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Today was an interesting day.  We lost our electricity again.  It happens every Tuesday now for the entire day. Luckily they turned our power back on at 3 PM since exactly at this time, the water repairman brought back the ground water pump for the house. He stayed for two full hours. Before he left, he had made our water problems worse.  Not only is the water leaking … [Read more...] about Water Woes Part II

More problems in our house.  We have a water leak somewhere in the house but we cannot find it. Last week, the water meter guy knocked on my house door to tell me there was a problem with the reading.  A couple months ago I used only 4 cubic meters of water.  Last month it read 23 cubic meters.  I just checked the meter today and in just 13 days, I used about 15 cubic meters … [Read more...] about Too Much Water!!!

These little buggers are quite sneaky and more clever than American ants. If they see any food, regardless if their in a container or plastic bag, they will find a way to get to the food.  Yes, they can chew through plastic, something I have never seen their American cousins do. When I first came to Vietnam back in May, 2004, the ants got to my cough drops.  I was a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Ants :)

There has been a lot of construction along the canal near my house in the Phu Nhuan District for over a year now. Today I actually had a good view from the top of my house of the construction. For once, I got to see what the construction workers were actually doing that was causing a lot of vibrations in this area the last 3-4 months.  Looking at the below pictures, you will … [Read more...] about Construction along the Canal