Joyful Shopping
Monday, September 17, 2007 Halong Bay
Saturday, September 15, 2007 Lacquer Pendants
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Joyless shopping in Hanoi − buyer beware
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 My Favorite Places in Hanoi
Sunday, September 9, 2007 Prices in Hanoi
Saturday, September 1, 2007 Hanoi
Thursday, August 16, 2007 Video Camera
Thursday, August 9, 2007 Tom Cuc
Friday, August 3, 2007 What is this box from?
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 My New Boyfriend
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Lacquer Painting Classes in Hanoi
Sunday, July 29, 2007 Retreat at Chua Dinh Quan Pagoda
Saturday, July 28, 2007 Cafe Trung − Egg Coffee
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Being Ripped Off
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Nothing to Complain about
Monday, July 23, 2007 Communication: Drawings
Saturday, July 21, 2007 Best WIFI Cafe in the Old Quarter Hanoi
Friday, July 20, 2007 Karma of a Big Man
Thursday, July 19, 2007 Best Bread in Hanoi
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Hanoi Apartment
Monday, July 16, 2007 Rats
Friday, July 13, 2007 Perhaps It Is Time to Leave
Friday, July 6, 2007 4th of July at American Club
Saturday, June 30, 2007 Paving the Way for Big Business
Monday, June 25, 2007 Greedy People
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Typical Day in Hanoi
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Acupuncture
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Now I have seen it all
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Frustration in Vietnam
Friday, May 25, 2007 Things that Don't Change
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Vietnamese Lessons
Monday, May 7, 2007 Apartment Continued
Sunday, May 6, 2007 Apartment
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Oy Vey Visa Problems
Friday, April 27, 2007 Hanoi Hotels
Sunday, April 22, 2007 Hanoi Part II
Friday, April 20, 2007 Julia Campbell
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Philippines
Thursday, April 5, 2007 Alan's Story
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 Hanoi Part I
Sunday, April 1, 2007 Shift in Strategy
Friday, March 23, 2007 Bangkok
Sunday, March 18, 2007 Site Specific Ephemeral Art
Thursday, March 15, 2007 Leaving Thailand Part II
Sunday, March 11, 2007 Tarot Card Reading
Thursday, March 8, 2007 Boycott America
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Fast Food Fine Dining
Monday, March 5, 2007 Blogs Suck
Sunday, March 4, 2007 Leaving Thailand for Vietnam
Saturday, March 3, 2007 Camping
Saturday, March 3, 2007 Thai Style Boat Engine
Thursday, March 1, 2007 Gas Station Thai Style
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Temple Fortune Teller
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Ice Cream Sandwich
Friday, February 16, 2007 Hot Springs
Thursday, February 15, 2007 Mud House Building
Monday, February 5, 2007 Karoke and Dancing in Chiang Mai
Saturday, February 3, 2007 Art Show at ComPeung
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 ComPeung
Thursday, January 25, 2007 I'm Getting Fat
Saturday, January 20, 2007 Clinics Asia Style
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Hong Kong
Sunday, January 7, 2007 Thailand vs. Malaysia
Saturday, January 6, 2007 Exporting Racism
Friday, January 5, 2007 Malaysia
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Hanging out with other Farang
Sunday, December 17, 2006 Monfai Market
Saturday, December 16, 2006 Big American Party
Friday, December 15, 2006 Thai Crafts
Sunday, December 10, 2006 ART and Travel
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Bargain or a Rip Off
Saturday, November 18, 2006 Smokers Beware
Thursday, November 16, 2006 Poot's Monfai Cocktail
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Many Many Weddings
Saturday, November 11, 2006 Blink
Friday, November 10, 2006 Loy Krathong Festival
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Best and Worst things I brought on the trip
Saturday, October 28, 2006 Daily Routine
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Cost of Living in Thailand
Friday, October 20, 2006 The Ways Thailand is like Florida
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 My Super Fabulous Studio
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 My First Monfai Event
Sunday, October 15, 2006 Pai − Small town 3 hours northwest
Sunday, October 8, 2006 Monfai − the location of the artist residency
Friday, October 6, 2006 Moving from the Wat to the Residency
Sunday, October 1, 2006 Food Part I
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Wat Rampoeng
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Safe and Sound
Monday, June 26, 2006 Bank Saga Continues
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Progress: Pajamas Found!
Thursday, June 8, 2006 Banking and Pajamas
Thursday, June 1, 2006 Background
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Soon I will be leaving Hanoi for good. And I need to support the economy by buying some gifts. Shopping is supposed to be fun. Shouldn't we enjoy spending our money? Shopping in Hanoi is joyless. Joyless for the reasons I have complained about before: buyer beware, be very aware. But damn it I am going to enjoy spending money on things that when I get home I will wonder why I bought them and for whom. Instead of thinking of buying this for that person I am going to buy a bunch of things I like and if at some point I realize a friend would like it then I will have a present for them. I better get shopping.