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In the past, Smokey used to do this and now Hoshi. While I pray, Hoshi likes to run unto my prayer rug and play around. Talking about cute... :-)

I have been using Woopra for the last month to keep track of my website. I plan to move to Google Analytics soon. Below are some Woopra stats for my blog: Top 5…

Thanks to my Kazakh friends, Aigerim and Aika, I was able to eat my favorite Kazakh dish called beshbarmak here in Saigon. The last time I had this dish was in Tennessee…

So the litte guy finally recovered. He got his first shots over a week ago. The Vet gave him a good bill of health. Hoshi will get more shots in a 3 weeks then finally…

Look at my lovely hair this morning. I am kind of drugged up with muscle relaxers for my neck. After my move to a room with a window a couple weeks ago, I hurt my neck…

For once I started to take a look at the user manual for my Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera. Normally that is one of the first things that I do when I buy an electronic but I…

Thi Sach street in District 1. Thi Sach Street, Saigon

Yesterday I had my Canon T3i with me. Right before the storm, I decided to take some pictures of the skyline. I did not have much time though.

Y, my vet, visited a couple days ago. He gave Hoshi a good bill of health. Hoshi recovered and will be receiving his shots soon. He is very active now and leaves his…

Two more halal restaurants I happened to pass by. While at Java Cafe, I kept seeing Muslims heads towards this end of Dong Du street. Well, now I know. :-) I will visit…

Those of you still waiting for some authentic Mexican food (Tex-Mex to be exact), Saigon Tacos will be making a debut at Stellas in Pham Ngu Lao soon. Stellas is…

Finally, for those of you that miss Robin when he ran Mumtaz, his wonderful halal Indian food is back. Last night he had his grand opening of Baba's Kitchen, Robin's own…

One of the topics I have been having with people this week delves with the salaries of IT people, both Vietnamese and Expats, here in Vietnam. You get a lot of figures…

Despite my recent positive article over a week ago about using the Macbook Pro, I have started to miss running a Linux desktop. I know some are going to hate hearing…

Well, I have had Hoshi for nearly one and a half months now. Despite my Vet's warning that Hoshi would be dead within a month, that would have been two weeks ago, he is…

Phong Vu is well known in Saigon, many people tend to buy their computer and computer parts here. The service is okay, I have bought motherboards from them before…

I had an early morning breakfast at the Big C Highland's Coffee shop in the Phu Nhuan District. I has been over a year and a half since I have been there. Scenes like…

I had dinner last Friday at Vincom Center with my business partner, staff and a visitor from Singapore. It has been over a year since I have visited Vincom Center when I…

Last Friday I had a meeting outside of the Continental Hotel. They were doing some fashion shooting at the Opera House across the street. I decided to see how well my…

I love this video. Sorry, limited English, majority Russian but worth the time. Really great clip that you should watch. Back in 1999, I would never expected that women…