May 2007

  • Vietnamese Government Responsible for Cable Theft?

    In an interesting twist, Thanh Nien News is putting the blame of the undersea cable theft on the Vietnamese government. Last August, the Ba Ria Vung Tau provincial…

  • House Nearly Cleaned

    Well, after a late night SMS to my landlord yesterday to remind him to clean the house, fix the aircons, and to get the stairwell lights working again, to my amazement…

  • Home Repairs Completed

    My landlord's workers finished with the repairs in my house today. Unfortunately he did not clean my house. To make things worse, as usual, his workers stoled my…

  • Chom Chom - A Cute Expat Blog

    Here is an Expat Blog that you all will love. It is so cute (^_^). Click here to understand why -> http://chomchom-vn.blogspot.com/

  • Milano Orange Cookies

    I found my favorite cookies in Saigon yesterday :-)

  • Raised Floor III

    Well, after over a week's worth of work, I finally have my new, raised tiled floor, with new marble steps. My landlord's workers still need to finish painting the front…

  • Saigon Financial Center

    The new home for Indochina Capital (^_^). (Saigon Financial Center in the distance) The Saigon Financial Center is owned by the Vietnamese military.

  • How much is a life worth in Vietnam?

    A sad story here in Vietnam. A bus carrying students from Saigon to the Giang Dien Falls in the Dong Nai Province collided with a train at a crossing. Five students…

  • More Fiber-optic Cable Looted

    Some more smugglers were caught stealing fiber-optic cable from the sea near the coast of Vietnam. When is this going to end? It looks like the Vietnamese government…

  • Internet VoIP comes under Govt. Scrutiny

    Very interesting article on Voice IP in Vietnam. Many people in Vietnam that make internet telephone calls outside the country, whether it be with Skype, USVoiz, or…

  • Home Repairs (^_^)

    Well, they are about done tiling my first floor. My landlord and I had a long discussion on much needed repairs. Here is what he will do for me next Sunday or sooner…

  • Raised Floor II

    Well, the workers did not finish tiling the floors. Looks like they can finish tomorrow. Now, the workers did something really odd, instead of mixing the cement outside…

  • Raised Floor

    Well, yesterday two of my neighbors brought in a lot of rubbish consisting of dirt and rock to raise my floor. Took them a total of 7 hours. They were quite nice, I did…

  • Smokey on the Terrace

    Due the construction in my house, poor Smokey is stuck on the terrace babysitting Lucky. I know he hates it up there but he will have to stay there until the…

  • CET's "Vietnam Immersion Program"

    Interested in learning more about Vietnam and learn the Vietnamese language? You should check out the CET Academic Program's "Vietnam Immersion Program". From the…

  • Here we go again...

    Well, this is what I woke up to this morning: (I heard a loud crash, poor guy dropped his load of bricks near my house) (As you can see, several houses still need to be…

  • Saturday Night in Saigon

    Tonight I just headed out to Parkson's Food Court and then to Opera House Highlands Cafe with Hanh and Ly. On the way back to the Phu Nhuan District, Ly's scooter broke…

  • To Be a U.S. Marine

    This slideshow brought back memories of my training to become a U.S. Marine back in 1990: Click Here to View Slideshow ->…

  • More House Repairs

    Today, VNPT came to repair my phone line for the second time in two months. The workers next door damaged the line again. After he finished, my landlord's workers were…

  • Saigon Dam Sen Park

    Yesterday I headed out to District 11 to meet Annie and her cousin at the Dam Sen Park. I have been to the Dam Sen Waterpark but this was the first time actually…