October 2011

Yesterday Steve from Baba's Kitchen invited to a party with his students and friends hosted at, yes, Baba's Kitchen. I was a bit late since as I was leaving, it started…

Hoshi's favorite daytime activity is??? A Sleeping Hoshi

An early October morning picture of the Rex Hotel. Rex Hotel - Saigon, Vietnam

It has been awhile since I helped start an IT user group in Vietnam. I helped initiate the first Barcamp Saigon and formed both the Saigon Linux User Group (which became…

For the last month, I have started to follow a more strict halal diet. I am up to about 90% these days, I had a cheeseburger today, but hope to hit 100% by the end of…

Stopped by one of the mosques to pick up a friend tonight. The Jamiul Islamiyah Mosque, also known as the Nancy Mosque, is one of the main mosques in Saigon. There is a…

Thanks to my Malaysian friend, I had some good help in getting a major update for the Vietnam site of GoHalalPlanet. More below: Cross-posted from…

Found 5 more #halal restaurants in #Saigon and 3 stores that sell halal products for @gohalalplanet. A productive day. # @idinh …and long ones at that. # @planetcraig…

I'm at D' Nyonya http://t.co/6XQs31D5 # Viivue – Premium #WordPress #Joomla Theme Design Boutique in #Vietnam http://t.co/p0mO2LIC # Viivue – Premium WordPress/Joomla…

Upgrading my iPad to iOS 5 # @Helennetherland Of course he sleeps when I am awake and goes TO work when I sleep :-) # My #cat never learns, he always pours his water…

I visited my friend's company, Viivue, yesterday. Viivue is a premium theme design boutique located here in Saigon, Vietnam. They design custom premium themes for…

Japan to offer 10,000 free trips to foreigners to boost tourism industry « GaijinPot In Japan Blogs http://t.co/ASWnZ6Dp via @GaijinPot # Open Source Web Server Leader…

Black Paw Fail http://t.co/cuSbvpeB via @ICHCheezburger # @Orangwutang I just had lunch with him at Baba's Kitchen. It is really good, his business is successful. #…

SaigonNezumi.com is back online again. I took it down this morning. My server at Linode was either having a DDOS attack or some malicious script, most likely from the…

#Halal is halal, some restaurants do not understand that using the halal sign means that the meat MUST be halal. # I'm at D' Nyonya http://t.co/KjqJ6T9H # Yes, my server…

I took two quick shots of Saigon Pearl when I went by there last week. Not bad for my HTC Desire HD camera, eh?

For those of you that miss the orange julius, the drink that is, head to Saigon Tacos tomorrow at Stellas. Robert will be serving his 100% authentic Mexican food…

Another Hoshi post. He found my laundry basket and realized it was a nice place to sleep. He loves it there. When he is not sleeping, he is playing with his stuffed…

GoHalalPlanet's Vietnam site was nominated for Asia Top 50 Apps. The nomination started later then most of the other nominees but you can still vote until October 10…

GoHalalPlanet - Vietnam website Most of you probably know that I have been working on a halal travel site for Vietnam. The work gathering all the information took longer…