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Last weekend was a very important time for Vietnamese Buddhists. Normally on the 14th, 15th and/or 16th Lunar January, Vietnamese worshippers go to the pagodas to offer…

Amazing what a year makes. ATMs are everywhere in Saigon. I can even find HSBC ATMs all over Saigon now saving me a bundle in ATM fees ($40/month). There are three…

Finally, I got Funtoo Linux, a derivative of Gentoo Linux, installed on my desktop. Funtoo is a distribution created by the founder of Gentoo, Daniel Robbins. In his…

Well, last week my P35 series Gigabyte motherboard had some problems. I thought it was battery related but turns out my motherboard may be faulty. I decied to replace it…

So I use Linux for most aspects of my tech life. I only run Windows at school or work but nearly 99% of the time I am running Linux. Yes, I can listen to music, watch…

I spent Day 4 of Tet with my Vietnamese friend and his family just outside of Bien Hoa yesterday. Bien Hoa is a suburb of Saigon now and a really nice small city. The…

I have been planning to move to Funtoo Linux, a derivative of Gentoo Linux, for over a month now. The install is basically the same as a Gentoo installation. The only…

I spent a day in the Co Do Farm region. The Co Do area I was at was roughly 50 km from Can Tho. I took a Mai Linh Taxi all the way there. Cost me only about 440,000 VND…

Here are a couple nightshots of Can Tho from the Kim Lan Hotel:

Unlike Saigon, Can Tho is a good walking city. I was surprised how much I walked last Sunday. I got the blisters to prove it. I took a short walk to see parts of the…

Thanh Pho Can Tho is a really beautiful city. If you want to know what Saigon was like just 3-4 years ago, just come to Can Tho. The development is not as fast as in Ho…

On Sunday, I traveled to Can Tho, Vietnam, a city roughly 4 hours south of Saigon in Mekong Delta, for Tet. I needed to spend one night in Can Tho before I was "allowed"…

I visited another good coffee shop today, Cafe May. Surprisingly, it is near my house. If you like a decor with a fushion of Vietnamese and French interior designing…

I made a small mistake at lunch time today. I decided to buy my cleaning equipment at the Phu Nhuan Big C today. I regretted it afterwards. It has been a long time since…

Last night I went to probably the best coffee shop in Saigon at the moment. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the place. I vaguely remember the area but it was located…

Here is a nice furniture and home accessory store in Saigon. Coto is located in District 3 not far from the intersection of NKKN and Vo Thi Sau streets. My friend…

I can't remember when the canal looked normal. Definitely over a year now. The beauty of the canal is long gone. The roads along the canal are filled with potholes. Dust…

Here is a great shot from Sunwah (Sun Wah) Tower of downtown Saigon:

I had some great Hue street food last week. This location is near the Saigon Convention Center in the Tan Binh District. I like to visit this place once or twice a week…

Well, today was the day. It was time to start grading my students on Ubuntu today. Today I focused on two categories: Ubuntu Installation and LAMP. Luckily for me, about…