May 2009

Over a week ago, I visited the popular Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in District 3 of Saigon not far from my house. When I was there, I noticed that there was a nice vegetarian…

This morning I upgraded my G1 gphone from RC33 to CRB43, otherwise known as the Google Android 1.5 Cupcake. Flashing my G1 was quite easy, it is just a matter of…

I got my first flat tire on my Yamaha Nouvo LX today. It was a screw that somebody screwed into my tire. This is the second time this has happened on my motorbike. I…

With just less than one month left of class, I decided to see if my 8th Grade students at the American International School in Saigon would be interested in learning…

Last Friday I completed one full week of Kendo lessons. In the past, the only martial arts classes I ever took was high school wrestling, hand to hand combat training in…

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Today I installed Fedora 10 on my desktop. I need to spend some months working with Fedora to prepare for my Red Hat Certified Engineer exam which I will hopefully take…

Saigon got hit with huge thunderstorm that lasted nearly one hour this afternoon. As expected, many of the streets were flooded. The below pictures were taken on Bui…

I made a short visit back to Cho Ray Hospital today. It was amazing how packed it was today. Very surprising. We had to find parking across the street. We headed to the…

I started posting blog entries on my Yahoo 360 account back in August 20, 2006. My Vietnamese Sociology students from the Center for International Education and other…

Just got back from a small sinh to cafe near my house called Vitamin Bar located in the Phu Nhuan District. Vitamin Bars seem to be small franchises located throughout…

Finally I able to get a picture of one of the best coffee shops in Saigon. I spent most of the day at Coi Rieng coffee shop located in the Tan Binh District not far from…

Yesterday was Bishkek, Kyrgzystan's, 131st birthday since it's founding by the Russians in 1878. I lived in Bishkek for four months when I worked with the American…

When I was a kid, my favorite battleship was the Yamato, which served the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War 2. Many young Americans my age group may know the Yamato…

I have been a fan of Transformers since my trip to Japan in 1982 where I bought one of the original Transformers. I watched all the cartoons as a kid and saw the last…

Last Sunday was the 40 year death anniversary for Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. A local dojo near my house held an event that I attended. They gave a short…