My golfing adventures in Vietnam

Winston wrote:

Please take note that Fridays through Sndays the exchange rates will be slighltly lower due to the closure of currency trading markets. They do this so as to ensure that they do not lose any profit.

thanks for the info, around the range of 16000 is good enough for me. Planning to stock up on the genuine Nike and Adidas apparel wahaha........

you want to go Ben Thanh night market and stock up and bring back to Singapore and "give" to friends????

Those at Cho Ben Thanh are fake ones, the night market ones also. I'm looking for the genuine ones la

asahi wrote:

laybeedlang wrote:

Nice pictures!! Can I ask what's the exchange rates now between SGD and Dong? Going there tomorrow for my favorite bowl of Pho.

The rate is now $100 to 1620000 VND.



@4dtoto, think Winston's pics are more 'delicious' lah....haha

bro, vietnam coffee nice ?

do they have the instant type one ? if have, can get one for me...keke

laybeedlang wrote:

Those at Cho Ben Thanh are fake ones, the night market ones also. I'm looking for the genuine ones la

Have real ones. Just have to know where to look. And if you are only looking to buy small quantities, not worth the trouble to find them.

SOmethings cannot be said in an open forum.

golf_snowman wrote:

bro, vietnam coffee nice ?

do they have the instant type one ? if have, can get one for me...keke

Asahi is addicted to the coffee. and urban warfare. I had to drag him screaming and kicking out of the hotel and into the taxi.

You posting too late, he on the way to airport. Instant coffee in Vietnam have many many popular brands and many different flavours.

WHy dont you come up and try it yourself????

bro. the new avatar not up to standard leh. kekeke

sometimes have to put nice inocent photos mah..wait others have a wrong impression of what I do in vietnam how??????

but dont put too innocent photo until I see a 14 yr old, bear hugging, rotan qualifying girl in a bedroom

she is 21 yrs old. Not 14 leh...

Winston wrote:

golf_snowman wrote:

bro, vietnam coffee nice ?

do they have the instant type one ? if have, can get one for me...keke

Asahi is addicted to the coffee. and urban warfare. I had to drag him screaming and kicking out of the hotel and into the taxi.

You posting too late, he on the way to airport. Instant coffee in Vietnam have many many popular brands and many different flavours.

WHy dont you come up and try it yourself????

Yea, at the airport lounge now, away from the urban action.
Man, I am so addicted.......to Vietnam coffee, pho and beer, though not necessarily in that order.

Winston had to get his 'friend's' to chase me out of town and into the airport.
Last check with my boss, extension of leave not approved.....hiaz, sian big time.

Got 1 good adidas top. Designs a bit limited but changes from time to time.
So there's hope.
Btw, to the next platoon charging up here, I hv zeroed in 18-20 July.
Counting down.

Winston wrote:

she is 21 yrs old. Not 14 leh...

Winston, will I see her next time in Sg?

Err.....u bring asahi to wash hair ah
oh those salon near Benn Thah, i keep walking pass but cannot go in leh
Winston, u know what I mean

Winston wrote:

laybeedlang wrote:

Those at Cho Ben Thanh are fake ones, the night market ones also. I'm looking for the genuine ones la

Have real ones. Just have to know where to look. And if you are only looking to buy small quantities, not worth the trouble to find them.

SOmethings cannot be said in an open forum.

No trouble at all, there are few shops that I frequent which sells the real ones, just hoping that they have my size

skybobo wrote:

Winston wrote:

she is 21 yrs old. Not 14 leh...

Winston, will I see her next time in Sg?

Err.....u bring asahi to wash hair ah
oh those salon near Benn Thah, i keep walking pass but cannot go in leh
Winston, u know what I mean

My wife keep encouraging me to go cut and wash hair leh, say it is cheap there...you mean these got extra?

skybobo wrote:

Winston wrote:

she is 21 yrs old. Not 14 leh...

Winston, will I see her next time in Sg?

Err.....u bring asahi to wash hair ah
oh those salon near Benn Thah, i keep walking pass but cannot go in leh
Winston, u know what I mean

Nope. she will not be in Singapore anytime soon. Just a casual friend.

Yes I did bring him and he really really loves it.

4dtoto wrote:

My wife keep encouraging me to go cut and wash hair leh, say it is cheap there...you mean these got extra?

Have extras, they are listed as follows :
Face Massage, facial, Mani / pedi, Hot staone massage, highlighting / colouring of hair.

I like head and hair massage.. feel good.. I ever seen a Botak man , walk into a salon and wash head.. hahahahaha....

Ha nor. Me lah. No hair still enjoy shampoo.

That was not me!!

On a more serious note.

It was a great pleasure and fun to meet Asahi in HCMC. Great guy, great fun. HOpe that I was able to help make your stay in HCMC enjoyable and memorable. Apologies if it did not meet your expectations.

Take care and hope to see you soon!!!!

Eh Winston.... I am disappointed in you today. Whats with the carebear?!?!

Winston wrote:

On a more serious note.

It was a great pleasure and fun to meet Asahi in HCMC. Great guy, great fun. HOpe that I was able to help make your stay in HCMC enjoyable and memorable. Apologies if it did not meet your expectations.

Take care and hope to see you soon!!!!

Yo Winston,

Thanks for the great hospitality shown and the wonderful lobangs and some say longkangs, shown to me.
It was a beri beri mam-marable time. hehe

Almost did not want to come back! hahahaha
On a more serious note, July is beri likely a cfm trip to raid HCM again!
Like you said, unfinished business...........master Twin Doves Golf Club lah!



Hope to see you then.

Some pics of Twin Doves Golf Club (a must-go!) And check out the driving range too.

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Paiseh if pics are not up to standard (iphone 3GS) and few (ran out of battery).
This course is a place not to be trifled with. Thot I seen the worst of roughs (poresia) and the most undulating greens (Warren), I was wrong. This place is tough, tough, tough!



The greens are ALL super undulating. 2 putts are bonus. 3 putts quite the norm and not to be shameful of. On par if not tougher than Warren.

Most holes are well protected by huge bunkers and placement of pins are usually on apex of the greens. Course layout is intriguing. Though the fairways are quite wide but you still need to pick your landing spot else you would be left with uneven lies to hit your 2nd shots.
So it is not that simple after all.

The Luna Course, hole 9 is a very beautiful hole. Pity no pic to how coz that was my finishing hole. Go visit to see for yourself.

All in, this golf club is a must go! Newly opened for 6 months and conditions right now are excellent. Green fees reasonable. Best to go now before hordes of golfers discover this place and drive up the prices.

I am so going up for revenge in a few months time.

yeah yeah yeah Asahi, you think i am going to be impressed with these pictures of golf courses??? what a poor attempt to mask the real intention of your 4D3N incentive getaway.

when you are out of your decontamination programme, bring in your iphone fully charged cos i need to do a reprogramme of your image folder.

Sinfully Yours,

DGman

Oh shucks! I confess........I was there for this.

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I was soooooo in love...........with the phos. And the last 2 mutton dishes were simply out of this world!