November 2010

  • Vietnamese Food in Houston

    If you want a good Vietnamese buffet in Houston, goto Kim Son. This is a really great restaurant but be fotewarned, you will eat a lot. :-)

  • I love Southwest Airlines

    They are a great way to fly around the US. So far I have flown with them to Houston via Chicago and San Jose via Las Vegas.

  • Hong Kong International Airport

    Two hour flight and now I am in HK. Next flight boards in one hour. U forgot how nice this airport was.

  • 4 am at Tan Son Nhat International Airport

    I miscalculated the taxi time to the airport today. I got here real early. Good news, I got upgrades for most of the flights. Now need to stay awake until I get on the…

  • The Best Car Driver Award in Saigon goes to...

    This driver of a Jaguar. I just saw this driver on Nguyen Huu Canh street. How did he...

  • Saigon River

    The Saigon River is an important part of the landscape in southern Vietnam. The last week, the Saigon River overflowed it's banks on several occassions creating wide…

  • Happy Birthday Marines!!!

    Today is the 235th Birthday of the US Marines. I want to wish my fellow and former Marines a big happy birthday. I left the Corps over 14 years ago but deep down inside…

  • Sabayon Linux Five Oh!

    Yesterday I installed Sabayon Linux 5.4 (Gnome Edition) on my faithful IBM Thinkpad T60 (I bought the model before the switch to Lenovo). I wanted to return to a…

  • Megastar Cineplex in District 5

    Waiting for Red to start Megastar has the best theaters in Saigon.

  • Huong Vuong Parkson

    Enjoying lunch and a movie at the Parkson in District 5. California Wow has a gym here.

  • Japanese Festival at Nguyen Khuyen School in Saigon

    Decided to get a blog post up while waiting for Koshin. There is a socalled Canteen Day at the Nguyen Khuyen School in District 10. There are many food tables with…

  • Seattle Meetup in Saigon

    For those Seattle-natives living in Saigon, there will be a Seattle Meetup next Tuesday night at Java Cafe. This meetup is long overdue. Our last pseudo-Seattle meetup…

  • Beta Securities, Saigon, Vietnam

    I visited Ms. Chau, my friend, at her company this morning for coffee before I headed to work. She is the Associate Broker for Beta Securities located in Saigon's…

  • Saigon Wall Street in the morning

    Meeting my friend Chau from Beta Securities. It is located near the Saigon financial district, aka Wall Street. It is quite busy this morning.

  • Sun going down over Saigon

    In the Thao Dien Ward. Sunset in about 45 minutes.

  • Wires, wires everywhere

    A rat ate one of our ethernet cables so we had to replace it today. Not an easy task with Vietnamese buildings but my new guy, Lang did it. From the picture below, you…