2007
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VN07 – Map of VietNam
From North to South, VN measures 1,650 km (1,025 mi). California extends 1,260 km (780 mi). At its narrowest, Vietnam is only 50 km (31 mi) across. Continue reading
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VN07 – Map of Asia
See China? Good. Now, look for that tiny S-shaped country southeast of China. Yessir, that’s VietNam! The official name is Socialist Republic of VietNam. Continue reading
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VN07 – 2 days b4
So I’ll be 8,000 miles away from home this Sunday night. Just C and me. What a challenge the 2 of us will be facing. Neither one knows the place well, and both of us have this stupid look (ngáo ộp) that screams “scam me”. I’m sitting here, worried and unable to go to sleep. Continue reading
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My little sister is so fucked up …
she really is … How else do you explain? She was in the engineering field making big bucks, but quit her job to take art classes. She’s now teaching at San Francisco Academy of Arts, making 1/5 of what she was making at BEA. And totally happier. Well, most of the time, when she’s not Continue reading
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Life and coffee cups
sent by my sister, AnhDao, in La Mirada. A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit the conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests coffee, the professor Continue reading
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To be, or not to be
The most obvious things in life obviously don’t seem that obvious. To me, at least. I guess it’s easier not to see the obvious. Because then I would have to give it some thoughts, to act upon it, to face it. It’s just a lot easier not to see things. Less painful. Life is not Continue reading
New Day: New Beginning 