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Nearly fell out of my chair due to shock and laughter when I read the above statement....

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Nbzzzz shhhh dun talk so much. :D

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When are you leaving bro? I'll be in HN in the last week of Sept, I guess you may not be there?

Anh Naemlo, beer it is! Beer we want, beer we will have! See you in Sept with the remaining Hanoi Kings (those not in cave) and 1 carrot.

Em Albert.

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No... will have left Hanoi then. Leaving on 1st August... :(

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Although I quite a family man (that means I have a few families), i also party lei.. just got back from HCMC, party at Chieu Chau KTV and Ceaser Massage!

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Coming back to sgp? U can join in the fun here in SGP.... Carrot, KT, and company always party here often :D

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When we go BKK, family man??

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VERY true :D... but usually back only on weekends, and usually tired out. Still, that was Hanoi with an active social life. Now move to Manila, must rebuilt entire knowledge base and contacts all over again.... sigh...

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1st Aug i am in BKK for 4 days!

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Find the filipino gals not very good service from my previous chiong in manila...still remember the large t-shirt ktv near the airport and "your wish is my command" ktv in a small town outside manila...other than that will be at pasay...memories only now because so long ago...:)

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What the flooding has laid bare
“It was not like this during the old days,” a 70-year-old man told me after the downpour that inundated the capital city on Monday.


He was pumping out water from his house in the Tay Son Alley after it had rained for three hours without let-up on Monday, knocking down trees and flooding many streets in the morning.

The man has lived in the alley for more than 30 years. He said years ago, the streets were never flooded, even after very heavy rains.

Now, whenever it rains, you fear the waters will climb to the foot of your bed.

Is it because it’s raining more these days than in the past?

Or is it because our city is so ill-equipped and the infrastructure so poor that it cannot accommodate the increased population and the increased amount of sewage?

I don’t hold any brief with the oft-repeated explanations of Hanoi officials that the city was flooded because of climate change; because we’re facing “unusually heavy” downpours; and so on.

We have to accept the fact. Our drainage system is outdated. On Tuesday, the Hanoi Drainage Company told Vietnam news agency that the city’s current drainage system can only handle rainfall of between 50 and 100 millimeters.

The rainfall Tuesday was measured at almost 129 millimeters.

Also, the capital city’s land area (before being merged with Ha Tay Province) was about 92,200 hectares, with just 634 km of water sewage system.

Dao Ngoc Nghiem, former director of the Hanoi Department of Architecture and Planning, once told Thanh Nien that the flooding now has to do with lakes and gutters being seized for other purposes.

In 1995, it was estimated that Hanoi’s inner districts have at least 2,100 hectares of lake (about 110 lakes) area.

A recent report by the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment showed that about 30 percent of the lakes have been either leveled out or been used for residential purposes.

In the urban planning of new residential areas such as Ciputra, My Dinh or Yen Hoa, areas designated for lakes have been ignored. In Ciputra, for example, a 130 hectare lake was envisaged. But the subcontractors did nothing saying they had no funds.

And the city authorities did... nothing.

So we have to rely on pumps and reservoirs.

Every time flooding occurs, Hanoi authorities deploy about 1,000 workers to deal with the situation. How effective they are we have all seen very recently.

What we can do in the short-term is increase the capacity of the drainage system and install small pumping stations in flood-prone areas.

What we have to do in the long term: much better urban planning. One suggestion is to build satellite urban centers and effect urgent, comprehensive reforms of our infrastructure systems.

By An Nguyen

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Good day to all senior samsters here!

I got to know a gal from hanoi working here (NOT Fl or Wl) in a restaurant. We met on a few occasions while i'm dining there n were told tat she's going
back to Hanoi next month for a week. Being polite i commented tat i've heard many good things about Hanoi and is one country i long to visit, and happen
tat i hv few days leave next month to clear (mere excuses). On my next visit there, i was a bit surprise tat she ask me whether i hv confirm my trip.
Obviously i told her i've, and whether she hv time to accompany n show me ard cos i'll be travelling alone. She said shd be ok.

Any senior bros here kind enuff to give me some advice as like,

1.Is it advisable for me to go there alone?
2.Wat happen if she doesn't hv much time for me, cos she only going back for a week after months in Sgp.
3.To be honest i hv not even ask her out till now due to her long working hour(split shift) and her off days are push forward to next mth.

Any seniors here got similar encounters b4? Pls enlighten me, any advice is greatly appreciated. :):D

Thanks n regards

Madmaster

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Mai Tu Liao la... plug in your 2 ding dongs and go! What have you got to loose!??? But to prepare for the worst... PM me ur schedule and contact number and if she ignores you, i can help arrange for other girls to gang-rape u!

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Havent been to Hanoi for 3 years liao. Where is a good place to stay? Are there any new place to cheong? Hoping to make a trip there before the end of the year.

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Thanks alot Sir Deptrai for ur advice, sure i'll PM u details if trip is confirmed.

Btw i've read thru almost half of this thread for the past few days, found lots of ur valuable contributions. Its definitely good info for newbies like me. Kudos to u Hanoi Legend! :):D

Madmaster