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.

Tag: Fathers Day

  • Daughter-Daddy

    Before my daughter arrived, I had heard of other people’s birth complications which required C-section etc… So we took up Lamaze classes, and I felt “effeminated” among men and women with pillows. When I drove A. home the hospital  offered to wheel her out (already strapped in the car seat to begin with). In the parking lot (A.’s first outing) some…

  • Men on the verge of nervous break-down

    Here comes the beaver or the beer. Whatever handy to help men cope with his “manpression”. It is common knowledge that men hardly ask for directions when lost, much less share their problems. Women fare better, whether it’s over sweet, or sweat. Jodi Foster, most admired for being an accomplished Yale actress-director, has had frequent run-ins with the…