Yes, I touched that milestone today. Four years in Vietnam. I cannot believe I have been in Vietnam that long. Originally I intended only to stay just 2 years and then head back to the US for my PhD or JD. I kind of didn't leave as many of you noticed. I learned a lot my four years here. I finally got into touch of my Asian half. This has helped me understand my … [Read more...] about Four Years in Vietnam
Archives for May 2008
Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 – Even Better
Last month I posted an article on my frustration with Gentoo. After I posted the article, I realized that the Compiz Fusion install was actually the culprit in breaking my last Gentoo system. During the install, I edited xorg.conf to enable Compiz but forgot to revert back to the old configurations when I decided not to use it. Since I was frustrated at the time, I thus … [Read more...] about Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 – Even Better
Best Saigon Restaurants
Quan Nem Restaurant Another one of my favorite restaurants that offers a variety of spring rolls, nem ran. I really like spring roll dishes in Vietnam. Yeah, as usual I forgot the name of the dishes I ate at Quan Nem. Essentially, I placed some lettuce in my bowl followed by white noodles, then I added the spring roll and finally topped it off with some fish … [Read more...] about Best Saigon Restaurants
Printing ebooks in Saigon
I have been printing IT ebooks like crazy the last couple of months. Today I had nearly 800 pages printed between two ebooks. It took the copy place, not sure how else to call it here, about one and a half hours to print and bind my two ebooks. There was a bit of confusion as the girl was printing my ebooks. I had asked her to print on both sides of the paper but she kept … [Read more...] about Printing ebooks in Saigon
First Day of Python for my Vietnamese Students
Today is the first day my Chinese-German, Korean and Vietnamese high school students started to use the Python Programming Language. I wanted to give them a two week introduction to Python during the remaining days of the school year. It actually went quite well and I think they were very interested on their first day using Python. I chose Python over PHP and Java out of … [Read more...] about First Day of Python for my Vietnamese Students