April 2006

SaigonTech's Cong Hoa campus primarily focusses on English teaching at the moment. Here are two of Saigon Institute of Information Technology's Vietnamese English…

The E-Town Building is located next to SaigonTech. This is one of the Software Parks located in Ho Chi Minh City. (E-Town on Cong Hoa Street)

Over a year ago, I visited the Cu Chi Tunnels. Since the bridge outside of Thu Dau Mot was being repaired, we had to cross the Saigon River in a ferry. After the long…

I just found the folder containing my pictures from the Cu Chi Ethnic Minority Park. The Cu Chi Ethnic Minority Park is worth a visit. You can make the tour after…

On the way to SaigonTech this morning, I ran into a huge traffic jam. Since it was quite unusual, it only meant there was a serious accident. Sure enough, on the other…

Riskul is the young girl on the farthest right in the picture below. She was one of my Kazakh students while I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Karatau, Kazakhstan. At…

On October 31, 1996, I was officialy discharged from the United States Marine Corps. One year later, I would be actively serving as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer…

I did not have internet connections for the last two days. Turns out that FPT, my ISP, disconnects your service until you pay your bill at their office. I thought they…

For some odd reason, Smokey tends to sleep on the chairs in my house. GET OFF!!! No, he never listens to me :-( (Stop disturbing me!!!)

It is a sad day. After 4 long years, my notebook, a Dell Inspiron 8100, passed away about 2 hours ago. I am holding in my tears as I type this post. I have a lot of…

Okay, now I have seen it all. The belief is that dogs have "Masters" and cats have "Servants" but I think this cat is taking it a little too far: (Yeah, Master Cat is…

Last Tuesday, my Sociology Students at the Center for International Education gave some great presentations. The design of their Powerpoint presentations amazed me. If…

Minh Ngoc emailed me these pictures of the "Bang Lang" flowers. She told me that when they blossom, it announces the coming of summer. She took these pictures are her…

If you want to be no different from the buddhas And Zen masters, just don’t seek externally. The pure light in a moment of awareness In your mind is the Buddha’s essence…

When I was with my students at the Capital Buidling today, I noticed this nice swimming pool: (I forgot the name of this hotel but I like the pool) (I want to visit this…

Fahasa Bookstores are famous in Saigon among Expats and Vietnamese students alike. You can find reasonably priced English books here. We are talking about originals. I…

While riding to work yesterday morning, I got cut off by a grl on her Honda Wave. Arghh!!! She ruined my pictures with the 'finger' shot: (I took the pictures just…

This is my first posting for one of the universities where I teach English at. I was referred to SaigonTech by friends. Since I have an IT background, I decided to visit…

Duc and I had beefsteak at Hoa Diem Son Restaurant in District 10 on Cao Thang Street. Not bad. It had been a year since I ate there last. (View from our table - This…

Took a group picture of my Sociology students today. Well, those who showed up, that is :-) (Note Sociology-1306 Students, you can click on the links below the picture…