This guy reminds me of my bodybuilding instructor back in high school. Technique, technique, technique. One of the things I noticed at my weightlifting gym is the lack of technique in many of the lifts especially with the bench. The following video is perfect for a guy wanting to know how to actually lift more weights. A couple days ago I was asked why I lift heavy on the … [Read more...] about How to Bench Press
Archive
Last working day before Tet
Today was my last working day before Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, holidays. Tet will fall on February 14th this year. I will spend Tet this year meeting friends and getting caught up on my IT projects. SaigonNezumi.com will get a new theme during the Tet break as well. If I am lucky, I may even get to spend a couple days on the beach. Day 6 of Tet, which is on … [Read more...] about Last working day before Tet
My Bruises from the motorbike accident
Last Tuesday as some you are aware, I was involved in a motorbike accident on Nguyen Dinh Chieu street in District 1. I was riding along parallel with my 'work permit' service agent's motorbike. As we stopped at the intersection, another motorbike passed right between us. Unfortunately for him, he lost control of his overweight motorbike and ran into my handle bar. The next … [Read more...] about My Bruises from the motorbike accident
Annoying Neighbors
For the last couple months now, one of my neighbors started to renovate their house. Since they had no place to part their motorbikes, they decided that the front of my house could be a great location. In normal circumstances, I would not mind. In the past, each of my neighbors rebuilt their houses so they had no choice but to park their motorbikes in the area near my front … [Read more...] about Annoying Neighbors
Hard Rock Cafe Ho Chi Minh City – Grand Opening Party
Last Friday was the official Grand Opening Party at the Hard Rock Cafe Ho Chi Minh City. Last month was the soft opening. Leon Sikes, the Managing Partner at MNG Joint Venture Partnership, and I were given invites by the Viet Thai International Joint Stock Company, or VTI for short. For those of you that do not know, VTI is the owner of Highlands Coffee, and the master … [Read more...] about Hard Rock Cafe Ho Chi Minh City – Grand Opening Party