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Woke up late, 9 AM. Ninja, my kitten was meowing loudly but I could not hear him since I wore my ear plugs :) Tofu woman dropped by my house at 10:30AM but I was behind…

(Image Source: CNET.com) I finally get to test out the new OS2008 software update on my Nokia N800. OS2008 was developed for the soon to be released sliding Nokia N810…

(Image Source: VietnamNet Bridge) So far, 64 escaped crocodiles from the Khanh Hoa Group crocodile farm have been captured or killed. These are not the small crocodiles…

(Image Source: VietNamNet) If anyone is bored this weekend, call me up. We can go hunting for the escaped crocodiles :-) Read article from BBC -> Vietnam hunts escaped…

Doing Business in Vietnam drafted a short list of accomplishments for Vietnam after it's ascension to the WTO one year ago. The list of accomplishments include: A Record…

Hello Everyone: Please pass this along to your friends or colleagues interested in doing their MBAs in the US. My alma mater, the University of Washington, will be…

It has now been nearly over a year since all the housing construction started up in my alleyway. I cannot wait until it is nearly completed. Mr. Ut's house is nearly…

(Image Source: Al Jazeera) It is just the talk of the town now. Bloggers Mel (Antidote to Burnout) and Anna (Pho) both mentioned about flooding in their posts. My poor…

Thanks Adam for sending me this link: The Saigon Linux Group, an offshoot of the Saigon Linux User Group, was featured in Elsa Wenzel's "Vietnam a crouching tech tiger"…

Well, this morning I got up early and Mr. Ut, my neighbor, took me to The Manor on his motorbike. I thought I could start up my Yamaha Nouvo after letting it dry…

This evening I headed out to the Ben Thanh District to meet Patrick, who lives at The Manor, for some dinner. I left my house in the Phu Nhuan District in the middle of…

Wow, I still cannot believe that 10 years ago, I experienced my first Siberian winter as a volunteer with the US Peace Corps in Karatau, Kazakhstan. Boy what a…

Thanks to Tracy Reed for sending this link.(Source: DesktopLinux.com)It is nice to see a low-cost laptop making it's way to Vietnam. I remember playing with this laptop…

Today my puppy started to shed her fur. Roughly a week before the Dry Season last year, my puppy started to shed her fur as well. Maybe that is the indication that the…

Just want to pass on a new Saigon Blogger link. Pho is written by Anna, a Vietnamese American residing in Bien Hoa outside of Ho Chi Minh City. She was present at last…

Another one for Mel (Antidote to Burnout). This house is being re-constructed on my alleyway. It is one of those corner houses. I remember what it looked like before and…

This has been one of the wettest rainy seasons during my three and a half years in Vietnam. It does not want to end. Mel predicted the end of the rainy season 19 days…

As with my last post, I found some other funny pictures from Central Asia. From May, 1997, until July, 1999, I was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan. Life in…

I just finished watching the film, "The Rebel (Dong Mau Anh Hung)". The Rebel is a nice Hong Kong-like action film taking place in 1922 Vietnam when the French still…

I was searching through my old backups I brought from the US yesterday. I was surprised that I scanned a picture of the greeting card Alecya, a cute intern I worked with…