Dragon
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It’s Sunday. Jamming Sunday. Singer-musician-owner of Van’s Unforgettable was kidding, after a round of live and unrehearsed performances that we should just play a commercially released CD since we at times failed at recalling certain lyrics. He had a point. The age of automation and atomization is here. Each of us, with headset and in private…
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If you look, you shall find. In my case, that little book by Edmondo de Amicis, translated of course. It made an indelible impression on my little mind and heart. Years later, it still does. That is, after I have come in full circle, have travelled and traversed the geography of the heart. That “diary” genre…
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Tonight is New Year‘s Eve (Giao Thua) here in Vietnam. Senator McCain and Lieberman are also here on their SEA trip. But many years ago, McCain probably heard the sound of firecrackers. Tonight, there won’t be firecrackers, but everything should happen just as it has for centuries: visit ancestor’s graves or ash stored next to a…
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The night before New Year’s Eve (year of the Dragon), Saigonese and expats got a choice to watch the rehearsal at formerly known as Independence Palace, or nurse a beer at Acoustic. Years ago, this neighborhood was a hang-out place for privileged kids who attended nearby French lycee. Today, at least in this den-like corner,…
Thang Nguyen 555 