Well, it has been six days now since I have been able to get online from my house. Last Thursday, my ADSL, telephone and cable lines were ripped from my house when EVN moved the electrical powers lines from the old utility pole to the new pole. It may take awhile before FPT is to fix my line. Yesterday VNPT reconnected my telephone line but nobody in my alley are connected … [Read more...] about More Housing Woes :-)
Archives for 2007
Protecting our Mothers
AmerasianWorld.com That is the original name of SaigonNezumi.com. I am an Amerasian. A Japanese Amerasian. Children of War. I formed the Amerasian Foundation to help my fellow Amerasians. With the help of AAHope Foundation and the Amerasian Childfind Network, I came to Vietnam to continue my work. I was lucky, from Saigon, I was able to create a Global Network of … [Read more...] about Protecting our Mothers
Super Crazy Saigon Traffic :-)
I got some great shots of the what the traffic is like in Saigon now. Since last summer, it the roads have gotten very congested due to the increase of both cars and motorbikes. Even the police seem to have problems directing traffic anymore. For once, I saw people arguing with the police which is not the norm here. (Morning view of the congested Cong Hoa street from … [Read more...] about Super Crazy Saigon Traffic :-)
Saigon’s City Diner at the Manor
Last Sunday I had dinner with Patrick at the City Diner. It is probably one of the very few American diners in Saigon worth visiting. It is located in the Ben Thanh District at The Manor, that big apartment complex located near the Saigon Bridge. I love the meatloaf there and they have an excellent apple pie. If you miss a thick chocolate shake, this is the place to … [Read more...] about Saigon’s City Diner at the Manor
Tony just emailed me. DesktopBSD is now available for download in Vietnam. DesktopBSD finished syncing on the Saigon Linux Group's Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror today. DesktopBSD is the first open source BSD mirror in Vietnam. I personally would like to thank Frank at GHP Far East Co., Ltd., for donating the IP address and bandwidth for the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. … [Read more...] about