Well, I got stopped by the traffic police today. They told me that my violation was for 'driving in the left lane' which the traffic police officer said was only for cars. That was strange because I saw many other motorbikes in the same lane but the policemen did not stop them. He asked for my passport, motorbike registration, and driver's license. I gave him my passport and … [Read more...] about First Traffic Fine
Umm, I got lost last night
Last night, Son, Vinh and I met with Dr. Son, his daughter, Amy, and Khoa. Dr. Son is the head of the Math and Computer Science Dept. near my house and Mr. Khoa currently teaches under him. I was referred to Dr. Son by a Viet Kieu to discuss reviving the Linux User Group here that Tracy and I started. We met after I taught last night at a coffeehouse located in District … [Read more...] about Umm, I got lost last night
Weekend Update
Well, it is the first day of the week here in Vietnam. I had a long weekend. Saturday was a long day for me. I had 3 lessons to teach meaning 6 hours of work. I was tired when my last class ended at 5 PM. From SEAMEO, I headed to Pham Ngu Lao to meet with a British undergraduate student, Neil. Neil is here in Vietnam to work on an Amerasian project for his class. He will be … [Read more...] about Weekend Update
Thursday Morning Update
I a grouch this morning. I think I woke up too early. The weather is nice and cool now but it will get hot as usual around noontime. I am on my second day of my 2 week vacation. I will just stay in the city most of the time. Next week is Tet. I just about got AmerasianWorld.com debugged. Strangely enough, my website would not send emails to … [Read more...] about Thursday Morning Update
Just Another Day
Well, it is Wednesday here. I have to teach 7 hours today. Yuck. I will be at SEAMEO RETRAC, http://www.vnseameo.org, from 1 PM until 9:30 PM. A long day and normally I am exhausted on Thursday mornings. Luckily today my MOET classes finish so I get Wednesday afternoons back. The weather is cooler again. The expected highs today is 91 F but not hot enough for me to turn … [Read more...] about Just Another Day