Chinese pagoda at Lai Thieu is very beautiful.
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innovative!
bathroom at Cafe Hoa Gio on the Sai Gon River, Lai Thieu – innovative for sure.
we successfully completed the design course
I’m happy to report that last December we both successfully completed the Coursera course from the University of Pennsylvania, “Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society”. We attained 96% and 97% overall grades and both agree that it was an enjoyable experience.
There were few technical hitches during the course, the lecture videos were of high quality and always seemed to load ok. There were some problems with the peer review process but our grades indicate these were ironed out.
Unfortunately I had to cancel my enrollment in the physics course, “How Things Work” as the start date has been put back to March which is not suitable for me.
I’d highly recommend a Coursera course and I’ll certainly be looking to take another in the future.
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The Best City Time-Lapse Videos of 2012
Time Lapse Contraption (Photo credit: garryknight)
Worth taking the time to view these time-lapse videos, they’re truly great!
Another year, another great batch of time-lapse videos with cities as their subject. Kuala Lumpur, Chicago, Toronto, and San Francisco are new to the ranks in 2012. The only repeat from 2011 is New York — though this year’s video focuses only on that part of Lower Manhattan where Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Here are this year’s five best, once again presented in no particular order.
The Best City Time-Lapse Videos of 2012 – Arts & Lifestyle – The Atlantic Cities.
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the word from above
The word from above has been given, “Though shalt have a minimum two plants outside your house, or else”. By this time last Thursday that decree was to have been observed and it was amusing to watch the activities in our hem from Tuesday evening until late on Thursday as evaluations were done, observations made, doorbells rung, visitations visited, neighbours clucking, pots appearing, pots being shuffled, plants copping fertiliser, and so it went.
For us it made no difference cos we’ve had two plants outside our house for some time now…
For others who’ve been enthusiastic pot plant outside the front doorites it was a non-event…
Others made an effort…
Well, sort of an effort…
But some just haven’t got into the spirit of the whole thing at all…
christmas is upon us
Last night I realised I was hearing christmas carols playing from houses around the neighbourhood. They were in both English and Vietnamese, but of course the melodies are unmistakeable no matter what language the lyrics. Later in the evening while sitting at a small pavement style seafood place I even noticed the CD vendors are using christmas carols to broadcast their presence at warp 10 through junky speakers mounted on bicycles with cart attached. In yet another sign that christmas is upon us, decorations are going up here and there. I’m very impressed with the effort the people from this small house near ours have put in, this nativity scene is hand crafted from alfoil and to my untrained eye they’ve done a great job.
christmas is upon us
the bean store – on Vo Van Tan
There are so many new food/coffee shops opening around Vo Van Tan and Cao Thang Sts in District 3 these days that it’s hard to keep up with them. But in the interests of my stomach I keep trying to update constantly. The Bean Store is yet another new one, clean, quiet, sensible background music,nice decor, friendly staff, great menu, good food, reasonable prices, what more need I say?? Give it a try!
The Bean Shop