We had our second successful big release - Version 2.1 is officially out and people seem happy. Too early to really tell how it will be though…
Life Update:
- Finally got new headphones for everyone in the office. My favorite trusty pair that I got for Christmas 5 years ago are officially busted. Boy did [...]
I am exhausted. It’s easy to tout the work hard play hard mantra, but when you do both simultaneously it is just draining. Tonight I am going to go get a burger or pizza, a Coke, and then I am going straight to bed. No gym, no partying, no visiting anyone, and definitely no stressing [...]
I have fully decided that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year, because you get just as many days off as you do for Christmas but with more food, and no stress of holiday gift’ing. Plus the day after you pig out, you get to wake up and go shopping for mad bargains.
I can’t [...]
Sometimes I get a little stir-crazy. Even though there’s so much going on, looking at the map of Saigon still feels like there’s so much I have yet to do and see. But because of the tremendous amounts of alleys and secret locales, you always need local guidance. It’s not like at home when I’ll [...]
So I’ve definitely been less than diligent about keeping a photojournal of any kind. My 4-year-old niece takes most of my pictures for me in fact. Here’s some of her artistic work.
Nowadays I’m trying to read blogs written in Vietnamese. It’s quite the challenge, and the strange thing is that my friends can read mine more easily than I read theirs. Yet when it comes to speaking, my Vietnamese is better than their English (I think). So does that mean… I’m illiterate?
Life out here has somewhat [...]
[09:13] kyo: need more qa
[09:13] kyo: send me some good ppls
[09:14] me: dood i have 0 qa ppl
[09:14] me: except my boss
[09:14] me: and its not good to have ur boss finding bugs for u
I finally got around to re-enabling comments on this site. Or rather, bugging B to fix it for me. Unfortunately I lost all those precious comments from years back. Memories memories.
I am drooling at the thought of being home for Thanksgiving and diving into some turkey, mashed potatoes, and oh so sweet stuffing. All drizzled [...]
You can dodge the bullet for only so long before the adventurous eating gets to you… spent last night doubled over in pain from who knows what. Most of today was running back and forth between the office and the potty at home (cuz office potties are gross). Going home early today cuz well… it [...]
Sometimes I am a little homesick. Even though it’s pretty much good times all the time out here, there are those few moments during the workday when my mind wanders back to a happy place somewhere at Jalama beach or cruising down PCH. Or a steak bean and rice burrito from La Cantina.
Oddly enough of [...]
I succumbed to the craving and had lunch at KFC with a friend. That was definitely nice. Sometimes it’s more about the company than the food.
But then sometimes it’s really about the food. Last night I got the munchies at midnight and one of the hotel gals hopped on her bicycle and brought me a [...]
Met some fantastic new friends that are amazingly warm and receiving, and of course love to drink. They’re all really nice about including me in social events and introducing me to various people and places. The only downside is the gross amount of alcohol that’s consumed on a daily basis. There is no such thing [...]
So much of a society’s quirks are predicated by environment. I am constantly amused by the little details I find as adaptations to the frequent and sudden rainstorms they have out here. The money is a plasticky material that doesnt turn to a pulpy mush when wet. Everyone, including the dudes, has such beautifully long [...]