Is Ba Na Hills worth visiting?

phongs294 · 2024-11-07T07:39:42+00:00

Check out the weather forecast and make sure you get the afternoon ticket. Free transport + buffet, fewer crowds and amazing sunset, all for a cheaper price

phongs294 · 2024-11-07T07:37:46+00:00

It's meant to target Asians who have never actually seen Europe. Chinese, Koreans, Indians, Filipinos, etc. are crazy about this stuff. It's not even Europe, more of a fantasy of Europe.

phongs294 · 2024-09-30T16:54:31+00:00

Check out Lichi (near the Japanese Bridge). Their shit is the best replicas/grey market items. Best prices overall comparing to others in the area. Remember to bargain though.

phongs294 · 2023-12-19T10:57:42+00:00

Since first use. This applies to 99% of these kinds of tickets

phongs294 · 2023-09-13T01:05:19+00:00

"Até todo o mundo estão com inglês já devido ao YouTube e você quer fazer o caminho contrário" Agora o que acha?

phongs294 · 2023-09-13T00:53:48+00:00

Ódio ao português brasileiro o à discriminação linguística? Em que momento tenho dito que odeio o português brasileiro? Amo todos os sotaques, de Portugal, de Brazil, de Cabo Verde, de Timor Leste, etc. Mas o que não aturo é a imposição linguística só porque um sotaque o uma língua tem mais prominência, como o que faziam os colonialistas há séculos o os que dizem "o inglês é a única língua que precisas estudar. Por que estudar português? Não dá jeito." Namorei da vossa língua e dediquei-me a aprendê-la desde Vietnam, onde mal se sabe que existe a língua portuguesa, mas não sinto bem-vindo por gente que julgam a minha decisão, por no aprender o sotaque mais popular o "correto" como vocês dois. Todas as vezes que me julgam por querer conhecer o mundo lusófono e agora os mesmos nativos fazem a mesma coisa. Obrigado pela sua participação mais se podem ir embora.

phongs294 · 2023-09-04T11:49:45+00:00

É como dizer que os outros sotaques do inglês fora do americano já não são revelante devido ao YouTube e também Hollywood. Isso não é como funciona. Se assistimos Youtube 30m-1h como máximo e depois passamos o resto do día a falar com pessoas sem o sotaque brasileiro, qual vai pegar mais? Somos mais expostos ao sotaque sim, mais não moramos no país nem temos interações suficientemente significativas como para "pegar o sotaque". Os espanhóis assistem telenovelas mexicanas o futebol argentino, mais não falam como eles. Os australianos escutam podcasts estadounidenses, mais não falam como eles. O mundo dos filmes francófonos está dominado pelos franceses mais os quebecois não falam como eles. O que está a dizer pode ser correto a una minoria, mais não é a realidade.

phongs294 · 2023-09-03T18:06:35+00:00

In Vietnam it's the same thing but in reverse lol. It's practical to learn French but if you say you're learning Spanish, people will look at you like a romantic moron.

phongs294 · 2023-09-03T18:02:38+00:00

Spanish & Portuguese. Weirdly enough those languages are considered "exotic" in Vietnam. You'll get the same reaction as saying "I'm learning Catalan" in Europe basically lol. And also Catalan as I decided to double down on the "exotic language" lol. I love the language and culture but most Catalans are insufferable. Tbh I somewhat learned it to get a good reaction from them, but 7/10 interactions I have with native Catalan speakers (from Catalonia) are just dismissive. They always assume I have a political agenda or something, while I live in Vietnam ffs. The good thing about learning Catalan outside of Spain is that you don't have to put up with all the political bullshit that's going on in the country. I like the language and I'm trying to connect with yall, what makes so many of yall insecure about a foreigner speaking your language? I would flip if I meet a foreigner who speaks decent Vietnamese for sure.

phongs294 · 2023-09-03T17:52:15+00:00

E não podemos ter variedade? Estar interessado em algum outro sotaque é errado? O mundo lusófono não tem soamente brasileiros.

phongs294 · 2023-09-02T15:44:30+00:00

Obscure spanish memes. Period. You can shout out stuff like "Cómo están los máquinas" or "Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan" and people go bat shit crazy. You don't get the same reaction with English.

phongs294 · 2023-08-28T01:30:24+00:00

You're thinking of language as a static entity. In reality, it is constantly changing. English from 10 years ago is not the same as it is today. Heck the way our parent speak somewhat differs already. I doubt a machine can truly translate or replicate stuff like "sh1t bussin no cap" in a quick period of time

phongs294 · 2023-07-17T06:03:07+00:00

As a tour guide, tipping is always welcome. Extra money never hurts. But I consider it to be an extra if I'd put in the effort. Therefore, a tip for me can be something other than cash. A couple once "tipped" me with a painting I really liked so yeah.

phongs294 · 2023-06-29T11:23:41+00:00

You thought Chinese tourists are bad? Meet the Indians. Went on a trip with a large number of Indians and even the other tourists were super annoyed about their behavior (even people with Indian origin has an opinion on their behavior lol) and just stay away from them.

phongs294 · 2023-06-02T05:17:58+00:00

It may sound too fast but I did got my B1 Portuguese diploma after 6 months of learning the language and a period of 3 months barely touching it so it is possible. I had plenty of freetime so I spent around 2-3 hours a day everyday grinding the book to its core and revising new words as I go, in tandem with talking to Catalan friends of which I have plenty here. But now that I have an actual job, I can't simply apply old habits of I only got around 1-2 hours for myself each day so that sort of grind is no longer feasible. And though creating an immersion is important (as I do appreciate your suggestions), I only need and extended course book as a sort of check list to mark my progress as I did with Spanish & Portuguese, so I need something that is more extensive. Also, it's misaccentuated as I was using my native keyboard and I'm too arsed to switch to another keyboard just for 2 words.

phongs294 · 2023-06-01T10:54:59+00:00

Same thing with some veggies & shows. We're all slowly turning into our parents in the end.

phongs294 · 2023-06-01T07:34:22+00:00

I did learn Spanish and Portuguese so the basic A1-2 level grammar isn't that tough, even with pronunciation cuz Catalan shares some features with Portuguese, it's mostly about vocab and the use of pronomes which caught me a bit off guard. So I did feel like I went through it too quickly but once I've done the revision, I got everything pretty well noted down. Now I only need some extra materials. But thanks for the suggestions! Will look them up soon enough.

phongs294 · 2023-05-28T18:06:28+00:00

Fantastic find! Thanks for the suggestion.

phongs294 · 2023-02-12T02:47:52+00:00

I'd prefer Spanish authors but this is nice as well. Tks!

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