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Helene and I are spending our last day in Ho Chi Minh City, as our plane back to Shanghai leaves tonight at 1 AM. Helene is doing some last-minute shopping, and I take the time to make one last post ...
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The Last Hours
As the E3 Producer, it’s been my task to carefully plan the E3 demo, so that we would finish w...
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Post-Backpackerism
After spending three days outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Helene and I are now stationed in Pham Ngu La...
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Kobe Beef Weekend
Man, what a weekend we just had. Here’s the invation I sent to everyone; let’s just say ...
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Luck o’ the Irish to Ya!
This is a special message for my brother Philippe, who insisted I go out on St-Patrick’s Day t...
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Montreal: It’s Official
Just to keep you up to date: I have now signed my offer letter from Ubisoft’s Montreal studio,...
Post-Backpackerism: Follow-Up
Julie, a young Quebecoise currently backpacking around Southeast Asia, reacted yesterday to my post titled Post-Backpackerism. Allow me to trans-quote: I’m divided. I wouldn’t go so far as to call you a snob, because there’s a few things you said on ...
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The Celine Curse
(With apologies to my dear mother, who is also named Celine… This has nothing to do with her!) I have a travel-related curse. I hear Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On in every country I visit. Every single one. ...
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Post-Backpackerism
After spending three days outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Helene and I are now stationed in Pham Ngu Lao, the “backpacker central” of Vietnam. It’s a stark, and rather unwelcome, contrast to being pleasantly lost in the Mekong Delta. ...
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Getting Lost in Vietnam
Merry Christmas from Saigon! Helene and I just returned to Ho Chi Minh-City where we intend to spend the last leg of our trip. Vietnam thus far has been an exhilarating, fantastic adventure, and I’m glad we decided to come. ...
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