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Yesterday I met Patrick (PKNews.org) at The Manor for lunch. As normal, I met him at City Diner, one of my favorite American-style restaurants in Saigon (You want a good…

Today I finally figured out how to set my Al-Fajr Clock to the local prayers times for Saigon, Vietnam. I purchased the Al-Fajr CW-05 clock when I was back in the US. It…

We are now having ground water problems at my alleyway now. It started after the construction workers finished completing the canal drainage project component near my…

Good luck to the IT community up in Hanoi, Vietnam, tomorrow with Barcamp Hanoi 2009. I hope to catch some of the events live over Twitter tomorrow. Event information…

Please encourage Vietnamese IT startups to attend this conference next month in Singapore. From e27's Mohan Belani: I would like to share with e27's major event which we…

At approximately 8:26 PM Saigon time (6:26 AM San Fransico time), I officially reached my 37th birthday. As per my tradition in Saigon, I like to have my birthday dinner…

Last Saturday I finally visited the Parkson's department store next to the Tan Son Nhat airport. My friends and I went there to have dinner at the food court. The…

I want to introduce you all to a new Saigon Expat Blogger, Petro (Peter) Smith, from the US. Petro teaches English in Saigon. Visit his blog for a very thorough…

Today is the 9 year anniversary of the Venezuelan coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez. I first heard about Hugo Chavez back in 2002 right before the failed coup…

I am still surprised at the number of HSBC ATMs across Saigon nowadays. ATMs of various banks seem to be everywhere. Just a couple years ago, the closest HSBC ATM was in…

When I arrived into Tan Son Nhat Airport last Tuesday, I was surprised at how fast it took to disembark my plane and get through immigration. The service at the airport…

Mozilla Developer and Blogger Gen Kanai, just posted an entry looking at the survey of Internet users in Vietnam that some may find interesting. Gen Kanai is helping the…

When I arrived into the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport, I was surprised to see one of my former AIS students, Vivian (Ha), at customs. We were both…

Well, my 10 days in the US are nearly over. Tomorrow night I head back to Saigon, Vietnam. Oddly enough, I will return to Vietnam with a great appreciation of Korean TV…

Jiverly A. Wong (Voong) killed 13 people and himself at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, shocking the nation yesterday. Today he was identified as…

What luxury, finally I you can get access to the wifi at Taoyuan International Airport. My EVA Air flight landed about 40 minutes ago. The flight was pretty comfortable…

This morning I had time for some pho. There is a good pho restaurant near my house. It is one of the best pho in Saigon but for many, it is hard to reach. I had bowl of…

My friend and I visited this wedding ceremony last Friday. No, we were not invited. We just wanted to see what an outdoor wedding was like in Saigon. This location is…

My flight leaves this afternoon. I have some time to get some blog posts out before I leave. I got a good shot of Smokey doing, umm, his thing :-) Don't you just love…

Yesterday, after I crossed the Saigon Bridge on my way back from An Phu, I saw a Frenchman pulled over by the traffic police. The traffic policeman actually crossed the…