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1st Sgt Welsh
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vabeckele
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 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:46 pm Post subject: Mirror mirror |
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Thanks, Sarge.
Nice to take a look at ourselves in the mirror... AND laugh. Thanks. |
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Expat101
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'No, I'm not an English teacher. I work for an NGO. We sell hybrid electric vehicles to underprivileged children.' 
So funny! I'll have to try that one as a joke just to see how fast they get it.
'What! You hooked up with a couch surfer?!'
Cute! Remember she had to be a couch surfer in the first place to meet up with one. 
Yes, there are a lot of stupid native English speaking expats who act like that, which is why I never hung out with them. I can't relate to any of the things they were saying. |
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1st Sgt Welsh
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I can't relate to any of the things they were saying. |
I can  . It's completely exaggerated, but it's satire after all. I've been guilty of saying and doing a few of the things on the video (wanting to kill a rooster, forgetting where I parked, not really interested in getting to know someone who is just passing through, speaking atrocious Vietnamese etc., etc.). While I personally might not have done all of it, I have met expats in Vietnam who I could all too easily imagine saying or doing what is left  . |
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kbot5
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Agree completely with Vabeckele - you have to be able to laugh at your expat self. Everyone else on the street is anyway |
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