I hate EVN sometimes. Yesterday the EVN guy gave my house the 'Pink' notice. Normally you get a pink notice after you have missed the deadline of the 'green' notice. You get a green notice when you have missed the deadline of the previous month's electricity bill. I never got my electricity bill nor green notice because, well, the EVN guy never delivered them to my … [Read more...] about Pink Notice from EVN
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Bad Packet Routing with FPT
Yeah guys, this is the internet for you in Vietnam. I was trying to access my website and emails for SaigonNezumi.com. I did a mtr to check for the packet loss and traceroute and got the following information: The problems seems to have resolved itself so I can access my website again. The packet routing was 'messed' up by FPT as usual though they will probably blame VDC. … [Read more...] about Bad Packet Routing with FPT
Bye Bye Jenny :-)
Well, my evil little kitten Jenny finally has a new home. I think she will like it much better than the terrace where I kept her for the last two weeks. She will be living with a Viet Kieu family at the end of the alleyway that I knew for nearly three years. My housemate told me that they were looking for a cat to take care of the mice around their house. Jenny I think will … [Read more...] about Bye Bye Jenny :-)
The $%#@ Monthy Water Reading!
I hate this time of the month. Between 6-7 AM, the water meter guy comes around the alleyway for the water meter reads. If you are not at home, he will call your house telephone number and finally your mobile number. He is persistent too and I am beginning to find this quite annoying, especially in the early mornings. I will SMS the water reading later to him but he will … [Read more...] about The $%#@ Monthy Water Reading!
Finally, I can get some sleep
Oh, what a nightmare the last three nights have been. I had problems with my desktop which forced me to reinstall a new Linux operating system not once, but twice since Saturday night. I am still trying to sort what the problem was. I think it had to do with having AHCI enabled for SATA in bios when I was running Gentoo. In short, all the work I did on Gentoo for the past … [Read more...] about Finally, I can get some sleep