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I am beginning to feel at home with Gentoo again. Sound is working and I can watch my favorite Japanese Anime, and of course, Battlestar Galactica. A couple months ago…

Well, my landlord never fixed the water leak problem. Instead he just switched the house to ground water WHICH IS FREE. Problem solved, NOPE!!! The house is still…

From 8 AM this morning until about 9 AM, I could not access any websites located outside of Vietnam with FPT. All websites located within Vietnam were easily accessible…

I have spent the last couple of days trying to get Gentoo 2008.0_beta1 installed. Each install attempt was followed by a kernel panic. First I thought it was with GRUB…

I had to call my landlord to tell the water repairman to return to the house today. The same worker and another guy came at around 6 PM this evening. He spent one hour…

Today was an interesting day. We lost our electricity again. It happens every Tuesday now for the entire day. Luckily they turned our power back on at 3 PM since exactly…

More problems in our house. We have a water leak somewhere in the house but we cannot find it. Last week, the water meter guy knocked on my house door to tell me there…

These little buggers are quite sneaky and more clever than American ants. If they see any food, regardless if their in a container or plastic bag, they will find a way…

Well, an airline I used to work for in the past, Horizon Air, has added a Husky logo jet representing one of my alma maters, the University of Washington: (Source…

There has been a lot of construction along the canal near my house in the Phu Nhuan District for over a year now. Today I actually had a good view from the top of my…

Finally I got the new OS2008 from Nokia running on my Nokia N800. I am on the terrace typing this post while listening to the BBC World Service. Many more functions than…

Yesterday, I put Ninja, my 6 month old kitten, on my terrace on the 4th floor to keep Jenny, the newest kitten, company during the night. Early this morning, Ninja fell…

Wow, I should never gone to class Friday. My fever returned in the afternoon so I canceled my other engagements and headed home. I ended up taking some medicine and…

I mentioned about this book, Where There Is No Doctor, in my blog post yesterday. This is probably one of the most useful books I ever used in my life so far. I had to…

Well, I now know I do not have dengue fever. I still have a slight fever but I should be fully recovered by the weekend. When I am just sick with a cold or slight flu, I…

No, I am not dying :) Woke up with fever this morning and a congested head with a headache. Called in sick, spent most of the day in bed. A friend managed to get some…

I am surprised at how fast my blog posting on Litter Kwitter got indexed by Google. The competitor, CitiKitty, emailed me their website. Same techniques but a noticeable…

Well, Tet is long passed now but many of the stores still have not restocked their shelves. Unfortunately for me, one key item that I need to keep my 3 heavy-eating cats…

Nope, just running Windows XP with VMWare Server in Gentoo Linux. I wanted to use my Canon LBP 3200i laser printer. Unfortunately, there is not a working driver for…

I will admit it, I am a Mobile Suit Gundam fan. I have watched the entire season for Gundam SEED already. I am currently watching Gundam SEED Destiny and Mobile Suit…