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[BMR Genie]

Yeah, someone could get a boogie board and tie it to a lamp post and just ride the waves!

It's like going to wave waterpark without an entrance fee. haha

 

[flyingillini]

SEAST ASIAN U19 WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2025
18:30 today 18/6/2025
⚽️SVD United, TP. Chi Minh Lake
Youtube VFF Channel
Let's fuel the U19 Vietnamese girls in the championship game!

 

[flyingillini]

Unreal. People trapped at the airport here.

Passengers locked in Ho Chi Minh City airport jetway after midnight flight - VnExpress International

Passengers on a late-night flight arriving at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport were left waiting for about 40 minutes inside a sealed jet bridge corridor after ground staff failed to open the exit door in a timely manner.

e.vnexpress.net

 

[flyingillini]

 

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[flyingillini]

 

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[keithrichard]

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Thinking of changing my handle here to "dep".

 

[flyingillini]

Thinking of changing my handle here to "dep".

It's "đẹp" the "d" does not have the same sound in English. You have to use the tones.

 

[keithrichard]

It's "đẹp" the "d" does not have the same sound in English. You have to use the tones.

Thank you.

 

[keithrichard]

Thank you.

Is it pronounced like nape try?
Handsome man

 

[flyingillini]

Thank you.

Learning Vietnamese was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life hands down. Most foreigners that live in the motherland do not speak it. You can get by and live a good life without it. I chose to learn it. I enjoy daily walking around and bullshitting with people speaking the language. They always trip out when I start speaking slang to them.

 

[BMR Genie]

Unreal. People trapped at the airport here.

Passengers locked in Ho Chi Minh City airport jetway after midnight flight - VnExpress International

Passengers on a late-night flight arriving at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport were left waiting for about 40 minutes inside a sealed jet bridge corridor after ground staff failed to open the exit door in a timely manner.

e.vnexpress.net

Wow! for 40mins? no way!!!!! wth!

 

[BMR Genie]

SEAST ASIAN U19 WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2025
18:30 today 18/6/2025
⚽️SVD United, TP. Chi Minh Lake
Youtube VFF Channel
Let's fuel the U19 Vietnamese girls in the championship game!
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Are you watching the game, Fly?

 

[BMR Genie]

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Wow.. CR made it to top 10. Nice.

 

[BMR Genie]

Thinking of changing my handle here to "dep".

Love it!

 

[BMR Genie]

Learning Vietnamese was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life hands down. Most foreigners that live in the motherland do not speak it. You can get by and live a good life without it. I chose to learn it. I enjoy daily walking around and bullshitting with people speaking the language. They always trip out when I start speaking slang to them.

You're fluent now, Fly?

 

[flyingillini]

You're fluent now, Fly?

I am not fluent , most Americans are not fluent in English, that word is very subjective. I can speak and talk about any situation and hold my own in a conversation in the ( North only) it is a tonal language, and in the north we use 6 tones, in the middle , west and in the south they use 4 or 5 only, and it is very very difficult to understand anything they say. I learned only with the northern dialect but that is all that I wanted. I speak with a lot of slang and people really trip out and I often get " I have never heard a foreigner speak like you before" that is better than any drug or sex in the world when they tell me that. I put a lot of time and effort in learning. I still learn everyday. I will learn until the day I die. Just like with any language there are many different ways to explain things etc , I am always learning. My Vietnamese is very good and the locals are very very impressed with my speaking skills.

 

[BMR Genie]

I am not fluent , most Americans are not fluent in English, that word is very subjective. I can speak and talk about any situation and hold my own in a conversation in the ( North only) it is a tonal language, and in the north we use 6 tones, in the middle , west and in the south they use 4 or 5 only, and it is very very difficult to understand anything they say. I learned only with the northern dialect but that is all that I wanted. I speak with a lot of slang and people really trip out and I often get " I have never heard a foreigner speak like you before" that is better than any drug or sex in the world when they tell me that. I put a lot of time and effort in learning. I still learn everyday. I will learn until the day I die. Just like with any language there are many different ways to explain things etc , I am always learning. My Vietnamese is very good and the locals are very very impressed with my speaking skills.

That's good, Fly. Based on experience, locals are impressed to hear foreigners speak their language. I know @quantumleap can relate to this situation as well.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Hahaha. @flyingillini for good vibes.

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