SAIGONNEZUMITag: saigon
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Beware of your House Broker
My house lease ends on January 7, 2009, but we are trying to find a way to end the lease now. I signed a 3 year lease through the advise of a Viet Kieu 'contact' that I…
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Ordering Problem at Press Cafe
Happy Vietnam Indepence Day everyone. As is customary for Vietnamese on a holiday, I headed to a coffee shop in the morning to meet a friend. Today we decided to meet up…
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Highland's Coffee - No Pictures Allowed
This one surprised me today. I was at Highlands Coffee at the Big C in the Phu Nhuan District to meet a friend this morning. As I was about to take a picture of the…
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You know you have been in Vietnam too long when...
...you eat your french fries with both ketchup and chili sauce. Vietnamese love to eat their meals with chili sauce. Four years ago I thought they were crazy. Now I have…
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Fuel prices drop again
According to Thanh Nien News, the price of fuel for 92 octane has dropped from 18,000 VND/litter to 17,000 VND/litter. That is the second time in a month they have…
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Friday Night Fun in Saigon
Well, an unplanned evening turned out to be quite fun last night. It started out at 7:30 PM at Soho Cafe where I was able to sell the infamous iPhone to my friend, Mai…
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AIS Linux Lab Redesigned
Well, last weekend my Linux Lab at the American International School has been redesigned. It is now less cluttered and utilizes the U-shaped design which I prefer for a…
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Wet, wet, wet in Saigon
A couple days ago I went to visit a friend at Saigon Bank in District 1. Can you believe it? It had already rained hard two times that day. At about 3 PM, it rained…
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Exhaustion due to Season Changing?
I have been extremely exhausted since last week. Simple tasks really take a lot out of me. I slept in this morning, worked just 3 hours and came home exhausted. Ended up…
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Best Saigon Vegetarian Restaurants
Com Chay Thuyen Vien For those of you who keep complaining that vegetarian restaurants are more expensive then meat restaurants, you will love this post. I am eating…
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Early Dry Season?
Just four months ago, I posted about the possibility of an early rainy season based of my dog's shedding. Sure enough, we got some rainfall a couple weeks later. That…
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So many funerals this week
Quite odd, there are 4 funerals around my alleyway just in the last week. Quite odd, is this normal for August? I was in the US parts of last August so it is hard for me…
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Stolen Motorbikes
Two nights ago, my neighbor had his Yamaha Nouvo stolen from him right in front of his house. The thieves were very good. Nobody knew they were taking the motorbike…
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Motorbike Traffic in Saigon, Vietnam
More video shots from my HTC Touch Cruise that I recently uploaded to YouTube. I know Ishould get a real video camera but I am amazed what my mobile phone can do. The…
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3G iPhone in Saigon
My former student, Wendy, showed me her brand new white 3G iPhone last Friday. I was surprised, it was very nice. I hate to say it, the design is much better than the…
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Monday Morning at Java Cafe
It is Monday morning and I am back at Java Cafe. I really need to start working on an open source presentation which I knew I would not be able to do at home. Too many…
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25,000 VND Price Hike - Just a Rumor
VietnamNet Bridge just published a report in regards to petrol price hike. The Ministry of Industry and Trade stated they had no intentions to raise the price of petrol…
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Gas prices going up in Vietnam?
Rumor going around Saigon today is that the price of petrol will be 25,000 VND/liter within the week. At that price, most of the people riding the old style motorbikes…
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AIS Flash Expert
I started teaching Flash to my AIS Immersion students last week. I decided to take advantage of one of my Teaching Assistants, Michael Pham, and had him prepare the…
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Storm of the Century in Saigon
It all started at around 3:45 PM today. I was on my motorbike in District 5 when the first drops of the rain fall came. It immediately turned into a downpour that ended…