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  • Hole in the Wall Part II

    Nearly 10 days since my neighbor's construction workers punched a hole in my livingroom wall. About 5 days later, they punched another bigger hole on the wall in from of…

  • Hole in the Wall

    Well well, now I have seen everything in Vietnam. About 2 pm yesterday, my neighbor rang my doorbell. I opened my door and she immediately walked into my house which was…

  • Construction Mess Part IV :-)

    Well, the two houses were completed last week. The mess and dust have disappeared. Now I just need to thoroughly clean my house once a week :-) The houses look very…

  • Year of the Pig Horoscope (For Rats)

    Rat Overview Things are looking up for the Rat, as the Pig is a lot friendlier toward you than the Dog. You have a tremendous advantage of quickness over the Pig, so you…

  • Construction Mess Part III

    Well, my neighbors house is nearly finished, a second one has a couple more weeks to go. The dust from my neighbor's house has finally subsided. The landlord sent over…

  • Smokey in Jail

    Hmm, what do you do with a cat that likes to use your motorbike as a big scratch post? (Let me out of here!!!)

  • Construction Mess Part II

    The mess still continues but it looks like the actual construction and the dust it creates will end soon. I can't wait. My landlord refuses to show up to the house and…

  • Construction Mess

    It has been a huge mess in the alleyway in front of my house. When will the construction end, no one seems to know. The dust and dirt the construction creates is a big…

  • Fixing my Air Conditioner

    It took my landlord nearly 9 months but he finally sent some men over to fix my air conditioner. (Finally repairing my air conditioner) Since last July, there has been…

  • December House Expenses

    8,000,000 VND - Rent 184,500 VND - Telephone 550,000 VND - FPT ADSL 442,500 VND - Electricity 92,500 VND - Water 10,000 VND - Garbage Total: 9,279,500 Vietnamese Dong…

  • Afghanistan and Central Asia Research Information

    Yeah, though I live in Vietnam, there has been a Central Asian theme to SaigonNezumi as of late. I lived in this region for two and a half years (1997-1999) and many of…

  • Kazakhstan Photo Album

    A nice photo Kazakhstan photo album by Mukan

  • Alpamys Bakytuly

    One of my Kazakh students back when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Karatau, Kazakhstan (1997-1999). He and Zhandos were my biggest nightmares :) Alpamys surprised me…

  • Sevara Ismailova

    I met Sevara nearly 7 years ago in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, when I interviewed her for the American Councils. I recently got back into contact with her a week ago. She spent a…

  • Kultur-Multur - Central Asian Website

    Here is a Central Asian website put together by my friend, Janyl, from Radio Free Europe: http://kultur-multur.org/

  • Fetullah Gulen and Said Nursi

    I met Fetullah Gulen in Pennsylvania in late December, 2001, before my trip to Istanbul, Turkey, with a Turkish friend, Cuneyt. The first time I saw him was when…

  • FPT ADSL still slow

    34.7 kilobytes per second bandwidth speeds. Yes, that is the speeds I got today with my high speed ADSL package with FPT here in Vietnam. It is pathetically slow. Slower…

  • Salaam Central Asia

    Salaam Central Asia returns to the internet!!! I first uploaded this website back in February, 2000, and nearly 7 years later, it is still up and running. Want to know…

  • Most Dangerous Roads in the World

    You will love this blog posting from Dark Roasted Blend on the World's Most Dangerous Roads with many excellent photos. 1.The Most Dangerous Roads Part I 2.The Most…

  • Studying Vietnamese Again

    I decided to make another attempt at studying Vietnamese. I enlisted the help of my former student. She never taught Vietnamese before but I told her not to worry, I…