Tag: vietnam

Well, I am not surprised here and we all suspected it anyway. It explains why my motorbike can go from getting 29 km/litter one day to 33 km/litter on another. It…

Thanks to Michael Pham, an 11th grader from the American International School, BarCamp Saigon now has a logo. I asked Michael if he could do it with my requirements…

My house lease ends on January 7, 2009, but we are trying to find a way to end the lease now. I signed a 3 year lease through the advise of a Viet Kieu 'contact' that I…

Wow, I started this post 2 hours ago, got really tired from the medicine and conked out. Back up again but I am not sure how long for. On the way home from District 1…

Anyone know what happened to ephim.com? For nearly two and a half years I used to visit to site to watch online movies. Now the domain is redirected to…

Happy Vietnam Indepence Day everyone. As is customary for Vietnamese on a holiday, I headed to a coffee shop in the morning to meet a friend. Today we decided to meet up…

This one surprised me today. I was at Highlands Coffee at the Big C in the Phu Nhuan District to meet a friend this morning. As I was about to take a picture of the…

Well, I am back at Java Cafe in District 1. I actually started out at the new 3-month old Bobby Brewers on Le Van Sy street near my house in the Phu Nhuan District. I…

Well, it looked interesting when Yahoo Mash became available to everyone. Then it just got boring. I remember my Vietnamese friends asking for a Yahoo Mash invitation…

...you eat your french fries with both ketchup and chili sauce. Vietnamese love to eat their meals with chili sauce. Four years ago I thought they were crazy. Now I have…

According to Thanh Nien News, the price of fuel for 92 octane has dropped from 18,000 VND/litter to 17,000 VND/litter. That is the second time in a month they have…

Asia Injury Prevention Foundation's Wear a Helmet new campaign website went live today thanks to the effort of AIP Foundation's staff, Vi Truong, my Web Content Editor…

More Miss Vietnam 2008 pageant photos from VietnamNet Bridge in addition to the earlier photos: (Image Source: VietnamNet Bridge) See more photos here ->…

Mekong Securities, run by Indochina Capital, closed it's office in Hanoi last week. The surprise announcement was made to the Hanoi staff about a month ago. Operations…

Well, my eyes are blacker than black now despite the sleep I get. I have now started to drink camomile tea again. I remember drinking is last October when I had the…

My client's website was supposed to go live last weekend. Since the website needed to be hosted in Vietnam, I recommended Digipower run by a person I know through a…

Got this straight off from VietnamNet Bridge. Miss Vietnam 2008 competition is going on. Normally the Miss Vietnam contests get criticized for choosing, what local…

Well, an unplanned evening turned out to be quite fun last night. It started out at 7:30 PM at Soho Cafe where I was able to sell the infamous iPhone to my friend, Mai…

While I am at it, here is Thoman Wanhoff's Vietnam Blog. Sorry for the late add :-) Thomas is a German blogger recently arrived from Cambodia. Actually he is the third…

Jonny Platt, a Expat that lives in Vietnam, introduced me to his very interesting travel blog on Vietnam. He has some of the best photo shots yet that I have seen in the…