Tag: vietnam

Yes guys, you read the title right. Today I saw some people water skiing on the Saigon River. I was a bit surprised since I for one would not even dare putting his hand…

The Thu Duc District has changed quite a bit since I moved to Vietnam 4 and a half years ago. I expect many more apartments and skyrises to be built along the Saigon…

Maybe I am getting old but I really like this water fountain I saw at this Vietnamese restaurant in District 1:

Ever notice when a new group of Expats arrive in a particular country, in my case Vietnam, they tend to think they are 'Above the law'? Even some longtimers, those who…

I attended my first Oktoberfest ever with Tony and his wife last Friday night at the Windsor Plaza. I really enjoyed it, expecially the food being a big fan of German…

Last Friday I was invited to the 2008 Saigon Oktoberfest by Tony and his company, GHP Far East. On the way there, I got soaked from the rain storm walking to the taxi. I…

This week the BarCamp Saigon organizers will finally select the venue for next month's BarCamp here in Ho Chi Minh City. Over a week ago, Anh Hung and I visited the…

This one has been in the works for a couple months now. Google will hold its first Hackathon (DevFest) in Saigon on November 4th. It is a free event and includes free…

Wow, another beginning to a busy week. Several more meetings scheduled for this week plus a BarCamp Saigon organizational meeting. Saigon Linux Group will be separated…

The Vietnamese government announced that it created an agency to act as a watchdog in the regulation of blogs within Vietnam. With nearly 1.1 million blogs just inside…

My 8th Grade ICT students at AIS must really love me this week. I finally gave them their first exam. It was just a 33 question multiple-choice exam focusing on the key…

My 3 year lease ends in 3 months. My landlord says I can break my lease now with no penalty if I find a house before then. It will probably cost me $100 US to get the…

Well, Noodlepie is probably wondering why I have not blogged about the restaurants I eat in Saigon for awhile. I just forget to take some pictures of the meals I eat…

I decided to test my bandwidth speeds with both Speakeasy and Speedtest. I am surprised at the speeds right now: Speakeasy (Seattle server): 2402 kbps Download Speed 516…

Thanks to pclouds for sharing this link with me. I heard rumors about it but finally there is a FPT-sponsored Linux mirror in Vietnam. That is great news!!! Even better…

Yesterday I gave a presentation about Open Source Business Applications for Vina Consulting at the Saigon Times Club. We just had a short time to prepare for it but I…

A Vietnamese doctor prescribed some more medicine today. I should have done it last weekend. My cold subsided but the coughing did not. With the current cold climate and…

Today I heard the most unusual story, well maybe not that unusual, about a Western guy who really wanted a Vietnamese girlfriend. At first when I heard it, I thought the…

I want to introduce the Saigon Blog community to Ms. Huyen's, aka Chip, technology blog, Chip 2.0. Chip was instrumental to the success of the first HCMC Twitter…

Yes, I really am thinking about it. I am not fat, really, I'm not but recently several students and significant friends have been calling me Mr. Bung Bu (Big Belly) :-)…