Suicide – Thang Nguyen 555

08/11/2012

Wrong Track

I came across a brief piece about the suicide of an Orange County man. At Orange Metrolink station. Nguyen was his name. The report said he calmly stood facing the oncoming train and seconds later, got run over. No fuss, no self-preservation. I also came across that piece about victims of Temple shooting in Wisconsin. One…

Shame and Stigma

Making small talks on New Year‘s morning, I mentioned various distant relatives, among whom a handsome ping-pong playing cousin of mine. I remembered him as 60’s looking, hair, glasses and short shorts. He was later married with kids before got sent to re-education camp. While he was away, his wife had an affair and made…

Attending my funeral

The paper announced “a A student committed suicide for not passing Vietnam‘s first IBM-graded SAT“. So, my classmates showed up at my house the next morning for condolences. True story. Not having seen the column the day before, I was completely taken aback. Hence, my first exposure to bad journalism, and Vietnam’s first trial run…