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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  • My 70’s

    Needless to say, my hair was long, my pants were bell-bottom and my shirt shiny. I spent half of that decade in Vietnam, the other half in America. But the youth culture helped bridge the cultural gap: we had already listened to James Talor, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Elton John before I jumped on to…

  • Unsung Peacemakers

    In the wake of a huge catastrophe, we tend to rely on experts, in this case, geologists to lecture us on aftershocks, fault line, Pacific Ring of Fire etc… We tend to miss the human dimension of unsung heroes, the peacemakers. There were a Japanese crew, earthquake experts, in New Zealand trying to help out in…

  • Time to reflect

    Year in review. A look back at the decade that was. We reflect so we don’t repeat the same mistakes. Our brain can play trick: stand aside or step back, then press rewind. I can still recall incidents when I was 4, or 7 and especially my first puppy love (in this case, the song…