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Another Blogger will make his way to Saigon at the end of the month. Patrick Kennedy will serve as the Information Management Specialist with the U.S. Consulate. He is…

JJ is a new expat Blogger in town. His Blog: JJ's Adventures in Vietnam URI: http://jjinvietnam.blogspot.com/ Pass by his blog and give him a good ole Saigon Blogger's…

Another house near my alleyway is being renovated. This used to be a coffee shop as well. I actually counted about 5 more houses along my alleyway that still needed to…

Yesterday it was nice cool day in Saigon. Maybe even a little chilly in Saigon. The cool rainy days in Saigon remind me of Seattle so much. (SOS International Hospital)…

Just got my interview from Expat Interviews. From Website: The nice people, the low cost of living, the beautiful sights: these are only some of the things that American…

Well, I am currently using KGet to BeleniX, an OpenSolaris Distribution with a Live CD as I am typing. Should be finished downloading sometime tomorrow. I am actually a…

The Vietnamese people like to talk about ghost stories no matter how scary they are. Most foreign expats write them off and tell the Vietnamese that it is just merely a…

Yes!!! The best news ever!!! Finally, good news from my alleyway here in the quiet Phu Nhuan District. Mr. Ut finally got the amount he wanted from the People's…

Well, this morning was a long one for everyone. For some odd reason, everyone was just exhausted. So what did we do for fun? Just see for yourself: (John taking my…

My student, Bill, had a birthday party last month. Had some great food with my students. As usual, I was the "adult" for them :-) (Bill receiving his birthday cake)…

I just read a good article about Sakai, an online collaboration and learning environment developed for universities. From the website: Sakai is an online Collaboration…

(Source: Thanh Nien News) The last couple of days, a tropical depression has been lying off the cost of Vietnam bringing with it heavy rain and cooler temperatures here…

The bandwidth seems to have returned to Vietnam. I am getting between 815 kb/s through 1.1 mb/s download speeds at my house with FPT ADSL now. Granted, it is 4 AM in the…

Blog about Vietnam posted this article from Intellasia: The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Culture and Information are to target bloggers and blog-hosting…

Two more social networks sites aimed at Vietnamese users will launch in Vietnam soon to compete with Yahoo 360, the number one choice for many Vietnamese bloggers today…

Okay, I just realized that I posted way too many IT Geek postings the last week. Time to return back to the world of Vietnam and post another Saigon Rant. The last week…

Today I had a nice conversation with a Vietnamese friend about different computer operating systems. She was thinking about purchasing an Apple Powerbook but was worried…

Well, today was the day. July 17, 2007, my students had to turn in their collages. Look at the pictures below, I was surprised at how much work they put into their…

I lost my Stylix for my mobile phone last Saturday. I have been using my thumb to type my SMS messages. What a pain. Well, yesterday I went to the FPT Mobile Service…

Met with my student, Chi Mai, yesterday at Gloria Jean's Coffee in District 1. I consider Gloria Jean's Coffee one of the most expensive in Saigon but with the good…