Last week many of you may have noticed I have been quite busy. I have been working with Cung Pham from Digibee, SLG Vscapeone's partner, with one of his projects. He needed to use my voice for a Flash presentation he was designing for his Korean client. I met him last Tuesday to start the recording at HD Studio here in Saigon. HD Studio is located in the Binh Thanh … [Read more...] about HD Studio – Sound Recording Studio in Saigon
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Vista Blue Screen of Death
For the first time in my life, I decided to give Windows Vista a try. My hotel in Uong Bi had installed in on the computer in my room. No joke, this is what I got each time I tried to turn the computer on: The hotel wifi network sucked too until IT guru, Chris Dollmont, fixed it. Luckily I had my Aspire One netbook with me to keep in touch with the world and in … [Read more...] about Vista Blue Screen of Death
Uong Bi, Vietnam
When we visited our client, Vietmindo, over a week ago, we stayed at a hotel in Uong Bi, a small quite mining town about 45-50 minutes from Halong Bay and Hai Phong. This town reminded so much of Karatau, Kazakhstan, my Peace Corps site. Uong Bi, which I gave up trying to pronounce, is a very quite town. It is a place I would not mind retiring someday. Below are some … [Read more...] about Uong Bi, Vietnam
Early morning Pho at Pho 24 – Saigon
Before my business trip over a week ago, I had an early morning meeting at Pho 24 with a friend. I do not normally eat at Pho 24 since I prefer the pho in my alleyway. Still, Pho 24 makes a good bowl of pho and at least I will not sweat much inside the air conditioned restaurant as I would in the alleyway. You can find Pho 24 almost anywhere in Saigon now. In fact, there … [Read more...] about Early morning Pho at Pho 24 – Saigon
Halong Bay, Vietnam
We took a short excursion away from the mines of Uong Bi and headed to Halong for dinner. On the way, we decided to make a brief stop at a market which is located right on the beach to buy some souveniors. Wow, Halong Bay is amazing. I wish I actually had time to travel throughout the bay or at least spend some time on the beach. I just spent about 5-10 minutes on the … [Read more...] about Halong Bay, Vietnam