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: Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

  • Heterogeneous country, homogeneous thought

    Google CEO blurted out what we all know (that tech moves at 3 times faster than other business sectors, who in turn, are 3X than the government). We are analog-built e.g. eating,  buying and thinking habits, while techies thought processing power is on a different plane e.g. Cold-War B53 bomb in TX is finally being disassembled and junked. A…

  • Austin

    Tech campus turned Mall (still keeps the “DOMAIN” name). Borders out of business, but Apple store is thriving. Austin, ranked as most tolerant city in America, saw Chinese Graduate students hang out leisurely on a Sunday afternoon, complete with rocking chairs, very well be made in China. Welcome to America. Welcome to Starbucks. What’s your name buddy? My…

  • Honor roll

    I attended a power breakfast this morning. Neither Presidential nor Congressional. Only elementary honor students and designated parents. Something about “the magic”. New Report System (Most improved etc… as opposed to traditional A,B,C grading). I am proud of my daughter. She exhibits all the traits of an up and coming Asian student (the model minority).…

  • I don’t do nail either!

    One down (sausage man), another rises up. Jimmy Dean that is. (He could have come back with a better retort, ” No I don’t do sausage” backstage, and “No, I don’t do nail” on stage). http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/01/americas-got-talent-jimmy-dean-makes-us-laugh/ Although it’ s America’s Got Talent his routine came across as America Got Burden ” you owe me some…

  • Things we wish we could take with us

    When at Indian Town Gap in 1975, I was busy helping out at the Bureau of Child Welfare so time passed rather quickly. But not for my fellow countrymen. Many sat there worried: how were they going to make it in America, that winter was coming. Many hurried weddings took place at the camp chapel. …

  • rollin, rollin on the (Saigon) river

    Working for the man, every night and day… big wheel keeps on turnin, River boat dining provides another view of Saigon Water front. Hotel Majestic, Sheraton and Sun Wah guests look at you (dining on the river boat), while you look at them. Tourists are still coming in drove and enjoying a night out. From…

  • Asian drivers

    It’s been a long way since Sixteen Candles. In it, we found Long Duk Dong, the male Asian actor, portrayed a Japanese exchange student who wrecked the host family car on a night out “what auto-mobile?” he asked laying on the front lawn at mid morning the next day. Fast forward to today and the…