Well, I have been in my hotel room for nearly 1 hour now. It was a rush from AIS to the airport today. I actually got everything done so fast, including packing my bags in my house, that I could have taken the earlier flight if I had arrived 5 minutes earlier. Oh well, I spent the next couple hours reviewing Django. The flight was great. Vietnam Airlines is one of my … [Read more...] about Just Arrived in Hanoi
Archives for March 2008
Water Woes Part III
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 fixing the pipe to the ground water pump. They both went upstairs, checked a couple of things, and then came down to finish their job. The ground water pump now works. They left. Just one problem, they … [Read more...] about Water Woes Part III
Linux Mint in the Classroom
It has been nearly three weeks since I started to use the new Computer Lab Computer Lab (which I dubbed the Linux Lab) at the American International School. My students and I have experienced a lot of headaches but we are able to get some work done. About three weeks ago, I was given a new group of Teen Immersion students to work with (these students are preparing to enter … [Read more...] about Linux Mint in the Classroom
Stuck in the elevator at AIS
Last week, some of my students and I had a rather interesting episode in the elevator at the American International School. I caught the elevator with my students on the 2nd Floor. We were heading up to the cafeteria located on the 6th Floor. When the elevator reached the 5th Floor it just stopped. No problems, we pressed the alarm several times but it took the security … [Read more...] about Stuck in the elevator at AIS
Water Woes Part II
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 at this time, the water repairman brought back the ground water pump for the house. He stayed for two full hours. Before he left, he had made our water problems worse. Not only is the water leaking … [Read more...] about Water Woes Part II