I hate this time of the month. Between 6-7 AM, the water meter guy comes around the alleyway for the water meter reads. If you are not at home, he will call your house telephone number and finally your mobile number. He is persistent too and I am beginning to find this quite annoying, especially in the early mornings. I will SMS the water reading later to him but he will … [Read more...] about The $%#@ Monthy Water Reading!
Archives for June 2008
Yamaha Nouvo LX
Sorry guys, I guess I need to pay more attention. It turns out that Yamaha Vietnam released the Yamaha Nouvo LX (known as the Nouvo Elegance in Thailand) a couple weeks ago. They are only offering four colors at this time. The colors suggest that the intended customers are middle to upper-middle class drivers. The Nouvo LX is priced at about 30 million VND ($1840 US). … [Read more...] about Yamaha Nouvo LX
Yamaha Nouvo Elegance 135cc
Well, I have been riding my Yamaha Nouvo since August, 2004. I have driven nearly 30,000 km on it, mostly in Saigon but I have made many trips to Bien Hoa and the Mekong Delta. I actually got the first Yamaha Nouvo model but but just 3 months later, the Nouvo II was released in Vietnam. This proved to be one of the most successful Nouvo models here in Saigon. Back in … [Read more...] about Yamaha Nouvo Elegance 135cc
Finally, I can get some sleep
Oh, what a nightmare the last three nights have been. I had problems with my desktop which forced me to reinstall a new Linux operating system not once, but twice since Saturday night. I am still trying to sort what the problem was. I think it had to do with having AHCI enabled for SATA in bios when I was running Gentoo. In short, all the work I did on Gentoo for the past … [Read more...] about Finally, I can get some sleep