Thang Nguyen 555

Cultures on Collision Course

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With some short-term relief work in Asia/Africa and long stint in Telecom, Thang also earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston. In addition, he earned a CELTA – classes taken in Hanoi for cultural re-immersion.

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  • Caught in the thick of rain

    It’s not Les Parapluis de Cherbourg , or Catherine DeNeuve with her trench coat. Just anything over the head to stay, well, less wet. We got out of the pool, just to be wet all over again. Tropical summer. Impeding traffic and time planned. Here in Vietnam, it takes a lot just to stay cool…

  • Number is up!

    Mr Tarr, head of the Vietnam draft lottery, has died at age of 88 in Walnut Creek, CA. A Nixon appointee, he headed Selective Service in 1970. He heard a lot of “Hell No, We Won’t Go”. And now, his number is up. I wonder how those who survive him, still lingering in the Canadian…

  • How can I tell her

    Lobo was hot in Vietnam during the 70’s. Decades later, on an American stage, his Vietnamese fans even invited him to perform live for music video. Just a simple man. “I love you too much to ever start liking you, so let’s just let the story kind an end…” The contradiction and dialectic – friend and…