Still wondering about Seventeen Saloon music?

After being enthralled with news of Tarantino thrilla, yes, this is a youtube video of prisoners in Cebu Provincial and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu, Philippines dancing to Thriller.

1. And it has to be Michael Jackson. Our fascination with all things America or absurdity.
2. The omnipresent pa-girl homosexuals in our society. No sarcasm here!
3. That much orange gives me headache.
4. Still wonder why such is the music in Seventeen Saloon? This should answer it all.
5. Interestingly, what would it look like if these were Vietnamese prisoners? The music, it's safe to assume would be some love song. The uniform, I think, would be blue (that color so loved by Vietnamese beaurucrats ie it's the only color they wear, and the pants, visibly tighter.

Quentin Tarantino in the Philippines for Cinemanila

No, not even the Jolie-Pitt visit to Saigon made me go gaga .

Being a film buff, nothing could make me feel more giddy like the news that the Great Q will be in Manila this August for Cinemanila International Film Festival. (Yes, mahgayprends, I'm drooling!)

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will be hitting Philippine shores in August to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during special ceremonies in the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival. Tarantino will be receiving the distinction for his iconic contributions to world cinema and continued support to the proliferation and promotion of Asian and independent films.

Except if he's coming to Vietnam, too, of course. If he is, do let me know cause I, ummm, will bribe all the staff in his hotel and stalk him til he gives me an autograph. Oh Q, you'll be my first and last. I won't do that for Leonardo Di Caprio, that's saying a lot since I read Arthur Rimbaud just because Di Caprio portrayed him in one of his movies. Or perhaps, just perhaps, not for Ewan McGregor, the god of big things even if he shows up in my doorstep naked.

Since Cinemanila is "seeking to promote the identity of ASEAN cinema", it being the ASEAN's 40th anniversary, it will also be showing some films from other countries in the region. Unfortunately, no mention of Vietnamese films.

Foreigners may soon be able to own houses in Vietnam

Around 21,000 of 81,000 foreigners residing in Vietnam will be eligible to buy houses under a pilot scheme awaiting cabinet approval, the construction ministry said.

It recently drafted a proposal to allow foreigners to buy houses, which will initially be implemented in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Below are the chosen few/foreigners who are eligible to own houses in Vietnam. If you do belong to these categories and you want to own a house, (do not ask for clarifications of the categories though, as you may only get a vacuous response from me since I'm no expert), well, I can only imagine the paperwork, the extra-payment and the beaureaucrap you'll have to endure, tis the time to be jolly.

These include individuals directly doing business in Vietnam; recognized by the president or other agencies as contributing to national development; doing cultural or scientific work in Vietnam; recognized by the president as honorary citizens; or married to Vietnamese currently living in Vietnam. The sixth and final category comprises foreign-invested real estate trading enterprises.