We just celebrated Gina’s first memory day — she died one year ago today at approx 4:00am. A bit of the Vietnamese tradition “rubbing” off. Megan also wanted to celebrate because she has been doing it since her Grandfather died last June 14th, 10 days after we arrived in Hue, Vietnam.
We celebrated Gina’s memory […]
Archive for March, 2007
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2007
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Gina’s Memory Day
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 5 months ago in Vietnam and This'n'That. 1 CommentMar
2007
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Converting VCD vs SVCD
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 5 months ago in Vietnam and This'n'That. ClosedIn the Americas and Europe, we use DVDs, but in Asia, they use VCD, SVCD, DVCD, but not DVDs. Being here, I’ve learned to convert DVDs and DivX files into VCD format so it can be played on the TV.
Today I had to decide whether to convert the Home Alone DVD into either a […]
Mar
2007
12
CELTA Training Postponed
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 5 months ago in Vietnam and This'n'That. ClosedIt was one very hard decision. I was even on the telephone yesterday midday asking Keith, who teaches English in Hanoi, questions regarding the Vietnamese work visa papers and his advise regarding when to attend the CELTA course.
The work visa papers are very complex here in Vietnam and it would be much better if […]
Yesterday, Megan left with Mai’s oldest sister when she returned to her house in Dang Ha (30 mi/70 km from Hue). This is the first time that Megan has been away from Mai and I since we’ve been in Veitnam. Megan has occasionally gone with either my sister, Margaret (Viki) or with Joe […]
Mar
2007
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Almost End of the Trail
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 5 months ago in Vietnam and This'n'That. ClosedOn the downhill run — 1 1/2 months left until we return to the US. Time has certainly sped by, don’t know where the time went.
Megan has certainly learned Vietnamese well enough to talk with all her playmates. I know that she needs to learn more vocabulary and more advanced sentence structures, but first we need to have her start reading.
Mar
2007
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First Post from AMD 64×2 System Running Ubuntu 6.1 [Linux]
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 5 months ago in Vietnam, Computer and Blog/Website. 2 CommentsBehind the scenes, I’ve been struggling to learn Linux. I want to move away from Microsoft WinXP toward open source Linux software.
First I tried openSUSE v10.2 but the transfer speeds were too slow because they didn’t have a server in Vietnam, only China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Australia. However, Ubuntu has […]
Mar
2007
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CELTA in Bangkok or Hanoi?
Published by The Alchemist? 1 year, 6 months ago in Vietnam and This'n'That. 1 CommentStruggling with the decision of whether to spend approx $1,500 to take the 4 week CELTA1 course.
CELTA is overseen by the University of Cambridge to teach native English speakers the ins-and-outs of teaching English to non-native English speakers.
In the US, one must obtain a MA2 in English (and probably a teaching certificate) along […]
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