Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6468208)

is there service charge and gst in the resturant in vn? bcuz i know in most countries nowadays those higher end restaurant will hv. if i dun remember wrongly, those restaurants in PNL got charge...:confused:

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6468201)

bro singviet, dun get angry, i nvr suan u ler... i thought u typo wrong 10-20k. if 10-20k then i think cannot...:) and u say "next thing to note..." mah... so i thought it's present time.

u r not stingy and poor but i am

but i kana b4. nowadays some taxi uncle in hcmc tends to tell u they dun hv change when u gv 200k note. i remember it was about 130k, he gv me 50k back and say no small change of 20k. i got a bit pissed off and told my girl to ask him to find some ways. my girl just say, "aiya give him la"

got one even cheat my friend of 100kd and it's vinasun. my friend was confused with too many 000s. the uncle just kind of snatch the 100k note from his hand... and he just comply...

now i understand why tipping is a practice in vn liao. :) no wonder ppl say vnmese earn a substantial amount from side income, be it whatever activities they do...

Originally Posted by Golden question (Post 6468307)

That was me when i first went in 2004 :eek :D

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6468208)

is there service charge and gst in the resturant in vn? bcuz i know in most countries nowadays those higher end restaurant will hv. if i dun remember wrongly, those restaurants in PNL got charge...:confused:

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6468339)

yes that was my first trip with a friend to vn. i lucky bcuz it's my fren's turn to pay for cab haha... he was kind of pissed off haha...

but even my subsequent trip i still got confused and need a while to think...:o

Originally Posted by Golden question (Post 6468458)

i teach u a easy way,minus off the last 3 zero and u convert to sing dollar

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6469082)

thank u for the tips. actually i tried it but i am slow and stupid. haha... when the situation is a bit gan jiong i tend to confuse also... maybe just not used to too many 000s...:D

Originally Posted by Golden question (Post 6469142)

i find that those develop asia country like vietnam,indonesia,cambodia or india like to have a lot of useless zero on their notes.maybe is to impress people that their notes is hundred,thousand or million.

nabei,one USA dollar can 'teh si' their few thousand already haha :D

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6469201)

maybe long time ago 500d can buy a lot of things in vn but not now anymore.

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6469201)

to be more accurate, US$1 can teh si their twenty thousands liao hahaha... not a few hahaha...

they dun wan ppl call them poor so their 000s help everyone in the country to be millionaire mah

but actually i think... just like bro singviet said.. long time ago... 1-2k is like 10-20k nowadays. if u do the math using DCF method based on their high inflation rate, maybe long time ago 500d can buy a lot of things in vn but not now anymore. that's why it's redundant to have those 000s nowadays. perhaps they should change their notes by omitting the 000s already. i heard indonesia is going to do this.:)

Originally Posted by volcano (Post 6469318)

hmmmm....last time 500 dong can buy a rice paper roll selling by the roadside.

but now cost 3000 dong liaoz....:(

Originally Posted by Golden question (Post 6469460)

TAIPEI (AFP) - A woman cut off her husband's penis with a pair of scissors and threw the severed member into a river in revenge for his affair with another woman and his physical abuse, police in Taiwan said Sunday.

The 30-year-old Vietnamese woman, identified only by her surname, Pan, cut off about half her husband's penis at their home in the southern city of Tainan after he took drugs and sleeping pills and fell asleep, police said.

The woman allegedly claimed she had thrown the severed member of her drug-addicted Taiwanese husband into a river before turning herself in.

'She has been taken into custody on charges of assault,' a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Originally Posted by Golden question (Post 6469460)

TAIPEI (AFP) -
'She has been taken into custody on charges of assault,' a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Originally Posted by ilovedoggie (Post 6469524)

i posted the youtube video on the TV thread. can c her face a bit although she cover with a surgical mask. she look xao enough ... hehe :D

yea better treat your viet wife nice. that's how much they love u when they really love u... exactly what the title of the news described :D