February 2008

My first Leap Day in Vietnam with many more to come in the future :-)

I remember nearly three and a half years ago, I could fill up my motorbike on 20,000 VND ($1.25 US). It will now cost me about 60,000 VND ($3.75) to fill my motorbike…

I have not traveled to Cambodia yet but I plan to in the near future. Blogger betterdays ( Preetamrai) just posted a blog entry about the e-visa process in Cambodia that…

I mentioned about this book, Where There Is No Doctor, in my blog post yesterday. This is probably one of the most useful books I ever used in my life so far. I had to…

Well, I now know I do not have dengue fever. I still have a slight fever but I should be fully recovered by the weekend. When I am just sick with a cold or slight flu, I…

No, I am not dying :) Woke up with fever this morning and a congested head with a headache. Called in sick, spent most of the day in bed. A friend managed to get some…

A friend from the Spanish Embassy here in Saigon asked me to share this with everyone. I think many will find it interesting: PRESS RELEASE The Spain-Vietnam Investment…

Yesterday I saw the monitors for my computer lab stacked outside of the IT Room at the American International School were I teach Computer Science part time. It was a…

My former landlord in District 5 loves pets. She has about 3 cats, one dog, and now, a new puppy. She babysat Smokey last August when I headed to the US. Below is a…

Last Saturday I met a friend of mine at An Nam Cafe. It is actually not one of my favorite places to go for coffee on a Saturday night. The coffee is just so so and the…

From the Vietnam Professional Linux/Unix Group website: Linux Mint has been added to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. Linux Mint can be downloaded from the following URIs…

I am surprised at how fast my blog posting on Litter Kwitter got indexed by Google. The competitor, CitiKitty, emailed me their website. Same techniques but a noticeable…

I ride my motorbike everywhere in Saigon. I pretty much know my way around through all the districts now. I normally know where to park and how much it costs. At HSBC…

Well, Tet is long passed now but many of the stores still have not restocked their shelves. Unfortunately for me, one key item that I need to keep my 3 heavy-eating cats…

I love Big C, they are located all across Saigon now. The Big C located on Hoang Van Thu street in the Phu Nhuan District is one of the biggest Big Cs in Saigon. You can…

Well, I got lucky. On the day I really craved for Indian food, Mumtaz just happened to open up while many other restaurants remained closed during the last days of Tet…

Nope, just running Windows XP with VMWare Server in Gentoo Linux. I wanted to use my Canon LBP 3200i laser printer. Unfortunately, there is not a working driver for…

I am not sure if many of you who read my blog knows, but I originally came to Vietnam back in May, 2004, as a volunteer to help out with Vietnamese Amerasians. In the…

FreeBSD Ports for Vietnamese BSD users can be found at the following URL: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/vietnamese.html These Ports will work with DesktopBSD and PC-BSD…

This Tet is unusually quiet when compared to Tet a year ago. The streets are deserted, shops still closed, hardly any life in the city right now. At night the food…