Tag: vietnam

I got my first flat tire on my Yamaha Nouvo LX today. It was a screw that somebody screwed into my tire. This is the second time this has happened on my motorbike. I…

With just less than one month left of class, I decided to see if my 8th Grade students at the American International School in Saigon would be interested in learning…

Last Friday I completed one full week of Kendo lessons. In the past, the only martial arts classes I ever took was high school wrestling, hand to hand combat training in…

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Saigon got hit with huge thunderstorm that lasted nearly one hour this afternoon. As expected, many of the streets were flooded. The below pictures were taken on Bui…

I made a short visit back to Cho Ray Hospital today. It was amazing how packed it was today. Very surprising. We had to find parking across the street. We headed to the…

I started posting blog entries on my Yahoo 360 account back in August 20, 2006. My Vietnamese Sociology students from the Center for International Education and other…

Just got back from a small sinh to cafe near my house called Vitamin Bar located in the Phu Nhuan District. Vitamin Bars seem to be small franchises located throughout…

Finally I able to get a picture of one of the best coffee shops in Saigon. I spent most of the day at Coi Rieng coffee shop located in the Tan Binh District not far from…

Last Sunday was the 40 year death anniversary for Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. A local dojo near my house held an event that I attended. They gave a short…

Chris Harvey, otherwise known as charvey in the Saigon Expat blogging world, posted a new clip of the day morning ritual at VietnamWorks known as the "chicken dance." It…

Why the strange the blog title? Just read this article in Thanh Nien Daily News and you will understand why: Men should hold onto dongs, due to recent slashes Doctors…

Just read this piece from Chao-Vietnam: Getting that ever elusive visa to the US, regardless of visa type, can be daunting at best. I have seen friends, students, and…

I was given this "lucky ball" last weekend to make me feel happy. It is doing its job very well! :-)

Yesterday I met Patrick (PKNews.org) at The Manor for lunch. As normal, I met him at City Diner, one of my favorite American-style restaurants in Saigon (You want a good…

Today I finally figured out how to set my Al-Fajr Clock to the local prayers times for Saigon, Vietnam. I purchased the Al-Fajr CW-05 clock when I was back in the US. It…

We are now having ground water problems at my alleyway now. It started after the construction workers finished completing the canal drainage project component near my…

Good luck to the IT community up in Hanoi, Vietnam, tomorrow with Barcamp Hanoi 2009. I hope to catch some of the events live over Twitter tomorrow. Event information…

Please encourage Vietnamese IT startups to attend this conference next month in Singapore. From e27's Mohan Belani: I would like to share with e27's major event which we…

At approximately 8:26 PM Saigon time (6:26 AM San Fransico time), I officially reached my 37th birthday. As per my tradition in Saigon, I like to have my birthday dinner…