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It just hit me today, when I was upstairs I heard an ambulance go by my house on the canal. For some reason a memory from my youth back home in Centralia, Washington…

It just hit me, I have now stayed in the same house here in Saigon for 4 years. My landlord collected the rent again. The way things are currently going, I may stay here…

Thanks to the Japan Probe blog again, I found out that there will be a live action movie titled Space Battleship Yamato, aka Star Blazers in the US, released this year…

Happy New "Western" Year 2010 everybody. Thanks to the Japan Probe blog, I remembered that in Japan, it will be the start of the Year of the Tiger. Most of Asia will not…

Well, as I start getting back to blogging about my life in Saigon again, I decided to give an update on the sunspot situation with our Sun. It seems that some activity…

Hard to believe it has been one week since I last posted. The last week has a lot of meaning for me. The US Marine Corp's birthday was on Nov. 10th followed by Veteran's…

Today we visited EVN to finally complain about the August electricity bill. Of course it was a bit frustrating but at the moment, I do not have to pay my electricity…

I got a big surprises this morning. The electricity in my house went out which, for a Friday, is normal. What was not normal was hearing the loud music from my…

EVN took my power reading last month. It is roughly back to normal, we used about 460 kWh which is about the norm for September. EVN still cannot explain why the reading…

Well, it has been 16 days since I complained to EVN about the 895 kWh bill for last month. Two days ago they sent about 3 workers to look at my power meter. They spent…

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…

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…

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…

I am an airline buff. As a kid, I wanted to be an airline pilot for Japan Airlines. I think young airline pilot enthusiasts have it lucky these days. There are all sorts…

Well, it is a start of another week tomorrow. Last week was quite long for me. I was always tired and exhausted and had no idea why. I slept most of the night and ended…

Just watched the History Channel's The Samurai hour-long documentary. Very interesting at the Samurai. My ancestors from my mother's side were Samurai. After you watch…

As many of you are aware, I lived in the Former Soviet Union for over two and a half years visiting the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan…

...only lasts 3 days in reality :-( (I bought this on Monday, 3 days later it disappeared)