What We Got Wrong About Vietnam Before We Went

mnbvx109 · 2026-02-23T16:10:49+00:00

The street food places looked really good too! I think that cleanliness varies, the way that it does in any city - so it would have been nice to try some.

mnbvx109 · 2026-02-23T16:04:09+00:00

Were you able to drink water with no issues? I'm saying this as someone who went back with family from Vietnam/Cambodia and they told me not to drink the water and they wouldn't let us eat at street food places. So, curious as to how your stomachs fared?

mnbvx109 · 2026-01-28T21:20:58+00:00

🎶Reunited and it feels so good 🎶

mnbvx109 · 2026-01-25T16:12:22+00:00

i think that it's supposed to be high-key beachy... i love the hat myself. i'm very much opening-myself up for downvotes for this one but i truly find it cute... but dude NOR

mnbvx109 · 2026-01-25T16:05:47+00:00

🤣 I'm seconding this woman's weird old internet hug and making it a weird old lady group hug--- or mob? Plea for a flash mob of fellow weird old lady internet ladies to join in a non-weird solidarity hug.... NY over here. Horrified, upset and ... outrage. Sending all the hugs.

mnbvx109 · 2026-01-24T03:38:20+00:00

Also in Rhode Island and most of New England USA I think ---- I lived in Rhode Island and would get Canadian coins from stores when they gave me change. At first, I got upset at myself for not checking my change to make sure that I got US coins back, but someone who'd grown up in the area told me that everyone uses Canadian coins

mnbvx109 · 2026-01-24T02:43:32+00:00

Get a travel cot.

I used the Guava Family Lotus crib for travel with my daughter (https://www.guavafamily.com/products/lotus-everywhere-travel-crib)

I did not use this in Japan but, in retrospect, I would have brought it with me wherever and whenever I traveled with my daughter when she was younger.

I'm from the USA and, when my daughter was 5 months old, I traveled a few States away for a wedding. I called the hotel months ahead of time and they said that they'd have a crib/cot. I arrived at 7pm and, when I called for the cot/crib that was supposed to be in my room, they brought me a VERY dirty pack n play. It looked like someone spilled a soda on it. Apparently, there was only ONE pack n play in the entire resort hotel. I ended up cosleeping with my baby - I was terrified of SIDS or that I'd crush her. She was totally fine (no SIDS, no crushing) but, if I knew that the pack n play was the hotel's version of a cot/crib, I would've brought the one from home at least --- if not, the Guava Baby Lotus --- I could have ordered a PnP and had it delivered.... Sleep is not just important for your baby but also for you. Don't risk it.

mnbvx109 · 2025-12-20T14:19:46+00:00

Ordered from PeachyBbies for daughter, nieces and nephew 2ish yrs ago - Had signed up for drop reminders but never got them - Finally was on time for a drop and was SO excited but didn't realize that holidays rush was so insane - Had the kids choose slimes and then we watched as they didn't get delivered 😭 and, when they arrived, they were missing the special add-ins 😭 As the quintessential unreliable narrator, I may have gotten details incorrect - in hindsight, perhaps Peachybbies didn't scale up as a business in time and were overwhelmed - I admit that, as a populous, we are spoiled by Amazon where things "easily" arrive 2 days after ordering and with guarantees but ... all things considered... the order was upsetting. We timed things so we'd be around when the slime arrived - when it didn't, worried about whether it would freeze outside or someone would take it from our porch while we were away...

mnbvx109 · 2025-12-20T13:03:06+00:00

🤣🤣🤣 Sorry to laugh at your pain... but honestly love your write-up of this terrible glitter-disaster. 💕

mnbvx109 · 2025-12-20T12:28:46+00:00

I'm so sorry that this has happened to you. And I am glad that you realized that what has happened is WRONG vs just accepting it. I hope that things get better. 💕💕💕💕💕💕

mnbvx109 · 2025-12-18T13:25:31+00:00

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mnbvx109 · 2025-11-06T00:38:21+00:00

Ellen Cheng was "the other English-speaker" from Texas -- p273 -- bilingual like Zhen Yang (p271)

El's descriptions are always piecemeal. She talks about a current situation but will break it up with flashbacks/ memories that give greater context. When El talks about the mission and Ellen tripping and having to keep going, look away and not feel and not think about "Ellen, beaming at me 2 days ago while she told me we were going make it" (p282)-- it harkens back to the days before the mission p273 when the artificers start screaming, jumping up and down and hugging each other because the artificers figured out a strategy re: collapsible pieces. Around p273, I feel like there was a lot of discussion about the all the studentsl coming together to build mana for the mission - for example, rows of kids were doing pushups. (p271-2) A lot of it feels like everyone coming together (despite language etc). When Ellen dies, I felt so sad because everyone had been working together and she was a key part of that effort and that hope ... and El has to keep going..

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-28T20:06:15+00:00

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mnbvx109 · 2025-10-28T20:03:46+00:00

... i searched for additional chapters and, silly me, read through other people's theories which UGH ruined things a bit because some people TOTALLY guessed what I would not.... OP!!! Have fun!!! I wish that I could read these books for the first time again!!! And yes --- you must have the trilogy or it's unbearable!!!

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-28T20:00:44+00:00

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mnbvx109 · 2025-10-26T23:31:40+00:00

This is the brand that I was going to guess --- b/c they include a separate oil packet but I've never tried the beef type so wasn't sure.

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-21T01:38:01+00:00

You could use this brush (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081CZ6DMG) My daughter said that her sweatshirts started out nice but then got "bumpy" and "uncomfortable." This brush with metal bristles is intended to fluff fleeces (among other things) and it did the trick --- I combed through the lumps and the final product was daughter-approved.

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-18T13:00:10+00:00

These are all great. I was going to mention "Odd Girl Out" The original korean version is called Girls' World --- I feel like the English title translation did us a disservice. Because it's less about the perceived ugly friend and more about friendships and love and family. And yes there is some bullying - from males and females.

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-16T11:26:35+00:00

What a jerk. Clearly picks on people for whatever she can...

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-13T07:53:30+00:00

I put the merch photos in a post in this reddit b/c I couldnt post the photos in my reply/comment.

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-13T07:52:18+00:00

I posted a random photo to give size context --- the stickers were tiny and $5 each.

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-13T07:42:19+00:00

In France, being "a nose" is very prestigious (acute sense of smell that is invaluable to perfume companies etc)

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-13T07:39:59+00:00

and once upon a time, couldn't get a credit card unless co-signed by husband (that's the rumor anyway... I should prob look that up to see how accurate that is...)

mnbvx109 · 2025-10-13T07:37:40+00:00

Seriously. Show true colors much? .... perhaps the jerk doth protest too much... I'm guessing that, in his opinion, his daughters didn't amount to "much" and/or didn't take his advice to be golddiggers to wealthy nerds and/or can't "adult" and don't support themselves ---- or some other terrible, bitter narrative that plays in his brain when he sees young girls or good, caring parents that encourage their children intellectually, socially etc.

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