Vietnam news: H1N1 & illegal alien workers

According to some newspaper (Saigon Giai Phong): people's committy of every city and province has to declare ("hunt"?) them to the ministry...for what? Paying fees? I guess it doesn't concern good ol' white guys...

The other news of the day is about H1N1. Until today there has been 6.478 infected person with 7 deaths which is only 0.001% casualties. It's kinda weird as usual death rate is more like 1% globally...

Korean eye candy

and ear injury...

Did he break your heart?

PopSeoul

Sometimes it's nice to have (female) friend totally addicted to korean (so-called) singers. So you can enjoy photos of something related to the super famous (afaik) Rain.

Or, much better, you can enjoy a videao of super straight korean guy showing off for the camera only pleasure...

Isn't it time to come (my) home ?

"Funky honkey, nasty nigger"

What's hidden there?

Date an asian

True

I guess it's just another buzz, there is even a dedicated website, where you can have the lyrics!

Verse 1:
Hey there, my name is Jen Kwok
And I'm here to tell you that dating Asians rocks
They have smooth skin and silky hair
So damn exotic, got that ethnic flair
So sweet and gentle, smell so good
So freaky, nasty, do what you always wanted to
So obedient, they'll please you like no one can
That's right, I'm talkin bout an Asian man

Chorus:
Everyone should date an Asian man
Don't gotta be serious, just f*** an Asian man
At least f*** one, at least, least f*** one
At least f*** one, at least, least f*** one
...

Pretty philosophical, ain't it?

Don't forget the "production stills" gallery with some cuties (?):

Humm...

Neutral wedding in Sweden

It is clearly far from Asia, though many Swedish people track the sun down to Thailand, but still interesting. Sweden is one of the happy few country in the world to have, now, a totally neutral wedding whatever is the gender of the 2 persons to-be-married.

There is no clear separation bewtween churches and state, at least concerning wedding. Although, most (if not all) churches do not celebrated same-sex wedding yet. Hopefully it seems that the Lutheran Church of Sweden is about to allow it. Unfortunately, i can't find any recent english sources about it.

Isn't it kinda fun to imagine to finally get married with your boyfriend in a church? Think about Sodom and Ghomorra ;)

... ok the only interest of this post was to put this cute picture >.<

Special fashion contest

The increasing popularity of homosexual beauty contests has raised eyebrows, with people asking whether or not such events are legal.

That's how start the magificient article of Thanh Nien News (a bit outdated i have to concede). From my point of view, this article could be much worse. The mix between homosexual, transvestite, transexual, sex change surgery, etc is quite common even in western country.

Anyway, what surprised me in a way is the new regulation about:

Not have undergone cosmetic or sex change surgeries

As far as i know it's the first time the law is considering lgbt...queer people. AFAIK, homosexuality is not forbidden as it just does not exist according to 90% of the population thus nobody bothers with it.

The second surprse for me was the "The Prince Style Contest for lesbians" ! What the hell! Where is the gayz contest? Would lesbians still be glamourous in HCMC while gayz are not? Anyway it's not coming anytime soon in Hanoi (vietnamese time scale though... many things go so fast there).

Aren't they "innocent lil' princess" style?

Children with AIDS in VIetnam

Traditional propaganda
(Ma tuy= drug ; if i remember correctly the message says "it's not ok to try even once)

Here's an interesting article about the situation of aids-infected children in HCMC ("the most progressive region in the country in terms of HIV/AIDS advocacy"):

When classes opened across Vietnam on August 17, few students were as excited — or as nervous — as a group of 15 HIV-positive children who had finally been given permission to attend school. For the past two years, the Ho Chi Minh City orphanage where they live had been lobbying to enroll them in a public primary school. Now that the day had arrived, the children were so excited that many were up before the sun, already dressed in the new clothes the nuns had bought for the special occasion.

Full article by Martha Ann from time.com.

A more friendly poster (bao cao su = condom)

A modern poster about getting tested for free (i think)
There are also young people on this kind of poster...all in all it's much more appealing than traditional one but does it work?

Back home

... but not exactly, it's been 2 months since the last posts and some adventures but now i'm back home (country). I should be working here, which is kinda far from what i used to call home 3 years ago (only though i left my "home" more than 10 years ago). I got some strange feelings in this coutnry but mainly i feel "deadish".

cheers?

I like him and you?