March 2008

Well, I have been in my hotel room for nearly 1 hour now. It was a rush from AIS to the airport today. I actually got everything done so fast, including packing my bags…

I had to call my landlord to tell the water repairman to return to the house today. The same worker and another guy came at around 6 PM this evening. He spent one hour…

It has been nearly three weeks since I started to use the new Computer Lab Computer Lab (which I dubbed the Linux Lab) at the American International School. My students…

Last week, some of my students and I had a rather interesting episode in the elevator at the American International School. I caught the elevator with my students on the…

Today was an interesting day. We lost our electricity again. It happens every Tuesday now for the entire day. Luckily they turned our power back on at 3 PM since exactly…

Wow, I can't believe SaigonNezumi.com has been online for two years as of yesterday, March 23rd. Actually it was formed a couple days before but the blog entries were…

More problems in our house. We have a water leak somewhere in the house but we cannot find it. Last week, the water meter guy knocked on my house door to tell me there…

These little buggers are quite sneaky and more clever than American ants. If they see any food, regardless if their in a container or plastic bag, they will find a way…

March 16, 1968 US Army soldiers massacre the hamlets of My Lai, Binh Tay and My Khe. Over 500 men, women, children and babies were brutaly murdered. It would be hard to…

PC-BSD 1.5 is now available for download on the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. From the website: The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD version…

Here is a good piece put together by Al Jazeera titled, The lost tribe of Laos. The article looks at the plight of the Hmong and the persecution they face by the Laotian…

With the increase of cars in Saigon, scenes like these are becoming quite common: (3 Thang 2 street traffic mam) (3 Thang 2 street traffic jam)

Well, an airline I used to work for in the past, Horizon Air, has added a Husky logo jet representing one of my alma maters, the University of Washington: (Source…

For those you waiting for the next ViPLUG Meeting, it will have to be delayed for a couple more weeks. My Linux Lab is complete and we finally got Linux Mint installed…

There has been a lot of construction along the canal near my house in the Phu Nhuan District for over a year now. Today I actually had a good view from the top of my…

Technically, it is still the dry season in Vietnam. March is normally extremely humid and hot. This is the time that most Vietnamese and Expats really complain about the…

An English language website for overseas Vietnamese seeking visa exemptions has been launched at the following URL…

Happy Women's Day!!! :-)

(Source: Thanh Nien News) Okay, seems that the Thanh Nien News did a better job reporting on the hamster crackdown than the BBC. Starting Monday the fines will be…

(Source: BBC News) This is a really funny story the BBC just posted online. These hamsters have been quite popular here in Saigon since December. My students have them…