Sapa,
Vietnam
Monday, October 2, 2006
OK, so this is my last entry from Nam. I could not leave the country without sharing this with everyone! I just read this in a travel book about Vietnam. It is common place for girls in poor countries to get married to foreign guys who are willing to take them back to there countries with the promise of a "better life" That is no secret! You see "Gremlin" looking men walking around with beautiful young Asian girls. Not as much in Vietnam as in the other countries. Reasoning behind that: During the war a lot of girls (girlfriends, prostitutes, etc.) got pregnant and had babies for US soldiers. After the war the soldiers left for home leaving the girls and the children (interracial) behind to face a lifetime of discrimination from the anti-American government/population. So most Vietnamese girls are hesitant about interacting with white guys. But you still see them with foreign guys? But for some reason you never seem to see local Asian guys with foreign girls? This brings us to my story. It is a trend among Asian women to want to be really skinny. But apparently for some reason women in Taiwan are getting fat? Which according to this article makes them unacceptable for marriage with a Taiwanese guy? So there families are coming over to Vietnam to recruit Vietnamese guys to marry their "porky" daughters. You might ask the question why a young skinny Vietnamese guy would want to marry a "hog" 3 times his size that possibly does not even speak the same language. Like most things around here it comes down to money!!! According to this report and local newspapers it has become big business here. Bridal brokers are actually making the deals based off of the actual size and weight of the prospective bride! I am not making this up... the guy gets paid by the lbs! According to this article the current going rate the Taiwanese bride's family pays to the family of the Vietnamese groom falls between 1.2 to 1.8 million Dong per kilo. I did the rough math for all my American friends reading this. So that is somewhere between $150 - 225 per pound! So in this case I guess, "Size does matter!"
I once got drunk with a group of Irish guys in Australia and against my better judgment and there's I had "experimental snuggle time" with a "rather large woman." Normally I would insert that story right here, but since I am trying to make "The Johnny Nomad Project" a more "family friendly" atmosphere I will leave it out for the time being. After the cheap booze wore off I quickly decided "over weight women" where just not for Johnny, but I know some guys who rave about "Big girl Luv`in." My dad is a closet "Jerry Springer" watcher and I have seen many an episode titled "Skinny guys who love BIG women?" So they are out there!
"BEER - Helping ugly people have sex since 1890!"
Vietnam boasts to having the world's cheapest beer. Around Hanoi on every street corner you see signs advertising "Bia hoi." Which basically is a keg of beer surrounded by a bunch of those little plastic chairs like you used to use in Kindergarten lunch room (the avg. Vietnamese person is about 5 ft 100-150 lbs.) I feel stupid sitting in those little chairs! The local guys sit around and drink this draft beer all day for about 10-20 cents per 16 oz glass. I was thinking maybe this helps take the sting off of having to "cuddle" with a "Sea Donkey?" I know beer helped me with my "big girl" experiment!
"I'm tired of magazines
saying flat butt's the only thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back!" ~Sir Mix-A-Lot
Asian love for sale, come and get it!......... By the LBS! ~J No
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This one made me laugh out loud at my desk. Bravo.