New Day: New Beginning

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    • VN07 – Caravelle

      It’s my second Wednesday here in this country that was mine. It’s ironic that to be well received, I had to pretend to be non-viet. Actually, I dont need to pretend. I have yet to encounter one who doesn’t think I’m either japanese of korean because of the light skin color. Hotel Caravelle has changed… Continue reading

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    • VN07 – Massage

      4 hours of having your face and body softly touched, caressed, kneaded, stroked, rubbed … I just had a full body massage. Life’s not too bad if you can afford some luxuries. Went to Qi Salon and Spa of Shisheido. It’s a building of its own, reminded me of Watercourse Way in Palo Alto, except… Continue reading

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    • VN07 – 40 Hong Thap Tu

      Things change. Nothing is truer in this case. I took the taxi down on Ly Tu Trong. I absolutely didn’t recognize anything, and didn’t realize I was on Gia-Long till I saw the garden Vuon Tao-Dan on the left. And the only reason I knew was because there’s is not too many gardens in the… 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