It just hit me today, when I was upstairs I heard an ambulance go by my house on the canal. For some reason a memory from my youth back home in Centralia, Washington, popped into my mind. Everytime the fire trucks, police cars or ambulance turned on their sirens, the dogs, I mean all the dogs, would howl at them. In Saigon, there are dogs everywhere, at least one per … [Read more...] about Dogs do not howl at sirens in Vietnam
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4 Year Anniversary in my house
It just hit me, I have now stayed in the same house here in Saigon for 4 years. My landlord collected the rent again. The way things are currently going, I may stay here until the summer or when I make the move to Japan. The condition of the house is still okay. The bottom portion below my room is always clean. Where my housemate lives, it tends to be very dusty. Expats … [Read more...] about 4 Year Anniversary in my house
Space Battleship Yamato
Thanks to the Japan Probe blog again, I found out that there will be a live action movie titled Space Battleship Yamato, aka Star Blazers in the US, released this year. The 30 second clip is really awesome. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBu1cZm4Gqg[/youtube] (Space Battleship Yamato) I was a huge fan of Star Blazers when I was a kid. Seen most of the TV shows, … [Read more...] about Space Battleship Yamato
Happy Japanese Year of the Tiger 2010
Happy New "Western" Year 2010 everybody. Thanks to the Japan Probe blog, I remembered that in Japan, it will be the start of the Year of the Tiger. Most of Asia will not welcome the Year of the Tiger until February 14th, 2010. For Nezumis (Japanese for Rat/Mouse) such as myself, the Year of the Tiger is supposed to be a good year. Below is the changing of the guard from … [Read more...] about Happy Japanese Year of the Tiger 2010
Sunspots returning?
Well, as I start getting back to blogging about my life in Saigon again, I decided to give an update on the sunspot situation with our Sun. It seems that some activity are finally returning but not really much. The below image was taken on Dec. 17, 2009: The most recent image shows very few sunspots as well taken from the NASA website: I am not putting two and two … [Read more...] about Sunspots returning?