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Somewhere in the summer of 2008, I bought the HTC Hero. This is one of the first HTC smartphones that appeared on the market with Google Android on it. Back then it was an excellent phone for my needs. It came with some amazing features such as touchscreen, built-in camera, GPS and so on. I [...]

I have always enjoyed music. And especially live music. I just love shredding guitars and pounding basses. Raw. All the shit we hear on the radio is sometimes just too overly produced, soft, and licked. And I can really appreciate a live concert when everything just feels right. While staying in Ho Chi Minh, I [...]

One of our first trips in Vietnam was to Vung Tau. This is not so a touristic city, wouldn’t it be for the 32m-high statue of Jesus. You do find foreigners there for a different reason: the crude oil. Vung Tau as a petroleum extraction center is economically very important to Vietnam and situated near [...]

It was getting late. Lunar New Years’ day had almost ended. I hear some very loud Karaoke music coming from a house. We go there. I see two beautiful daughters energetically dancing and signing, a proud and caring mom and pop. The dad is filming the in-house karaoke event with my Canon 500D.  The guy [...]

During my stint in Vietnam (still here btw), I visited a very interesting exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. This exhibition consisted of tens of big-sized 3D paintings. Paintings that reveal another dimension in fact, as you can be part of the scenery too and bring it alive. You just need to be able to [...]

On my way to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam my flight was in transit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As a matter of fact, quite some flights to South-East Asia actually come through the Kuala Lumpur International airport (or Bangkok).  And as I had more than 10 hours to spend there, I thought of making optimal [...]

You never know how the wind blows. And so I am going to Vietnam in early 2012. The first time in Asia and the South-East for some three weeks! My tickets are booked and visa is dispensed. My flight will go from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. And from Kualu Lumpur to Ho Chi Minh City. [...]

We are at the end of 2011 that I am writing this. Time to look back. In short: it’s been a very eventful, unusual and adventurous year to me. What a hell of a ride! First of all, this is the first year that I am no longer living a student life. I ended my [...]