Hard to believe it has been one week since I last posted. The last week has a lot of meaning for me. The US Marine Corp's birthday was on Nov. 10th followed by Veteran's Day (Nov. 11th) and the day I entered Marine Corps boot camp (Nov. 13th). Do not forget, I was discharged on Oct. 21st a couple weeks before. This year a lot of memories of the Corps came back. I think … [Read more...] about One week in Saigon
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EVN says that somebody can steal electricty outside of house
Today we visited EVN to finally complain about the August electricity bill. Of course it was a bit frustrating but at the moment, I do not have to pay my electricity bills until the problem is resolved. In short, they went through the same excuses that the workers who checked my meter went through. First they tried to blame me for not being home when they checked the … [Read more...] about EVN says that somebody can steal electricty outside of house
EVN Strikes Back, briefly
I got a big surprises this morning. The electricity in my house went out which, for a Friday, is normal. What was not normal was hearing the loud music from my neighbor's house. Power outages normally means quiet alleyways, usually. So I opened my balcony door and saw EVN climbing down the pull. They turned off my electricity. The poor guy who turned the electricity off … [Read more...] about EVN Strikes Back, briefly
Update #4 with EVN
EVN took my power reading last month. It is roughly back to normal, we used about 460 kWh which is about the norm for September. EVN still cannot explain why the reading was 2.5 times higher in August. Today an EVN employee tried to get me to pay for both months which I refused. My housemate and I do agree, if the problem was with the house, we should still see a power … [Read more...] about Update #4 with EVN
Update: Electricty problems with EVN
Well, it has been 16 days since I complained to EVN about the 895 kWh bill for last month. Two days ago they sent about 3 workers to look at my power meter. They spent about one hour and a half to see if there was a problem. Before they started the tests, they tried to tell me that since I was not home, the EVN guy who reads the power meters could not write down the … [Read more...] about Update: Electricty problems with EVN