Hej,

Living in Ho Chi Minh City is great. However, I am aware of the fact that I have readers from different cultures. Therefore I am trying to explain HCMC's advantages from different perspectives.

American Perspective:
Vietnam is awesome, the best country ever! It’s definitely a must see and people are extremely friendly. There are amazing pubs and just a few kilometers away you can shoot with real ammunition for only one buck a shot. You can take pictures of yourselves standing on a tank and pretend to save some country (just like Iraq in Southafrica). They have plenty of fast food restaurants, too, and in pubs you get free refill (even though it is just iced tea).

German Perspective:
Vietnam isn’t bad. It is much safer than expected and the medical coverage of Ho Chi Minh City is ok, not as good as in Germany though. You can buy fake products here and some of the brand names are spelled incorrect. That is very funny. You can save money as people in restaurants usually do not expect any tip. If you are on a street market and bargain very hard you can save almost 10% of the price.

French Perspective:
Vietnam es super. The Vietnamese cuisine is excellent, eh. You can eat a lot of seafood and even frog, eh. Just like at home! Some old Vietnamese can still speak French, which is superb, eh. There is even more we have in common. If they try to speak English its a big effort to get the meaning of what they are trying to say, eh. We also share our history, eh. During almost 100 years our ancestors protected the Vietnamese from their own shortcommings such as excessive superstitions and brought them our superior culture by occupying the country, eh. Vive la France!

British Perspective:
Vietnam is sexy. No more comment!

Japanese Perspective:
Eto...Vietnam is cool. They even have electricity here and hundreds of motorbikes from Honda. Next to Ho Chi Minh City there is a place you can take pictures of yourself wearing a Vietcong uniform. Oh. Sorry, sorry. Is it insulting? Sorry! Arigato.

Mexican Perspective:
Vietnam is great. It is very safe and you can cross the border to Cambodia and Laos easily. You can get beers for less than a dollar. Although the Vietnamese hats are not as big as ours, they are funny too.

Easter European Perspective:
Vietnam is very advanced. The country is rich of natural ressources and the illiteracy rate is extremely low! We like going there because the people consider us as wealthy and educated (not like in Germany e.g.). Unfortunately, there is not bus or train to Vietnam.

Did I miss any perspective? Pls let me know...
See ya,
Mr.Fabulous

By the way! I proudly announce that this blog now had more than 3.000 visitors!
Thank you very much for participating and for your interest in my life and mind.

Hi,

it's time to let you know a bit more about my life in Vietnam as a super undercover top secret agent. The Picture below shows my headquarter, located at a "secret" place in the center of Ho Chi Minh City.
At the top I am able to overlook whole Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Siberia and Switzerland. Usually people would think the headquarter is equipped with state-of-the-art technology....However, in Vietnam labour force is very cheap. Therefore I have employed several co-workers to carry out the necessary tasks (see picture below):
Utmost secrecy must be preserved, therefore the staff has codenames, which are listed below:

Ms. President Bush: Responsible for household issues such as bringing out the garbage.
Ms. World: Responsible for massage and preparation of daily tea ceremony.
Ms. YMCA: Responsible for temperature issues, such as turning on the Air Condition app. 20min before I come to the hq.
Ms. Apocalyptica: Responsible for Public Relations issues such as promoting my homepage.
Ms. Kumbaya: Responsible for telecommunication issues, such as picking up the phone.
Ms. W2K: Responsible for personal comfort issues such as changing the fragrance in the sauna frequently.
Ms. Head-Off: Responsible for security issues such as pulling out the plug of electric devices during lighning and thunder.
Ms. Kate Ryan: Responsible for administrative issues such as administration issues.
Ms. James Bond: Responsible for fan issues, such as responding Mr.Fabulous fan mail.
Ms. Crocodile: Responsible for entertainment, such as preparation of movie day.
Ms. Uncle: Responsible for no issues.
Ms. Poop: Responsible for other issues.

After introducing you to my staff, I also would like to tell you more about what happened the last week. As you remember (if not, please have a look at your notes), Ms. Va Nes Sa was persuaded to postpone her flight and come to Denmark by someone calling himself Mr.YMD. However, those of you who haven't had the time to read my blog before Wednesday will not be able to read the story. Unfortunately, I got complaints by very important people. They didn't allow me to post the story here, as it will be published in a famous celebrity magazine soon. I'm very sorry for that! I had to delete this content!

The only thing I am able to tell you is that Ms.Va Nes Sa finally managed to come to Ho Chi Minh City, too.

Next entry soon! Take care,
Mr. Fabulous

Hej folks,

It’s me again. Super undercover secret agent Mr.Fabulous directly reporting from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For your convenience this is what happened so far:

After getting a message from my commander-in-chief that my help was needed, I had to pack my secret agent stuff and move to Vietnam. For entertainment and pleasure, Ms. Va Nes Sa was supposed to join me. However, two days before our flight something strange happened: Ms.Va Nes Sa also got a message from someone calling himself Mr.YMD, a name we had never heard before. He was asking Ms. Va Nes Sa to come to Denmark immediately. Mainly due to her naivism, Ms. Va Ne Sa followed the request and postponed her flight.

Not a big problem as Mr.Fabulous often operates alone…

I am sure you would like to know how living in Ho Chi Minh City is like. Actually, it is very cheap. Consider this:

Due to the heavy traffic here it is said that inhaling motorbike and car exhaust emissions equals about smoking 20 cigarettes each day. 20 cigarettes would cost about 5 Euro in e.g. Germany. As I am staying in HCMC for about 100 days, this would mean I had to smoke 2000 cigarettes costing me 400 Euro! Hence, I am able to save this amount without any effort! As I do not even smoke cigarettes I am not only saving, but in fact earning 400 Euro. Great success!

I didn't get another message from my commander-in-chief so far but I am sure I'll get one soon. I'll post another message, then...

See you soon,

Mr.Fabulous