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My neighbor has been annoying me lately. Normally I leave my garbage out in the evenings like the rest of my neighbors. When this happens, I know that people will start…

Watched some interesting videos President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela which are interesting. Vilified in the Western media, he is looked at a different light by…

Below are my electricity usage in this house since 2006: August, 2006 - 461 kWh August, 2007 - 142 kWh August, 2008 - 325 kWh From 2009: January, 2009 - 421 kWh…

Earlier in the week, I was driving to my school along the canal when I saw this crowd gathered near this bridge. I did not get off my motorbike since I was already late…

Today I attended the Saigon Software Freedom Day 2009 organized by the Saigon Linux User Group at the University of Education in District 5. This is actually my first…

Well, I just completed week 3 at the American International School here in Saigon, Vietnam. I signed a one year contract to teach 2 ICT classes part-time for about 40…

Having lunch at Mimosa on Bui Vien street. Enjoying a cool sinh to cam dao before heading home. Testing to see if Edge is stable enough for me to send a post.

Just four days after I visited the Dai Nam Tourist Park, a tiger jumped from it's enclosure and attacked two workers killing one of them. To be honest, I am not…

This is just one of those things where you just have to be there. In the wild, this rhino should be charging me. Here, it seems to want my help though most likely, it…

Today I went to the Dai Nam Safari Park outside of Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam. The park itself is not bad for a one day excursion away from Saigon. We visited the pagoda lined…

Today I watched Proposal at the Parkson's MegaStar Cineplex. MegaStar is the best cinema in Saigon right now. The theater is clean, spacious with great sound quality…

Took some good pictures of the Tan Son Nhat Airport from Parkson's Food Court. No, those are not UFOs in the pictures :-)

Last week many of you may have noticed I have been quite busy. I have been working with Cung Pham from Digibee, SLG Vscapeone's partner, with one of his projects. He…

Just watched an interesting one hour video on Kazakhstan. Made me a bit homesick for the country. This independent documentary reminds me so much of the life in…

For the first time in my life, I decided to give Windows Vista a try. My hotel in Uong Bi had installed in on the computer in my room. No joke, this is what I got each…

When we visited our client, Vietmindo, over a week ago, we stayed at a hotel in Uong Bi, a small quite mining town about 45-50 minutes from Halong Bay and Hai Phong…

Before my business trip over a week ago, I had an early morning meeting at Pho 24 with a friend. I do not normally eat at Pho 24 since I prefer the pho in my alleyway…

We took a short excursion away from the mines of Uong Bi and headed to Halong for dinner. On the way, we decided to make a brief stop at a market which is located right…

Tomorrow I am headed off to Hai Phong to do some IT consulting work with a company in Uong Bi for my company, SLG Vscapeone. It should be an interesting business trip…

More All Nippon Airways videos. I am addicted. Not a bad way to kill a hot Sunday day... ANA on Blue Boeing 747-400 ANA on Blue Boeing 747 Part II ANA on Blue Boeing 747…