April 2008

Yesterday evening I was rushing to District 1 from the Phu Nhuan District at about 6:45 PM. I started to notice people lining up NKKN with small Olympic flags. Then I…

While a Marine Reservist, I was briefly attached to a Marine Corps Reserve squadron, VMAQ-4, stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington. My…

Just ran across a really good US Marines Corps commercial on YouTube. Sometimes I forget that I am a Former Marine. Enjoy:

Yesterday I met with my landlord. He is fully aware of the power meter problems. Some of my neighbors are beginning to complain as well. It is actually turning out to be…

Upon request, here is a short blog entry about the current 'Rice Fever' in Vietnam. Last weekend the price for rice doubled due to speculation from many rice sellers in…

This is what I have to put up with every day at my house...

Back in 2005, EVN installed roughly 287,000 faulty power meters resulting in complaints of nearly 12,000 from irate customers. Many customers were angry at the higher…

Looking for an easy to use animation program to use in the classroom? If so, try Pencil. From the Pencil website: Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X…

Wow, after one week of using Litter Kwitter's Cat Toilet Training System, I am thoroughly impressed. I watched the DVD included in the Litter Kwitter box which was very…

On my way to school today, I was riding behind to Vietnamese custom officials on 3 Thang 2 street. They are easy to recognize in their light blue shirts and navy blue…

When I moved into this house back in January, 2006, there was a room on one of the top floors that some called the "evil" room. Every time someone passed by this room…

Okay, I am currently having lunch at Mimosa, a small Vietnamese Italian restaurant in the backpacker area. I needed to email some pictures so I decided to see if there…

Using Gentoo Linux, you have to get used to things just breaking, especially in the last couple of years. Portage is probably one of the best package management systems…

Amazing, the new location of Texas BBQ (on Le Thanh Ton street in Q1 opposite of Skygarden) is now offering Dr Pepper, imported from the US, for 30,000 VND. Yeah, I hate…

Location: Mountain View, California, USA Date: April 16, 1972 Time: 6:28 AM A beautiful baby born to a Japanese mother and an American father entered the world. Normally…

From Expat Interviews: Do you have any tips for our readers about living in Vietnam? Patience, number 1. Also, come to accept that the 'Vietnamese-way' may actually be…

Well, Lucky is beginning to shed her fur again. She normally does this within a couple weeks of the season changing. Buy your rain ponchos now, we are going to have an…

The water workers found the leak today. They came roughly around 10:30 AM this morning and started hammering the tiles where the water and sewage pipes are located…

Well, I had to stay home tonight to get some work done. Things did not go as planned, though, due a power outage at about 7 PM. When the power returned, the internet…

Today the water repairman returned to our house. We were finally successful in explaining the problem. When he turned on the water again, I can tell he was surprised at…