April 2009

This is one of the better climate change movies online now. The 11th Hour gives an independent perspective on global warming and the causes. Cross-posted from: Expat…

Chris Harvey, otherwise known as charvey in the Saigon Expat blogging world, posted a new clip of the day morning ritual at VietnamWorks known as the "chicken dance." It…

Why the strange the blog title? Just read this article in Thanh Nien Daily News and you will understand why: Men should hold onto dongs, due to recent slashes Doctors…

Very impressive video by a Swedish Expat residing in Thailand. Vivian posted a video responding to the insults by Western Expats in regards to the Thai King. Her best…

Just read this piece from Chao-Vietnam: Getting that ever elusive visa to the US, regardless of visa type, can be daunting at best. I have seen friends, students, and…

I was given this "lucky ball" last weekend to make me feel happy. It is doing its job very well! :-)

Yesterday I met Patrick (PKNews.org) at The Manor for lunch. As normal, I met him at City Diner, one of my favorite American-style restaurants in Saigon (You want a good…

Today I finally figured out how to set my Al-Fajr Clock to the local prayers times for Saigon, Vietnam. I purchased the Al-Fajr CW-05 clock when I was back in the US. It…

We are now having ground water problems at my alleyway now. It started after the construction workers finished completing the canal drainage project component near my…

Good luck to the IT community up in Hanoi, Vietnam, tomorrow with Barcamp Hanoi 2009. I hope to catch some of the events live over Twitter tomorrow. Event information…

Please encourage Vietnamese IT startups to attend this conference next month in Singapore. From e27's Mohan Belani: I would like to share with e27's major event which we…

At approximately 8:26 PM Saigon time (6:26 AM San Fransico time), I officially reached my 37th birthday. As per my tradition in Saigon, I like to have my birthday dinner…

Last Saturday I finally visited the Parkson's department store next to the Tan Son Nhat airport. My friends and I went there to have dinner at the food court. The…

I want to introduce you all to a new Saigon Expat Blogger, Petro (Peter) Smith, from the US. Petro teaches English in Saigon. Visit his blog for a very thorough…

Today is the 9 year anniversary of the Venezuelan coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez. I first heard about Hugo Chavez back in 2002 right before the failed coup…

I am still surprised at the number of HSBC ATMs across Saigon nowadays. ATMs of various banks seem to be everywhere. Just a couple years ago, the closest HSBC ATM was in…

When I arrived into Tan Son Nhat Airport last Tuesday, I was surprised at how fast it took to disembark my plane and get through immigration. The service at the airport…

Mozilla Developer and Blogger Gen Kanai, just posted an entry looking at the survey of Internet users in Vietnam that some may find interesting. Gen Kanai is helping the…

When I arrived into the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport, I was surprised to see one of my former AIS students, Vivian (Ha), at customs. We were both…

Well, my 10 days in the US are nearly over. Tomorrow night I head back to Saigon, Vietnam. Oddly enough, I will return to Vietnam with a great appreciation of Korean TV…