Thang Nguyen 555
Cultures on Collision Course
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Author: Thang Nguyen 555
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I saw on the news that the new Pope inspires a group of high school students to reenact “feet washing“. Now, that’s refreshing (no punt intended!) to find news (besides kids shooting other kids, bullying them, DUI, Springfield groper etc…) with some positive twists. I have read about the Jesuits, Alexandre de Rhodes in particular, who worked from a…
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Adventure in my homeland.
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Seasons and symmetry.
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(Shinning) House in the Alley.
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Mua Saigon (rain on tin roof).
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Joy of randomness.
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When reading the ABOUT tab on some web sites, I got no idea what the companies were ABOUT. Apparently they sell some intangible services, such as Human Development, but were afraid to say so. Others would try to get out of the box they found themselves in “we are more than just a hardware company, we…
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Hits and misses. We keep trying to make things work. The revenge of the nerds. From cavemen’s times to modern times.. Simple tools to simple tech. X Ray machines and X Rated movies. We keep trying in face of inevitable failures. When I was selling VoIP in its infancy stage, I fielded so many complaint…
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We are so connected (Google Fiber) and disconnected (from people) at the same time. Starting with TV broadcast which reduces viewership from a theatre like in “Cinema Paradiso” down to a nuclear family in their living room, to a Youtube video download for personal use. With smart phones, we don’t have people knocking on the phone booth for their turn or get…
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Bachelor Party. Spring Break. Girls’ Night Out. Spousal date…and the list goes on. One of the things foreigners found fascinating about America is its sense of enjoyment (and sometimes entitlement). We’re gonna party, Winter Spring Summer or Fall. Time for yourself. Look at yourself in the mirror, just to acknowledge the reflection that is there.…
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