Tag: vietnam

Visited another of my favorite Japanese restaurants in Saigon last night. Curry Shika offers a great Japanese curry dish with side salad. It is a small place, very…

Hoshi slept in my lap today. He is more active now playing with his various toys. He is still very quiet, only meows when he is hungry. He will have another checkup with…

Today I had some Hue street food in the Tan Binh District. This is one of my favorite street food vendor in Saigon. This place is run by a family during the evenings for…

Here is a new bo ne restaurant I tried in the Tan Binh District called Bo ne 2 Chi Em. I paid 55,000 VND for a bo ne with the works including a small piece of bread and…

A former colleague and student of mine from Indochina Capital called me today to visit his coffee shop on 206 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street in District 1 of Saigon. He named…

Last week I took some nice photos from NYDC in District 1 of Saigon. My students like it there. It was a beautiful sunny day as you can tell from the photos.

I made my first visit the the Bitexco Financial Tower today to attend a meeting. I needed to be directed from the basement to the lobby and then finally through 2 sets…

Had a nice lunch at Cafe 13 on the Saigon River in Thao Dien. It was quite hot during lunch but the riverside view was nice and relaxing. Saigon River from Thao Dien…

Here is a hilarious "edited" version of the policemen who fought each other. If you are a Star Wars fan, you will love this clip. Hmm, I guess the green uniformed…

Another Hoshi update. He has been sick for a couple weeks now. That is one of the risks dealing with feral kittens. The vets have seen him a couple of times. He has an…

Domino's Pizza has been in Saigon for a while now. I recently made a visit there at their restaurant located at The Manor. This is probably the first time in my life I…

Here is something you do not see everyday in Saigon, a policeman attacking a traffic policeman as reported by Tuoi Tre News. The traffic policeman do not seem to get any…

Good view of Highway 22 that heads to Cu Chi and Cambodia from the Phuc Yen Apartment. Traffic, as usual, is heavy.

Fake? Clearly. Who posted it? Tuoi Tre News though on their behalf, they did say the object looked like a comet. Before passing judgement on whether this video is real…

Here is a topic not really discussed much on the blog circuits. 5 Percent. For the average Expat tourist, visitors and short timers in Vietnam, this probably does not…

Decided to play around with the caption builder at http://cheezburger.com. I am having some fun with Hoshi:

It has been over a year since I last practiced Kendo in Vietnam. Essentially I stopped after I got injured in a motorbike accident and just never went back. Since the…

Today the guys from Wimax were testing one of the CCTV security dome cameras from Hikvision at THP. Wimax Communications is one of the distributors for Hikvision in…

I am spending some time consulting with Wimax Communications at the THP Group corporate office just outside of HCMC in the new Binh Duong city. THP is well known for the…

Well, I have had Hoshi for nearly a week now. At first I though he was roughly 3 months old but now I think he is about 6-8 weeks old. Y, my vet, will pay a visit…