November 2011

Cafe Tram is one of my favorite coffee shops in Saigon now located in the Phu Nhuan District. You will love the water gardens and their small water falls here. Prices…

I met my Vietnamese friend at the Vincom Center today. Vincom has one of the best food courts in Vietnam with a large selection of restaurants including Carl's Jr…

A couple days ago I felt like taking these pictures while heading out of Pham Ngu Lau towards Le Lai street.

So people have been asking me how Hoshi has been doing lately. Just view the pictures below and you will understand:

I visited the Rose Cafe again last weekend. It has been nearly 2 years since I last visited it. It has changed a little, more tables this time. They also serve beer so…

A couple days ago, I attended my American friend's father-in-law's death anniversary at his house in Ben Thanh District. A death anniversary is normally all day long…

Two of my past websites are both back online now. AmerasianWorld.com / Salaam Central Asia My Kazakh Host Family - The Orazimbetovs AmerasianWorld.com was originally…

Barcamp Saigon website It is time again to register for the 5th installment of Barcamp Saigon. It will be held again at RMIT in South Saigon on December 11, 2011, from…

November has arrived and for me at home, this usually means I can stop having my air conditioner run throughout the night. Since returning from the US last January, my…

I met Mr. Nhan from GHP Fareast yesterday at the Lang Coffeeshop in the Go Vap District. It is really a nice outside coffeeshop with a Vietnamese countryside feel…

I was at Java Cafe last Friday for a meeting when it started to rain heavily outside. This was a bit of a shocker since it does not normally rain in November. As I left…

Okay, this ends my two weeks of four military anniversaries. You will not see me talk about the Marines for another year. Twenty-one years ago on this date, I started my…

Today is Veteran's Day in the US. Happy Veteran's Day to all the US veterans that served to protect the US, freedom, and democracy. Veterans will always be an important…

Today is the 236th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps. I like to wish all of the active duty and former Marines one big "Happy Birthday!" Ooh-rah Marine Corps…

I forgot I had this video online. I was on STV's Yeni Hayatlar back in 2001 which was broadcasted in the Turkish speaking world for a couple years. I wrote about this…

Made a visit to the Nancy Mosque today in Saigon's District 1. I recorded part of the call to prayer during the time of Asr Prayer. Unfortunately right at the end, I ran…

I finally got my theme finished for SaigonNezumi.com. It took awhile since I have to figure out how to get the CSS colors working with the dropdown menus. It was not…

My friends HR's company is looking to fill the IT Application Analyst Position here in Vietnam. See brief info. below, if interested, please contact me. Position: IT…

Today is the Muslim holiday known as Eid al-Adha. Eid Mubarak. Eid Mubarak

So, it is late Saturday night and I am, umm, home typing away on my computer. Yes, I will admit, I have been home all day, never even stepped foot out of the house. I…