February 2012

Saturday night I was at Vincom's Food Court with a friend. We were both surprised that Popeyes was closed, especially on a busy Saturday night. Is Popeyes closing down…

One of my friends in the US plans to move to Vietnam in about a year and actively promote Bitcoin, an online currency growing in popularity each year. I actually have an…

I sometimes wonder why I always arrange my Japanese class around 6pm. I always get nailed with a traffic jam in District 1. When you have enough time to take out your…

Thanks to Pratik, I found a good replacement coffee shop for Java Cafe that is near where I live in Saigon. The Tibetan Coffee Shop, located on 28/11A Ton That Tung…

Seems that a lot of my Expat and Vietnamese friends are on diets now. Here is my recommendation for a good diet drink available at many Vietnamese coffee shops. See the…

I took a bunch of photos of Baba's Kitchen last month which is still one of my favorite halal Indian restaurants in Saigon. Actually, despite what I wrote in my best…

Inspired by GaijinPot's article, "Things that foreigners find annoying about life in Japan," I decided to write a similar blog post about the annoying things about life…

A couple week's ago, blogger and Twitter user, Ourman in Hanoi, mentioned that he just purchased a .in domain for his future website, ourman.in. When I saw this domain…

If you happen to meet any top Vietnamese student studying their undergrad, masters or Phd program overseas, most likely the student will come from this school, Le Hong…

Since 1992, I have spent a lot of time researching issues revolving around Amerasians. I even formed a nonprofit, the Amerasian Foundation, to focus on Amerasian issues…

One nice thing about Vietnam, if you get sick, you will get all sorts of medicine. Below is what my doctor recommended to me yesterday for my knees and ankle.Normally my…

Today I visited the Bon Mua Restaurant with two Expat friends. I visit Bon Mua at least once a week and you can say, until today, I am a very faithful customer. They…

After my trip to the medical clinic this evening, I decided to head back to District 1 and try out the halal banh mi for the first time. I always passed it but never…

I was asked to publish this to help promote Startup Weekend Singapore 2012. Singapore, 15 February 2012 - A group of students from the National University of Singapore…

I thought this was a great shot of the traffic jam as it was occurring just a couple hours ago in District 1. I took this shot from the Pham Ngu Lao Coffee Beans. Next…

For those of us who live in Saigon, we all know who they are. anphabe, a so-called social media site that claims to connect leaders. For most of us, though, anphabe is…

Actually, this particularly thing has annoyed me for a couple weeks now. After the Tet holiday, I noticed that my motorbike is getting damaged at the parking lots and in…

Visited some friends at Vincom Center today. I was walking past NYDC when I noticed a birthday party with a clown. It was cute, the first time I ever saw a clown in…

Today I met up with Jen (@sitesnbite), the Korean American blogger behind Sites'n Bites at Coffee Beans. She is a fellow Seattleite who has lived in Saigon for over two…

The other day I parked beneath the Bitexco Building. I looked up and took this shot: Damn this is a tall building!