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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: This guy, Thomas Huang, went searching for a chocolate eclaire in Saigon, and ended up having his article in the Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/travel/thisweek/stories/DN-vietbread_0711tra.ART.State.Edition1.4fb9c7b.html I sat next to a business man from Dallas on my recent trip to Vietnam. He and his partners were into real estate. And the…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: It costs about $800 to change one’s name here in the US e.g. on social security , driver’s license and passport. One might prefer something that has global sounding: Villa, Gaga, Shakira. Between YouTube, Facebook and World Cup, we enjoy an unprecedented confluence of technology and globalization. And the…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: In 2000, I was sitting at Cadillac, a semi-enclosed bar, whose band played Hotel California and I Will Survive. In 2010, I found myself at Rolls Royce, which also played Hotel California and I Will Survive. 2013, at Van’s Cafe, its band plays Bon Jovi’s number lacing with Santana’s classics. Nouveaux…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: It took 20 years for me to reconnect with a childhood friend. The last time we saw each other was near the Bay Bridge. This time, 2 decades have passed, and he picked me up on his motorcycle near Bong Bridge, in the heart of Saigon. You might think…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: I ordered an iced coffee with milk, this time not in the to-go cup. I just want to sit down, and take it all in. No I am not in India. But close. I am in formerly known as Saigon. On the 8th floor. REBOOT CAFE. The LogiGear building.…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: In Impressive First Impressions, author Vu Pham introduces the concept of “reset”. By that he means, we constantly need to reset our first impressions according to each context and situation: at work, at play, at home. The same guy. When he was at the top of his game, generated…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: A couch floats down the river right pass Bong Bridge a while ago. As of this edit, there was a “hot” clip about police trying to stop a girl from jumping to her death on another bridge. Vietnam still has to battle with forces of nature, (typhoon Utor) and…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: I would hold the door for the person behind me as always. I would call people whom I have avoided and face those dark alleys once petrified. I would lay down my guards, strip off my veneers, and empathize with others. I would clean up my desk, make my…
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The Post is now under new ownership. So is the iconic Newsweek. Both incidentally got taken over by jungle-like entities like Amazon and the Beast, respectively. New world order (or jungle order). The “barbarians” are once again at the gate. New totem pole. New titanic shift, from analog to digital, from print to online. I…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: The rhythm. The ambience. And the audience at Carmen. Different breed. Different beat. The Vietnamese singer tried hard at rolling her Latin “R”‘s, just like her predecessors at the French “un”, or the English “you”. Vietnam, and Saigon in particular, has always been a mix of culture: Cuban band on…
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