Monday, March 19, 2012

Travel: A Quick Stop in Vietnam

I would give Vietnam a solid 8 out of 10 score for old-single-guy places to visit.  It is easy to find fun and interesting, the geographic scenery is great, the food is wonderful and everything is impossibly cheap.
Planning for my  journey to Vietnam started the day before I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City.   A cancelled flight stranded me in Guangzhou.  I was trying to get to Taiwan for a meeting, but without a working airplane, I missed the meeting and found myself with a week of free time.   I had never been to Vietnam, so why not?   My iPad connected me to a service that guaranteed a visa in 4 hours.  6 hours later,

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A Solid "D" Student

I see my blog looks like crap with just one post.   I certainly want it to look way better before I retire from blogging and move on to the next item on my bucket list.   I face several challenges in writing more posts.   Of course there is writer's block -- my mind is completely empty when it comes to selecting a topic.   Also I am sure any topic I select will be of no interest to anyone else so the writing seems quite pointless.   I am not good at proactive time waste.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

My First Blog Post!

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Writing a blog should be easy.  The spam I received said "everybody is doing it".   I am smarter and more technically capable than at least some of the "everybody" so I can do this.   I also heard blogging is on any good bucket list.  With time marching on, seems I need to get on this blog thing right now.   As a highly successful business executive, I know the way to start any project is seek advice from someone with a clue.   However, since "everyone" is already blogging, if I ask for advice from someone, they will know right away that I am the last person to join "everyone".   My skin is way too