Yep, finally got around to washing my motorbike today. It was actually a harder feat than expected. It was difficult to find a rua xe near my house. There used to be one in the next alleyway but they shut down. A friend in the past who used to own a rua xe told me that it never made much money so they close down a lot. Luckily on the canal near the two Pham Van Hai cross … [Read more...] about Washing my motorbike
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Storm from Hell
Sorry, no pictures, just words for this post. I meant to get some pictures of the storm but things turned into chaos in a short period of time. The storm hit other parts of Saigon first late afternoon, I started noticing some power fluctuations in my house. Then the power went out. About 30 minutes later, the storm hit. It started out as light rain and then came the … [Read more...] about Storm from Hell
Twitter Success! :-)
Just an update, over 50 of my students signed up for Twitter accounts. They are addicted. I was impressed at how popular it became with them. Unfortunately, due to the bandwidth problems in Vietnam, Twitter is down at times which can be frustrating. Downtimes occur during the afternoon here. Here is my Twitter account if you are interested in adding … [Read more...] about Twitter Success! :-)
Saigon Traffic Jam from Hell
Two weeks ago from today, I was heading to Indochina Capital's office at the Saigon Financial Centre in District 1. My normal route from the Phu Nhuan District to Indochina Capital was from Huynh Van Banh to Phan Dinh Phuong (becoming Hai Ba Trung) and then a left turn unto Trang Quang Khai street. Well, that was a bad mistake on my part. I happened to leave my house right … [Read more...] about Saigon Traffic Jam from Hell
Blackouts in Saigon – Get Used to it
The last three days, I have seen power outages in the Phu Nhuan District, District 12, District 10, Tan Binh District, and today in both District 1 and 3. This is quite unsual for Vietnam these days. In this article, EVN states they can only meet 70 percent of the real power demand in the whole country. Not a good sign for a developing country. Things will probably not … [Read more...] about Blackouts in Saigon – Get Used to it