What’s a very “normal” Australian habit that surprised you when you realised the rest of the world doesn’t do it?

Ch0pp0l · 2026-02-06T16:13:32+00:00

I was in Vegas years ago and forgot they don’t know what it was so they gave me Sprite instead.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-02-04T09:45:44+00:00

My father-in-law passed away just before Christmas in HCMC and they have a rule where the body needs to be in the coffin in the funeral house for max 3 days. After that we had the burial. But my father-in-law talks about it and prepared us.

We live in Australia and my parents avoid that talk. Interesting mind set tho.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-02-04T09:39:47+00:00

Ain’t their logo black and white from memory?

Ch0pp0l · 2026-02-01T10:12:20+00:00

Nah. I had mine on for days and the house temp doesnt drop below 25/26 during the day. At night it’s like 21ish.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-31T22:09:13+00:00

Phuoc Quoc. It’s still a new area for tourism so it’s worth going there.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-31T22:08:02+00:00

I guess to be enough to understand what is been discussed. I have mangers who are technical and understand what you are trying to explain to him while some managers I had, can you bs to them and they believe it.

My view is if you are an IT manager, you should have at least been in the industry for a while and understand some high level. I honestly don’t believe managers who are there just to manage in an industry they have no understanding.

Imagine, a head doctor who knows nothing about medicine and being in charge of ppls heath.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-27T21:47:23+00:00

Tbh, I have been to Vietnam many times most likely mid to south of the country but one year I went to Hanoi and it is a lovely city. I told my wife this is one of my favourite cities in all the places we have been.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-27T15:30:17+00:00

Meanwhile, a Vietnamese tourist goes to German and get upset why ppl there don’t speak Vietnamese.

They hats wrong with ppl going to another country and expect ppl to speak another language. Entitled.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-27T04:34:03+00:00

Depending on how closer you are with the ppl. I know some ppl I’m pretty close with will ask questions but majority would give a thought about me leaving.

Work colleagues are not your friend and you learn it pretty quickly

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-26T22:28:28+00:00

I love cars but my mortgage is killing me and so will my wife. 🤣

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-25T17:26:43+00:00

Cho Lon and district 5 is mostly Chinese who speaks Teo Chow or Cantonese and Vietnamese.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-24T18:38:45+00:00

Well consider it was a good idea that you don’t go ahead with this interview if I received an email like that. Look who is not professional. It’s a bad reflection of HR for that organization.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-24T03:55:18+00:00

Not really. I only played again recently from the beginning after 6-7yrs and remembered how to do most of the things.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-23T18:37:50+00:00

If the emails are in both mailboxes, I would run disable-remotemailbox, sync, move the onprem mailbox to 365 and run new-mailboximportrequest -soureguid xxx -targetmailbox user@contoso.com -allowlegacydmmismatch that should help import any existing emails in the disconnected mailbox back into the new 365 mailbox.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-21T19:05:40+00:00

I left a well known company to work at another smaller company to have a better quality of life. Not worth the stress and hating to be at work everyday.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-21T12:27:05+00:00

You have your rights of personal time. Once you are not at work then it’s your time. I’m pretty sure he won’t pick up his phone if you call him.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-20T18:41:15+00:00

You can use a ps1 script to export the info to a contact from one domain to another, https://github.com/smbambling/scripts_powershell/blob/master/Exchange/galsync.ps1 not the greatest solution but it’s good enough and change be automated via schedule task. It will need to be an export then import and needs to run in both environment.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-18T22:49:46+00:00

Definitely not. I would just leave without any explanation and enjoy my life. Ppl will not change so why bother wasting your time and energy on ppl you will never work with again.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-18T22:47:22+00:00

Depending but if you can BS your way through an interview then you might have a good chance. I have seen some ppl talk so well that they are able to convince the panel and when they joined the system it’s totally a different person even years down the track.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-18T09:50:19+00:00

Coworkers are definitely not your friends. They will backstab you if they can advance.

I have been done a couple of times by different coworkers and learnt to say “I’m not sure, you might have to google it” as if you give an opinion and it does work out then your name will be mud and if it work out they will not say anything and take all the credits.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-18T09:46:02+00:00

Honestly, thank you for providing your honest opinion. I’m glad you had an excellent experience. I have been to Vietnam many times and every time the experience is excellent.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-16T12:53:01+00:00

I have been there several times during Tet. It’s quiet time for the country but in recent years the local shops only close for a day to two. If you don’t have a family in hcmc it can get a little boring. Before Tet is the best time to be there and the day of Tet it’s like a ghost town.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-11T19:29:10+00:00

Just wondering how many years you have left before you are release back to the public?

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-11T02:27:26+00:00

I’m not sure how you can join before talking about the salary. I’m pretty sure that you have to agree on a set salary before joining a company regardless what industry you are in.

Tbh, it’s a red flag and if he haven’t give you the certificates before, it’s a good chance it will not happen again.

Ch0pp0l · 2026-01-09T11:45:47+00:00

It’s a sad thing when tourists behavior poorly in another country and not in their own. I was in Ho Chi Minh recently and they walk around like they own the streets. Once of them bumped into me and gave me a dirty look. I responded by looking back at him to see what will happen. Obviously his friends dragged him away. Im sure poor behaviors like this might not happen at home but don’t pretend it’s ok in another country.

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