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December 16, 2003
And the soup was good, too
The young lady over there is Trish Thùy Trang, and I just left a diacritic mark off the u in the middle name, because I'm too lazy to look up the html for it. Sue me. Or mouse over the image (which is a link to a page dedicated to her at VietScape), and you'll find the correct transliteration, albeit in all caps. Didn't feel like pasting it into the actual text of the entry and looking like I was shouting.
Went to one of the many, many Vietnamese restaurants in the area for lunch. Like I said in the title, the soup was quite good. As was the plate of mint and bean sprouts that may have been an appetizer, and may have been a table decoration.
Finding out that they only took cash after I'd finished eating? Not so great.
And Bank One is doubtless gonna hit me up with a service charge in addition to what the ATM I ended up running to added. Blah, sez I, blah.
Anyway, lovely restaurant, and I'd meant to grab a pack of matches or a business card so I would remember the name, but forgot to do that much. Ask me later.
In the meantime, prepare yourself for links like this one to GroovySaigon.Com, "Your Guide to Everything Cool and Stylish in Saigon, Vietnam." Don't worry, I'm sure it's just a phase.
Also meant to ask about the DVD they were playing, which featured one of the most amazing music videos I've seen in a while (possibly because I haven't watched the things regularly since. . . did I ever? Has anyone?) -- wire-fu, great costumes, serious synchronized drumming. . . I'm all about the Vietnamese Pop Music right now.
Um, yes, the waitress was cute too, but I don't see what that has to do with anything. . .
Update: Director's cut.
Groove|Asia is recovering from a virus infection, which is the only reason they weren't linked in the entry.
The second graphic, the Xmas one, links to Trish Thuy Trang: A website dedicated to all the fans. You can download some songs and videos from there, send email postcards, and generally geek out over the woman. If that's what you're looking to do.
Not bad stuff, but I think I shall have to prepare a special line of greeting cards for pop singers. "This is your vocal range. Please do not attempt to exceed your vocal range. The results are unpleasant for all involved."
Update: And the ISO Latin 1 Character Entities and HTML Escape Sequence Table is your friend. Or mine, anyway.
Posted by Aaron at December 16, 2003 02:13 PM
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The sprouts & the mint were dressing for your food, silly- like solid condiments to go w/the pasty condiments in the little pots. [Well, & like appetizers- multitasking food].
& didn't you tell me a bit ago that our trip to Vietnam was off?
Posted by: neogrammarian at December 16, 2003 02:57 PM
Neo, I'm sure the Vietnamese obsession is just a phase -- think Mister Toad and his motor mania -- and we can proceed with the trip to Canada as planned.
Ok, not planned. "Chatted about briefly."
And I didn't get pasty condiments in little pots. . .
Posted by: Aaron at December 17, 2003 05:17 AM
Well, ok, sometimes they come in squeeze-bottles like ketchup bottles instead.
But I would be shocked...shocked, I say, to my foundation [if I was wearing one] to hear that a Vietnamese restaurant didn't have gods own amount of chili garlic sauce at every table.
Canada. Ok. June sound good? Or is that going to conflict w/your wedding plans?
Posted by: neogrammarian at December 17, 2003 08:53 AM
Now that you mention it, we haven't set a date yet.
But I'm sure VA doesn't mind me leaving the country with another woman for a bit, right, sweetie?
So, yes, June. Think you'll be well on the way to that "richer than Croesus" thing by then?
And there was chili garlic sauce, yes. I thought it would be gauche to use it in the soup.
Which I ate with a fork as well as the laddle-y spoon-y thingee. Because I am a barbarian, and should only eat at Ethiopian restaurants.
Posted by: Aaron at December 17, 2003 09:42 AM
Very well. Just bring me back video.
Posted by: VASpider at December 17, 2003 11:26 PM
the website dedicated to all fans...doesnt work anymore...lol...
Posted by: jackie at June 1, 2004 09:46 AM
Huh. Well, at least there's a nice link to the official site. Hope this means it wasn't one of them situations where the artist's legal reps get overzealous about demanding stuff come down.
Usually the fan site owner writes some lengthy essay about that sort of thing, though.
I will leave now-dead-ish link up for historical reasons. And because I don't feel like editing the entry.
Posted by: Aaron at June 1, 2004 10:40 AM