why wy?

Mr Brown where are you? Granted the man is busy - blogging convention, writing articles, new baby on the way - but I am having a serious withdrawal from his funny-as-heck podcasts. It is so good to hear singaporean voices arguing, although admittedly this is melbourne; throw a stone anywhere in the city and you will hear singlish or singaporean-style mandarin. You really can spot them a mile away, in the toilet, in the cafe, and everyone eats at the Mekong, a vietnamese institution on swanston street. At least half the tables there on a Saturday night (including mine) spoke in the same tones and inflections. An instance of viral tourism I think, an okay place gets rave reviews from travellers, students take their folks there and, over time, becames the must-try place for anyone visiting.