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That Doggie CPU in the Window

DoggieForget the iMac, this is the cutest — and funniest — computer that I have ever seen.

I spotted it in Bangkok while I was there over the weekend, at Pantip Plaza, which is a six-story shopping mall brimming with computer hardware and software of all sorts. This “Doggie” CPU enclosure is for sale to build-your-own-PC gearheads with a soft spot for cartoony animals. There was a “Kittie” too, but I’m kind of a dog person, myself.

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Saigon by Scooter

Last week I went back to Saigon to spend Têt with my grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins. Têt is the lunar new year, commonly referred to both here and in the West as Chinese New Year, and it’s pretty much the holiday in Vietnam — as it is in Singapore. My office here was closed for the week starting on Tue afternoon, so it was the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the incredibly convenient proximity of this city to Vietnam. The flight took less than two hours — two hours!

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Journal: 02 Feb 01

It’s a day early (well, in Singapore it’s only about forty minutes early) but I’ve just posted a new entry to my Journal for Fri 02 Feb. This one is about my trip to Viet Nam last week, and how I learned to drive a Honda scooter in the Saigon traffic. And for those put off by the verbose length of my last entry, don’t worry &#151 this one’s shorter, and it has a pictures to boot!

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Visa to Vietnam

VisaNext week is Lunar New Year, often referred to (in the West and in Asia) as Chinese New Year, but known in Vietnam as Têt. It’s the biggest holiday of the year in Viet Nam, and I haven’t spent it there in over twenty-five years. Today I bought my ticket and received my entry visa to go and see my grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins in Saigon next Wednesday.

This is the great thing about being in Singapore — or being in this part of the world, at any rate. A trip that would have taken me nearly twenty-four hours from New York instead clocks in, according to my itinerary, at just 01:55. I mean, wow.

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