(Source: Thanh Nien News) Okay, seems that the Thanh Nien News did a better job reporting on the hamster crackdown than the BBC. Starting Monday the fines will be imposed on the fury owners. There will be no mass culling of the hamsters, that is the good news. The bad news, I am hearing reports of hamster-gangs still iPhones in Saigon :-) … [Read more...] about Vietnam cracks down on hamster craze
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Vietnam bans Pet Hamsters
(Source: BBC News) This is a really funny story the BBC just posted online. These hamsters have been quite popular here in Saigon since December. My students have them as pets. I have seen three in my classes including one that I played with in my computer science class today. A couple weeks ago one was running around the cash register at the DVD shop I normally visit. … [Read more...] about Vietnam bans Pet Hamsters
On my terrace
Finally I got the new OS2008 from Nokia running on my Nokia N800. I am on the terrace typing this post while listening to the BBC World Service. Many more functions than the iPhone. Maemo provides all the open source software for the Nokia N800/810. Apache is now running with OS2008 and last night I was surprised to apt-get working as well. You all will see me playing … [Read more...] about On my terrace
Ninja is missing :(
Yesterday, I put Ninja, my 6 month old kitten, on my terrace on the 4th floor to keep Jenny, the newest kitten, company during the night. Early this morning, Ninja fell off the terrace and landed on the alleyway. My neighbors saw Ninja litter near my gate and then said he was scared and ran to the next alleyway (Vietnamese hate black cats so most likely he was chased … [Read more...] about Ninja is missing :(
Vietnamese Perception of Expats
Here is great comic representation on how Vietnamese may perceive Expats sometimes: (Image Source: ArcaMax Publishing) Yes, our friend Garfield is our pseudo-Vietnamese character always listening to our pseudo-Expat, Jon, talking about his life. For some of you that have lived in Vietnam a long time, I think you will a great laugh out of this one :-) … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Perception of Expats