You'd expect to bump into Ziyi Zhang.

"Zhang brings a most particular sangfroid to the role of Empress Wan, a young and beautiful woman whose skill with a sword is legendary in the nation."

Toronto International Film Festival 06

Hmmmm, a handy skill to have these days.

Whoa- like yours scrambled?

The new class of youth!

Office Boy!!!

DVD shipping crate sale- damn they're real cheap too-around 400,000plus VND

The corner of Dong Khoi and Le loi Streets, opposite the Continental the bomb scene in the Quiet American with Michael Cane and Brendan Fraser and Do Hai Yen

At Phu My Orphanage in the centre of HCMC, a care centre for children with disabilities- over 400 children are looked after here.

Vietnam is combatting the bird flu with success- but illegal breeding and dumping of dead birds is creating problems.

School it is, sunday school, notice the green ties- red ones are for normal school

the temple is a church is a temple

From here Nam is a blurr, of coffee houses, bia hois, the final exams at Saigontech, packing, re packing, last minute purchases of culturally relevent material.

Some of my students at an another teacher's going away party. Which means my time is nearly up.

A Vietnamese Father Christmas. WOOHOO!!!!!

A Viet xmas is not with it's foil displays and trillions of fairly lights.

Its hot its warm and it's the season to be JOLLY.

The coffin makers... do a bustling trade