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Yesterday I took Ninja, my 3 month old kitten, on the terrace and introduced him to Lucky, my nearly 2 year old Mekong Delta Terrier. Lucky is a great dog in that she loves to play with cats though Smokey, my 3 year old cat, gets bored with Lucky now. Here is Lucky playing with Ninja: (Lucky and Ninja) Yeah, everyone has been asking me for his picture recently. Here … [Read more...] about Lucky Plays with Ninja

A couple days ago, EVN, went down the alleyway to move one of their power lines to the next utility pole. Along the way, they literally ripped out the telephone and ADSL lines that were blocking 'their' power line. FPT, my local ISP, came to my house today and put in a new line. I passed on about 100,000 ($6.00 US) VND to the two workers though my friend told me that I just … [Read more...] about No ADSL Thanks to EVN – More Housing Woes :-)

Woke up late, 9 AM. Ninja, my kitten was meowing loudly but I could not hear him since I wore my ear plugs :) Tofu woman dropped by my house at 10:30AM but I was behind schedule so no tofu for me. Had lunch at Mimosa on Bui Vien Street. Bought an Economist for 40,000 VND ($2.50 US). Headed to my school at 1:30 PM. By 2 PM, realized my students were more competent in IT … [Read more...] about A Saigon Monday

It has now been nearly over a year since all the housing construction started up in my alleyway. I cannot wait until it is nearly completed. Mr. Ut's house is nearly finished. Several other houses have fresh coat of paint on the outside. Here is a view of the current construction around my house: (My neighbor to my left renovated this addition to their house which they … [Read more...] about Building Construction NEARLY Ends