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Eleventh week in Hanoi - Shitfaced at Finnegan’s
I’m back here again and this time round, it will be a short trip. Arriving last Sunday evening, I scheduled to be here for a week and my stint on this project will have come to an end. At least for now that is.
Went back to some familiar places the past couple of evenings. Brought [...]
Eleventh week in Hanoi - Shitfaced at Finnegan’s
I’m back here again and this time round, it will be a short trip. Arriving last Sunday evening, I scheduled to be here for a week and my stint on this project will have come to an end. At least for now that is.
Went back to some familiar places the past couple of evenings. Brought [...]
Ice cold beer
It’s been a hectic week since I got back the previous weekend. There’s loads to catch up on since I have been away for quite a bit. Capitalising on the fact that I will not be headed back to Hanoi till the end of this month, there isn’t a better time to touch base with [...]
Tenth week in Hanoi - Localised
It’s been a busy week here thus I have not been able to find time to post here earlier. Well, I did a little more exploring the past week and checked out a few more joints. I knew there is an Irish Pub in Hanoi and I have even past by it on the way [...]
Ninth week in Hanoi - Part 2 - In Love with Caramel Pork
Below is another photo I took at Quan Bia Minh last evening. The little tower across the road would make a really nice spot to have a private Jacuzzi. It’s high enough above the surrounding buildings and provides sufficient concealment for some privacy. For the exhibitionist, it’s a pretty cool spot too amidst all the [...]
Ninth week in Hanoi
So here I am seated here after dinner at the restaurant of my choice. Quan Bia Minh on 7A Dinh Liet Street is supposedly a restaurant that is popular with backpackers for the good variety of food at very reasonable price, I was here yesterday evening to check out the place.
So back to yesterday, Was [...]
Eight week in Hanoi - Part 2 - Attack of the Gluttons
My eye infection has subsided a fair bit. The swelling is gone it seems but I still get that occasional tingling feeling and the urge of wanting to rub it. Except for feeling a little sore, it allowed me to step into the office yesterday afternoon. GH thought it would be a good idea for [...]
Eight week in Hanoi
Well, I only got back here again on Wednesday and it has been a busy week up till now. Got the eye infection again this morning and told GH I’m going to work out of the apartment today. Just visited the pharmacy round the corner and picked up some eye drops. I was suppose to [...]
X61 vs. R60 - Just for Punt
Just for the fun of it, I took some pictures with both my new X61 and 1.5 year old R60. Even with the 8 cell battery attached to the X61, the R60 is still wider. There’s one with the X61 sitting atop the R60.
While the X61s would have been completely flat without the little bumps [...]
New Toy - Lenovo ThinkPad X61
Well, I did manage to get my new toy. Spanking new and totally pimped out 12.1 inch ThinkPad X61 Ultraportabe by Lenovo. My last X series machine was the IBM ThinkPad X24. Running on the latest Intel Core2 Duo T9300 CPU @ 2.50Ghz, this little mean beast is a real powerhouse. Tricking it out to [...]
Bumped to Business Class
Ok, I’m back on this island I call home once again. For the next week and a half, I will be tied up with quite a few things. Getting in touch with Sierra to confirm a couple of deals is high on my agenda. There’s also some stuff to deliver to Neutron after the last [...]
Seventh week in Hanoi
There’s nothing spectacular happening in this part of the world this week or at least from what I know. A launch event by one of our partners last evening did give me a chance to catch up with a couple of colleagues. Sadly, that was the most fun I had this week. Apart from deadlines [...]
Blowing off steam
It took me the whole morning to finish my report for last week’s activities. A lot has been going on and there is more things to come. Just as I sent off my report to GH, I saw a new mail notification on Thunderbird.
As I read the mail, I can only say I wasn’t feeling [...]
Sixth week in Hanoi - Part 2 - Chả cá Hà Nội
So, this is one of the few weeks where I am alone in Vietnam without any of my Singaporean based team members. GH is returning this weekend. Until then, I do not have much time left to venture out on my own. When the end of each day draws near, one thing that I try [...]
Sixth week in Hanoi
Team Dinner - Cockles, Mussels and Crabs
Well, I stepped back into the project office after a week’s break from Hanoi and immediately landed myself in a couple of meetings. As a team, we needed to clarify a few issues so that everyone has a better picture of our current progress. Till date, I can safely [...]
Back to Hanoi
Once again, I’m on a flight back out to Hanoi and apart from staring out on the window or squinting my eyes at the tiny screen on my iPod Classic, I reckoned a 14.1 inch of my R60 would be far more comfortable. Or at least I thought so. A little bulky and a tad [...]
Increasing unique hits on blogs
I have been watching my StatPress statistics in my WordPress dashboard since mid month with great interest. Since first installing the plugin a few months back, it has given me a pretty good idea on the number of unique hits I have been getting on all my blogs including most popular posts, referring sites, geographical [...]
In the Red Again, Dow Loses Triple-Digits
It’s been a dramatic week on Wall Street and the Dow Jones Index took a big hit recording as much as a 500 points slide in one of the worst trading week in the last 3 months. One of the culprits was obviously the surge in oil prices. Losing 4% of it’s total value is [...]
Oil gushes past USD135 per barrel
In yesterday’s post, oil was at USD133 per barrel. In less than 24 hours, oil is now at USD135 per barrel. Analyst have said this and that about oil prices and what not. I guess the general consensus is unless the weakening dollar strengthens, oil prices are not going stabilise much less correct anytime soon.
Will [...]
Oil at USD133 per barrel
The image to the left is courtesy of FOX Business News. Very appropriate since investors are using oil to hedge against the dollar. Ok, let’s see. My last post on oil prices was on May 16 when oil hit a USD126 high. that is less than a week ago and oil prices have now risen [...]
Change of plans
The original plan was to spend this weekend in Hanoi. Possibly in Halong Bay. There has been quite a few changes so that’s not going to be happening. Well, I’ve got the whole weekend and there isn’t much to do besides one thing… So, I’m off to the beach to get in some sun. It’s [...]
Oil price closes above USD126 per barrel
It just won’t stop going up. In the past weeks, Wall Street had a couple of days where the dollar strengthened and traders saw gains on the major indices. On such days, oil prices dipped but only to return higher on the next day. At US$126 per barrel, crude oil is once again at [...]
Nicholas M Ong reaches PR5
For almost 2 weeks now, Google has updated PageRanks of sites. The first time I saw the new PR, I thought maybe Google was just fooling with me. After 2 weeks, NicholasMOng.com is still on PR5 so that is good news.
It took me less than 2 months to reach PR2 when I started this blog. [...]
Fifth week in Hanoi
So, I’m back here again. In many ways, with a lighter heart and in a more adventurous mood to explore. Work at the project office has started to take on a better shape and form or at least from my perspective. Most of the other teams are beginning to fall in nicely with all the [...]
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