French Colonial
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My generation have been a betweener one: from Mandarin to Mobile phone system, from French Colonial to Fashion TV (with Asia Next Top Model). The saying goes like this “Vong Anh di truoc, Vong Nang theo sau” i.e. when a man passed the King’s exam, he went home to the village , with his lady in tow. Now, it’s the Model who get…
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I ordered my breakfast instinctively. And it’s 8 in the morning in Vietnam. Already I feel the heat and humidity. Through the Australian school yard, I saw teachers in ao-dai. Could have been the ghost of my mom’s past. Children are obviously better fed these days. And they have gone on to game 3.0 (playing less…
Thang Nguyen 555 