July 2009

Spent a couple hours at a coffee shop along the Saigon River last Monday. It was hot but then the thunderstorm came to cool things off. (View of An Phu villas) (An Phu…

I know the guys from my Kendo dojo are wondering where I have been for the past 6 weeks. I thought my ankle, a recurring injury since I hurt it back over 3 years ago…

Are there any Turkish food fans out there in Saigon? If so, let me know. I am trying to convince some of my Turkish friends to open a Turkish restaurant here in Saigon…

From Vietnam Net Bridge, Hanoi's Nguyen Phuong Mai is one of the top ten supermodels in Asia: (Source: Vietnam Net Bridge) See more of Nguyen Phuong Mai's photos here…

Well, if you really want to fall in love with a Linux distro, you got to try Pardus 2009 International. You got to give it to the Turks, they created the next great…

Turkish Airlines is another one of my favorite airlines. I flew with them several times since 1999. I would choose Turkish Airlines in a heart beat if they started…

Some very interesting Linux videos posted at TuxMachines. Linux - Everything is possible Worm Detected

Hacao, the Linux-based Vietnamese IT company, did it again. The good news, they have successfully created a Vietnamese language netbook based on Linux. The bad news…

From a Gaijin in Japan, you will enjoy this video showing a modern Samurai:

Got a picture of the newest Coffee Bean coffee shop in Saigon. It is located in the Metropolitan Building where HSBC had their original office. Oddly enough, HCBC has…

I took these pictures earlier in the week. Normally I never have time to take pictures from my motorbike. The traffic was running slow enough that I could take photos…

The traffic jams along Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street in District 3 has been terrible for the last year and a half. A couple days ago, it took me nearly 45 minutes to get from…

Here are some more beautiful pictures of Almaty, Kazakhstan. These pictures are taken of the sky around the city of Almaty. Southern Kazakhstan can get around 300 plus…

Here is an interesting MayDay/Air Crash Investigation video on Air Transat 236. Air Transat 236 had a fuel leak that nearly forced the pilots to ditch in the Atlantic…

Peter Schiff was interviewed by Revolutionary Politics. He made some comments in regards to the current global and US markets. As usual, he recommends buying gold and…

I had a lunch meeting last week at Quan Hy Restaurant located near Sunwah Tower in District 1. The food was pretty good, nice atmosphere, and friendly staff. Sorry, I…

A week ago I visited the War Remnants Museum for the first time in Saigon. It is definitely worth a visit if you really want to see the horrors of war. Below are some…

Still on the topic of the US Economy, Fox's Freedom Watch with the Judge interviewed Ron Paul, Peter Schiff and Tom Woods a couple days ago. Ron Paul is trying to get a…

President Obama announced that the world has avoided economic disaster. Yet trends expert, Gerald Celente, begs to differ. According to the Yonders Tribune, Gerald…

About a month ago, Stephen an Expat from Hanoi, asked me about the modifications on my Yamaha Nouvo LX. He wanted to make the same modifications on his motorbike but it…