Mimetic Musings

Where pedicures cost 50 cents

…women dare to walk about in dirty, stinking feet. Vietnam is a country of salon services. Manicures and pedicures can cost as little as 10,000 dong (or 50 cents) each, feet cleaning costs about 60,000 dong ($3), hair cuts cost 40,000 dong ($2), and getting your nails done (which is a mani/pedi plus painting the [...]

3 Months Later

So the cross-country road trip is long over. And if there have been no updates since, it’s because life been a long series of habitual nothingness. In the time since the road trip, mid-Nov through mid-Jan, P and I were in India… chilling our butts off, if there is such an expression. It was sort [...]

Setting off: Cross Country Road Trip – Southern States

We leave for our cross country road trip tomorrow. It’s pretty much the Great American road trip, going through almost 15 states. Why are we not doing the usual Route 66, driving across the middle of the country, because it’s so cold right now. It’s barely November, and a lot of places in the North [...]

When I have a doggie..

I will name him Jinx. Isn’t that a really pretty name for a doggie? One day, when I have a home, I will have a doggie. Something sweet looking.. maybe like this..

The Android that may not be

After reading this super-scary post on a blog about robbery in Ho Chi Minh, I advised Pratik to leave his $500 Android in India when we go to Vietnam. Remember the $500 Android he bought because he was so excited about creating applications! (Well, he never did that) Here’s some excerpts from the post. Sqcary… [...]

Four Day Workweek Fun

I read this on the TIME magazine’s website today.. Utah has a wonderful report card to show for its awesome four day workweek system that it adopted about a year ago. Delightful, isn’t it, to think that there may be a time when we could all have four day workweeks, and take the time off [...]

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