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[84978]

Nice sharing bro jackbl

[jackbl]

Originally Posted by hoian

Anyone understands this phrase?

Em khong muon anh hua leo nua.

Yes Sir! Why?

[hoian]

Wow u are so proficient in TV. It took me awhile to figure out.

Em khong muon anh hua leo nua.
Means: I don't want you to make empty promises.

Hua - promise
Leo - I guess it's from the phrase "leo cay" which means "fly aeroplane".

PS: Pls correct me if I am wrong.

Originally Posted by hoian

Just to keep this thread alive.
Anyone understands this phrase?

Em khong muon anh hua leo nua.

Originally Posted by jackbl

Yes Sir! Why?

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by hoian

Wow u are so proficient in TV. It took me awhile to figure out.

Em khong muon anh hua leo nua.
Means: I don't want you to make empty promises.

Hua - promise
Leo - I guess it's from the phrase "leo cay" which means "fly aeroplane".

PS: Pls correct me if I am wrong.

to me...it means...

I dun want you to make anymore promises

[hoian]

I just check with a native speaker... "empty promises" is correct.

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

to me...it means...
I dun want you to make anymore promises

[jackbl]

Originally Posted by hoian

Em khong muon anh hua leo nua.
Means: I don't want you to make empty promises.

PS: Pls correct me if I am wrong.

Good work!!

[jackbl]

Expats love to discuss scams, not Vietnam traditional arts: insider
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Editor’s note:­ Michael Tatarski, our English language editor, expresses his thoughts on topics he thinks Tuoi Tre News should focus on, and those that should receive less attention, as he congratulated the news website on its fifth birthday on Thursday last week.

Congrats to Tuoi Tre News on the 5th birthday. Overall I think Tuoi Tre News does a good job.

I really like the stories that highlight people doing good things here, especially as a lot of expats seem to be quite negative, even though they chose to live here.

For example there was a recent story about an old teacher helping to educate kids for free in central Vietnam – stories like that are good to see.

It's important to cover uglier stories as well, but I like that there is a balance between the two.

I also like the stories about parts of society you don't normally see, like the photo essay on coal miners the other day. I've heard about coal production in northern Vietnam but that's the first time I've ever seen pictures of it.

Saigon is so flashy that I think sometimes people forgot that other parts of the country are still very poor or have to do very dirty work to make a living. That doesn't mean there needs to be a ton of stories about poor people, but just about other parts of society.

Any story that looks into scams or other annoyances, especially in Saigon, is good. There was the series about the coconut vendors, and there are plenty of people like that to investigate. These are the types of things that expats love to discuss and share.

If you were to run a story about a xe om (motorbike taxi driver) who purportedly keeps robbing people you would gain a lot of new readers. It's good that there have been multiple articles criticizing problems with visas, as that is a huge problem for people here.

There are also some stories that I don't really think are appropriate for a foreign audience. For example, pieces about old styles of Vietnamese music or theater, etc. A few people may find this interesting, but most expats don't care because they are fading out and we never come across them. If Vietnamese aren't interested in them anymore, we certainly won't be.

Also, one note about some of the posts I've seen from the Tuoi Tre News Facebook page - it's better not to post things like “OMG!” with a story, as people might not take it seriously. That's fine for Buzzfeed or some sort of gossip site, but I think Tuoi Tre News should be more professional. I know stuff like that is trendy but not everyone likes it.

Anyway, those are just a few thoughts. Like I said, overall you guys are doing a really good job, and I enjoy seeing what comes through my inbox every day – the stories have definitely helped me gain a deeper understanding of Vietnam. Good luck with the future!

[jackbl]

Wanted in Vietnam: Good-looking English teachers. What?
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As we get closer to the start of a new academic year, the advertisements for native English speaking teachers are on the rise, particularly outside the five main cities. The ads are a strange mix of promises too good to be true and schools in dire need of someone, anyone...SOON.

All promise some mix of a good salary or hourly rate, accommodation and teaching hours – sadly few actually mention assistance with working permits, one-year visas or health and police checks. I hope the law changes in the near future to put the responsibility and liability on the hiring schools to complete the legal paperwork, as South Korea and Japan do, often through hiring companies. It’s good to have dreams, hey?

Then there’s that great ad – the one that really catches your eye with bad spelling, wild promises (free accommodation on the beach – what...a tent?) or those mad requirements – must have ten years of experience in teaching kids (I’d go mad...) or worse... must be ‘good-looking’. Oh... and under thirty five years old.

Now as much as I admire good looking people for that certain healthy glow that I absolutely hate because I don’t like exercise – it’s rather discriminatory, isn’t it?

During the last two to three years there has been the controversy of hiring teachers from the Philippines for what was claimed to be better wages than teachers from the West. The suggestion that they would never be as popular or as professional as Western educators was also disturbing, as was the notion that they didn’t ‘look’ Western enough.

Gee, thanks a lot. I’m 57 years old with 25 years of experience. Tragically – yes, I’m crying into my beer as I write these words…not good looking enough, as the wrinkles grow around my eyes, my chin begins to sag and my hair is a fabulous mix of George Clooney ‘salt and pepper’ and the last remains of beach boy blonde.

Sure, all my students say I’m very handsome, but I’ve been telling them for years to go to the eye doctor.

The issue also confronts older women, teachers over fifty and fat people too. How discriminating are local English centers willing to become in the heated contest to grab market shares and student dollars? Quite a lot, it seems. The stories are everywhere on Internet forums of disappointed, experienced teachers losing out to younger, more ‘hip and groovy’ backpackers waving freshly printed CELTA certificates in front of 21-year-old recruiters who can barely understand your English.

I imagine sometimes before I go to sleep that one day there will be a MATURE certificate, Mega Awesome Teacher Utilizing Real English, which will bring equality to the level A, B and C English classrooms of Vietnam and sweep away the British teachers with their 50 different accents and the Americans (12 to 15 accents) and leave the way clear for Australian teachers with just one accent across the 3,000 kilometers of the land down under. Canadians, however, have one of the best English accents in the world – they are often good drinkers too.

So dear academic centers – consider my lonely voice of protest – hire good, ugly teachers! We do the job better, quicker, funnier, more practically and without all those horrible golden smiles. Please write a new advertisement:

Wanted: Good Teaching Person – Must Have MATURE Certificate...

[hoian]

Vietnam’s rush to develop risks damaging its natural attractions

New resorts, cable cars and casinos threaten unspoiled landscapes as tourism sector struggles to balance modernisation and development with conservation

Fred Trinh sometimes closes his eyes and pictures the lane that drew him to Phu Quoc in 2011 – a double row of palm trees, barely concealing the sea, meandering down a red dirt road. But the 39-year-old Vietnamese-Canadian businessman opens his eyes again and reality crashes in. He can barely see that road through the shantytown of migrant workers drawn to the island’s reckless resort boom.

“The first time I came back, I marvelled at its coastlines and just how beautiful, raw and natural it was,” Trinh says of the island in the Gulf of Thailand. “Now bulldozers are cutting up this raw beauty to make it into something more recognisable to tourists – familiar global hotel chains and resorts.”

Continue reading here...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...t-conservation

[pting]

Lately was in HCM short trip, force to engage in vietnamese language with a FL using message. Lucky with the help of a friend to translate, totally catch no balls for me. Quite a interesting vietnamese conversation for newbie so i share it.

Me: E co ranh ko
(Are you free)

Her: a qua duong XXX dja chj 811 ks XXX nhe
( can u come to street XXX address 811 hotel XXX)


When i reach hotel, i sms her.

Me: a dang o KS XXX, neu e ranh thi a se di lay ph
( I am at hotel, if u still free then i will book room)

Her: a dj ly ph dj.
( you quick go book a room)


After i get a room & msg her

Me: a lay ph roi, e den ph 202 gap a nhe
( I book room already, come room 202 meet me ok?)

I dont handle the language well, just copy and paste the message for learning and sharing.
Sorry to those Viet expert will be boring conversation.

[hoian]

Nothing wrong with yr tv. Can understand. So did she turn up?

U could have added... e ko leo cay nhe, phai tra tien ma (dun fly aeroplane ya... have to pay money).

Originally Posted by pting

Lately was in HCM short trip, force to engage in vietnamese language with a FL using message. Lucky with the help of a friend to translate, totally catch no balls for me. Quite a interesting vietnamese conversation for newbie so i share it.

[jackbl]

Originally Posted by hoian

U could have added... e ko leo cay nhe, phai tra tien ma (dun fly aeroplane ya... have to pay money).

U need to rephrase your sentence for easier understanding. ( she thought she need to pay u if she didn't come)

[pting]

Originally Posted by hoian

Nothing wrong with yr tv. Can understand. So did she turn up?

U could have added... e ko leo cay nhe, phai tra tien ma (dun fly aeroplane ya... have to pay money).

Yeah she did turn up. For me, better to keep it simple.

[ph4rox]

Dear sifus,

My very close friend managed to view a chat log of his soon to be viet wife to her close friend.

Need help to translate the meaning

Chuyen lam card no cug co tu noj voj e, noj ky gjay roj no se co gag lam card cho e.

e cug ko muon lay no dau,nhung h lay moj dc o day nen thoj ke vay, ko DJ woc nhung o Lau lam cug do hon o vn roj moj lan wa cug Kho.

h no keo ke me no, mjh doc o day mjh lam cug dc.

Thoj e DJ tam.


Many thanks..

[volcano]

Originally Posted by ph4rox

Dear sifus,

My very close friend managed to view a chat log of his soon to be viet wife to her close friend.

Need help to translate the meaning

Chuyen lam card no cug co tu noj voj e, noj ky gjay roj no se co gag lam card cho e.

e cug ko muon lay no dau,nhung h lay moj dc o day nen thoj ke vay, ko DJ woc nhung o Lau lam cug do hon o vn roj moj lan wa cug Kho.

h no keo ke me no, mjh doc o day mjh lam cug dc.

Thoj e DJ tam.


Many thanks..

wish ur friend gd luck

the gal marry ur friend so that she is able to stay in Sinkie as ur friend say will apply "card" (shld be LTVP) for her.

say ur friend poor but none of her business,she can ownself go work.