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June 27, 2007
The Mighty Mr Ed who left Vietnam a week ago has arrived back in Tasmania. Ed reports that it’s “all great Down Under – except for the -4 temperatures on arrival. Got through shearing, lots of beers with the boys and […]
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June 26, 2007
Last weekend, the Elgar Park Dragons (the new footy team in Melbourne with predominantly players of Vietnamese descent) entered a state of shock when they were beaten convincingly by Whitefriars – and that was despite the fact that their “away” match […]
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June 25, 2007
Last week, the Melbourne contingent of the Swans comprising Micky J, Greg Banova and Dave Rehn got together outside Princes Park in Melbourne to meet new recruit, Max Sharples. Max was mighty because he brought the footy with him which allowed everyone […]
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June 25, 2007
In today’s edition of Timeout magazine, which comes as an insert in the Vietnam Investment Review, is a double page spread on the Vietnam Swans and their upcoming debut appearance at the 8th Annual Asian Championships. A scanned copy is […]
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June 25, 2007
By now, we’ve become familiar with the idea of the Swans blog punching through various barriers – 100 hits, 300 hits, 500 hits, 1000 hits, 1500 hits and so on. But this evening, if you were looking outside of your […]
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June 25, 2007
Rod Marsh and Ian Botham When Botham took guard in an Ashes match, Rod Marsh welcomed him to the crease with the immortal words: “So how’s your wife and my kids?” Botham replied, “My wife’s fine and your kids are […]
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June 24, 2007
Sure enough, Kerry returned last night to claim and collect her mega bottle of Jim Beam after winning it the previous night in absentia. Kerry said that she was “very excited to win the Jim Beam because I never win anything!” […]
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June 24, 2007
The Elgar Park Dragons, the predominantly Vietnamese Aussie footy team in Melbourne, today had a write up in “The Age”. The article mentions how this team is really opening up footy to Asians in Australia. The Elgar Park Dragons and […]
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June 24, 2007
Last night at Cafe Latin (Saigon) – correction, it’s now been rebranded as “The Office” – Casper the Dutchman was floating after winning the Mega 4.5 litre bottle of Jim Beam! Casper arrived in Saigon from Holland two weeks ago and […]
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June 24, 2007
The Rooster has returned. Remember how he had some insightful comments about the Asian Champs, that he plays for Singapore, and that he went over to Vienna for the Central European AFL Cup to play with Finland (home of ex […]
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June 24, 2007
Mr Ryan, who had a long a distinguished playing career with the Hanoi Swans and the Jakarta Bintangs – and has tru blu Asian Champs experience – was recently invited by the Swans to play for the red and white […]
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June 23, 2007
Last night, the Saigon contingent of the Vietnam Swans kicked off our 2007 Asian Champs Campaign with our first draw for the mega, 4.5 litre bottle of Jim Beam. We started at Cafe Latin, then went to the Underground, Vascos, Blue […]
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June 22, 2007
Following intense pressure from Coach Scotty Stacey in the Swans Control Room, it was decided to reposition one of the Swans Spy Satellites monitoring the Singapore Wombats and Jakarta Bintangs to look for the Lost Laoatian Elephants. The Elephants, if […]
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June 21, 2007
Micky J, currently on assignment in Australia, is fast gaining the reputation of an international media sl*t! While claiming to “Woof Woof” in support of the Western Bulldogs, he’s actually taken his rat tail into the heartland of the Cats, Geelong, […]
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June 21, 2007
Yesterday, President Taber who served the Hanoi Swans with such distinction during his 12 month reign from May 2005 – May 2006 left for Australia. Fortunately, it’s just for a holiday. However, as a teacher in an international school, the rest of us […]
