August 2008

I just referred 14 Filipino and Vietnamese Amerasian cases to five different organizations that help Amerasians for the Amerasian Foundation, a nonprofit I run online. I…

This one surprised me today. I was at Highlands Coffee at the Big C in the Phu Nhuan District to meet a friend this morning. As I was about to take a picture of the…

For some odd reason, many Linux users have been configuring their Linux desktops to look exactly like Apple's Leopard desktop. After reading this tutorial…

Well, I am back at Java Cafe in District 1. I actually started out at the new 3-month old Bobby Brewers on Le Van Sy street near my house in the Phu Nhuan District. I…

Well, it looked interesting when Yahoo Mash became available to everyone. Then it just got boring. I remember my Vietnamese friends asking for a Yahoo Mash invitation…

...you eat your french fries with both ketchup and chili sauce. Vietnamese love to eat their meals with chili sauce. Four years ago I thought they were crazy. Now I have…

According to Thanh Nien News, the price of fuel for 92 octane has dropped from 18,000 VND/litter to 17,000 VND/litter. That is the second time in a month they have…

Asia Injury Prevention Foundation's Wear a Helmet new campaign website went live today thanks to the effort of AIP Foundation's staff, Vi Truong, my Web Content Editor…

More Miss Vietnam 2008 pageant photos from VietnamNet Bridge in addition to the earlier photos: (Image Source: VietnamNet Bridge) See more photos here ->…

Mekong Securities, run by Indochina Capital, closed it's office in Hanoi last week. The surprise announcement was made to the Hanoi staff about a month ago. Operations…

Well, my eyes are blacker than black now despite the sleep I get. I have now started to drink camomile tea again. I remember drinking is last October when I had the…

My client's website was supposed to go live last weekend. Since the website needed to be hosted in Vietnam, I recommended Digipower run by a person I know through a…

Got this straight off from VietnamNet Bridge. Miss Vietnam 2008 competition is going on. Normally the Miss Vietnam contests get criticized for choosing, what local…

Well, an unplanned evening turned out to be quite fun last night. It started out at 7:30 PM at Soho Cafe where I was able to sell the infamous iPhone to my friend, Mai…

While I am at it, here is Thoman Wanhoff's Vietnam Blog. Sorry for the late add :-) Thomas is a German blogger recently arrived from Cambodia. Actually he is the third…

Jonny Platt, a Expat that lives in Vietnam, introduced me to his very interesting travel blog on Vietnam. He has some of the best photo shots yet that I have seen in the…

Well, last weekend my Linux Lab at the American International School has been redesigned. It is now less cluttered and utilizes the U-shaped design which I prefer for a…

A couple days ago I went to visit a friend at Saigon Bank in District 1. Can you believe it? It had already rained hard two times that day. At about 3 PM, it rained…

I have been extremely exhausted since last week. Simple tasks really take a lot out of me. I slept in this morning, worked just 3 hours and came home exhausted. Ended up…

I guess I really like it here. I need to get a presentation re-organzized to meet tomorrow's deadline. Having a nice chocolate cheesecake now with a cafe sua da :-)…