Tag: vietnam

This was good eating tonight :-) (Hello!!!)

I took a shot of the BIDV ATM last night while waiting for a friend to withdrawal some money. I was a bit surprise to find an ATM at such a dark location. (On a dark…

Hard to believe that nearly 5 months ago, I posted an entry about organizing the first Barcamp in Saigon. Nearly 5 months later, Barcamp Saigon was held at RMIT Vietnam…

I gave the following ad hoc presentation at Barcamp Saigon last Saturday. Just want to share the presentation with everyone. Using Ubuntu Linux at the American…

I got the warning that Typhoon Noul was approaching Saigon before lunch today. At that time my friend told me that I should be home by 5 PM since the rain was supposed…

Starting next July, 2009, Expats and Overseas Vietnamese following certain criterias will be allowed dual citizenship in Vietnam. Yes, I said Expats. If an Expat marries…

I am currently at Java Cafe playing around with my Acer Aspire One netbook. I am really quite impressed with it. In the past, I was not a fan of netbooks but after…

VietnamNet Bridge just posted a piece on the current draft resolution to regulate 'harmful' blogs in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government has wanted to regulate blogs…

Just checked my FPT ADSL bandwidth with Speakeasy's Seattle server. Downloads: 293 kb/s Uploads: 498 kb/s With Speedtest's Singapore server, I got the following…

I decided to have lunch at Mimosa today. Normally there are two tables just outside the restaurant. Roughly every 2-3 months, the local police 'confiscate' one table for…

Yesterday afternoon, there was a huge rainstorm in the Tan Phu District area. It lasted about one and a half hours. I was at my friends house during most of the…

Last Tuesday, Google held it's first hackathon, known as the Google DevFest, at the University of Technology. The event in Vietnam was organized by Jason Vu and his…

Back in September, American International School, where I teach ICT part-time, required students from the 9-11 Grades to purchase the Asus Eee PC 1000. Due to strong…

Just a reminder, the Google DevFest will take place on Tuesday, November 4th, at the University of Technology. Below is the address of the venue: 268 Ly Thuong Kiet…

I have lived in many cities and towns around the world. Istanbul, Turkey, with all of it's historical cathedrals and mosques is one of my favorites. Almaty, Kazakhstan…

Not sure what this guy was thinking. One of my student called me over to show me the brown SUV. The poor guy was trying to squeeze in between a pile of construction soil…

Yesterday was Halloween in Saigon. My ICT students celebrated their second Halloween at the American International School. Last year's Halloween was more organized. The…

This morning I was headed to Pham Ngu Lao to meet an American friend who arrived from Kazakhstan via Thailand. I headed out of my house at about 8:10 AM knowing that I…

If you have not done so, please register for the first BarCamp Saigon event. The event will be held on November 15th at RMIT in Phu My Hung, located about 15-20 minutes…

Gasoline prices dropped yet again last Saturday. 50,000 VND ($3.03 US) is beginning to fill up my gas tank again. It now costs about 15,500 VND (94 cents US) for 1 liter…