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On December 15, we all will be required to wear a helmet inside Saigon for the very first time. In fact, you are seeing people wearing helmets more and more each day. My…

Oh how I miss the trusty ole Commodore 64. I have used computers for nearly 27 years now. The first home computer my parent's purchased was the Commodore 64. My father…

My team and I from the Saigon Linux Group made a business trip to Vung Tau last Saturday morning. It would be my first trip to Vung Tau, believe it or not. The trip was…

Well, it has been six days now since I have been able to get online from my house. Last Thursday, my ADSL, telephone and cable lines were ripped from my house when EVN…

AmerasianWorld.com That is the original name of SaigonNezumi.com. I am an Amerasian. A Japanese Amerasian. Children of War. I formed the Amerasian Foundation to help my…

I got some great shots of the what the traffic is like in Saigon now. Since last summer, it the roads have gotten very congested due to the increase of both cars and…

Last Sunday I had dinner with Patrick at the City Diner. It is probably one of the very few American diners in Saigon worth visiting. It is located in the Ben Thanh…

Tony just emailed me. DesktopBSD is now available for download in Vietnam. DesktopBSD finished syncing on the Saigon Linux Group's Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror today…

Yeah, I am teaching my high school students at the American International School how to use Linux to develop websites. Created a website since I am a bit, umm, lazy to…

My students and I had a discussion about one American English teacher writing condescending remarks about Vietnamese girls in her private blog. Unfortunately for this…

Yeah, one of my neighbors decided to mix cement in front of my house, again. Yeah, my entire first and second floors were caked in cement dust, again. Yeah, the two…

I was at Cafe Terrace tonight outside of Saigon Centre (yeah I spend a lot of time at Saigon Centre sometimes). I took this picture with my iPhone from Cafe Terrace. In…

Okay, so it was over 3 weeks ago already, just wanted to mention that Halloween is celebrated in Saigon as well. The American International School here in Saigon…

Can't believe, the Saigonese are preparing for a very Vietnamese Christmas. After my long meeting at the Highland's Cafe in Saigon Centre, I took these pictures of the…

I just noticed that Mr. Ut and his family have moved into their newly built home. It is quite nice. My old roommate, Sally, would be surprised. Please note, Mr. Ut sells…

Yesterday I took Ninja, my 3 month old kitten, on the terrace and introduced him to Lucky, my nearly 2 year old Mekong Delta Terrier. Lucky is a great dog in that she…

I used jailbreakme.com to unlock another iPhone here in Vietnam thanks with the help of the IT guy at ViGroup last night (Here is a nice guide to jailbreak the iPhone…

Just wanted to show you what SaigonNezumi.com looks like on the iPhone and Nokia N800 :) (SaigonNezumi.com on iPhone and Nokia N800)

It was funny when I saw this picture from lilmissmeg's LJ today. Here is a picture of the well known fortune teller in the Pham Ngu Lau area. Are her predictions true?…

A couple days ago, EVN, went down the alleyway to move one of their power lines to the next utility pole. Along the way, they literally ripped out the telephone and ADSL…