Breaking the fast with Turkish food.

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This surprised me today, I got blocked in by this truck trying to leave a parking lot. He took about 5 minutes before he decided to leave.

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Typical morning Turkish breakfast at Horizon.

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1.  From Quizilla:

Shintoism: Shintoism is a religion based in Japan and the Japanese culture. It’s beliefs center mainly around the kami or the spirits. They believe in many of these spirits, and they also believe in worshiping and holding rituals and festivals for these spirits which they hold with honor and respect. Followers of Shintoism hold loyalty and honor in high esteem.

Maybe I got this because I am half-Japanese with a strong Japanese influence from my mother.

Definitely not a serious religion quiz but humorous.

2.  From ProProfs.com:

Buddhism: Love and tolorance is your motto. You belief in karma, and reincarnation.

Okay, maybe my Japanese upbringing influenced me here.

3.  From QuizFarm.com:

You Scored as Paganism. Your beliefs are most closely aligned with those of paganism, Wicca, or a similar earth-based religion. You may also follow a Native American religion.  Scored a 100% for Paganism, 65% for Buddhism, 60% for Hinduism, and 55% for Islam.

That one was unexpected.  Estrella!!!  Shintoism by some would be considered an earth-based religion as well.  This is not the first time I heard this described about me…

4.  From BeliefNet.com: (Probably one of the most accurate online measures of religious choice according to online sources.)

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Hinduism (89%)
3. Neo-Pagan (88%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
5. Jainism (82%)
6. New Age (82%)

Again, this is probably due to the influence of Japanese culture.  Both Japanese and Vietnamese are Mahayana Buddhists.

Personally, I consider myself a Muslim with a strong Sufi influence.  Elements of Sufism are similar to elements of Buddhism and the Hesychasm in  Christianity.

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(Russian Tortoise – Image Source: Wikipedia)

The other day I was surfing online which somehow brought me to the Wikipedia article on Russian Tortoises.  It brought back memories of the 1990s in Seattle.  As a student at the UDub, I actually owned 3 Russian Tortoises.  I think I bought my first two in 1993 if I remember right.  I had a UV lamp and made a small pen for my two tortoises I named Gorby and Tatiana.  An older Russian tortoise, Katya, joined the duo later.

Russian tortoises are quite easy to take care of.  I just fed them bok choy and romaine lettuce everyday.  During long weekend trips, I could leave them in my pen with a head of romaine lettuce.  For longer trips, my gymastic’s coach and his girlfriend would take care of them.

These guys are fun.  I let them roam my room when I am home.  You will be amazed at how much water their bladder can hold.  If they are scared, they can soak an entire pant leg which has happened to me on one occasion.  Most of the day they just soak under the UV lamp.  At nights, I would turn the UV lamp off at which point my tortoises would start to burrow underneath my wood chip bedding.  Since they were in my room, it would be annoying to hear their feet scraping on the wood floor of their pen but I think I got used to it.

Sadly in 1996, I had to sell them back to the pet store owner who sold them to me 3 years earlier.  I moved into an apartment complex that did not allow pets of any kind including fish.  I lost contact of my gymnastic’s coach so I had to let Gorby, Tatiana and Katya go.  Yeah, I do miss them.

Ironically, in the summer of 1998 which I was serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Karatau, Kazakhstan, some Kazakh students brought a couple Russian tortoises to me.  It turns out that in the Karatau area, there are many wild Russian tortoises.

In Vietnam, though, I have not seen any.  They are not as popular as the turtle.

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English Russia is by far one of the best blogs for the Former Soviet Union.  The posts are just interesting, I wish I could be as good as the site owner in finding similarly really interesting photos.  Today’s post makes me glad that I live in a brick house that, in theory, is more protected from fire.  “In Theory” in quotes actually

Fires seem to always happen in Russia such as the one below:

(Source: English Russia)

See more Fire Photos here -> http://englishrussia.com/?p=3982

From NewEurasia.Net, there was an interview of an Expat on living in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.  Read it, if Expats in Vietnam heed to his advice, their experience could just be as enjoyable as the Canadian interviewed.

By the way, Osh is one of my favorite cities in the world.  I spent nearly two weeks there back in 1999.  A really nice city with some of the best Central Asian cuisine in the world.  Cafe Osh, I miss you…

(Source: NewEurasia.net)

Read the entire interview here -> http://www.neweurasia.net/culture-and-history/interview-when-in-kyrgyzstan-do-as-kyrgyz-do/

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The Vietnam Links were also moved to their own page as well:

http://www.saigonnezumi.com/vietnam-links/

I also decided to change the name of the blog as well.  SaigonNezumi.com will now be known as SaigonNezumi’s Expat Pragmatist.  Expat Pragmatist was my other blog focusing on things such as the New World Order, the Japanese Samurai, Global Warming, etc.  I decided to combine these blogs since I did not have the time to maintain both of them. This will be the third time I changed the name of this blog.  The first name, if some of you can remember, was AmerasianWorld.com.

You can reach this blog at the following three URLs:

• http://www.amerasianworld.com
• http://www.saigonnezumi.com
• http://www.expatpragmatist.com

One of my goals is to better monetize this blog.  I will allow more advertisements, besides Google Adsense, to my blog now.

I hope you enjoy this new theme.  Please send me your feedback and comments.

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