Travel
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We are urged to “think out of the box“, be creative etc.. Easier said than done. Having a liberal arts background, and traveled the world, I find it easier just get out of the box, then think from there. Every place has its own charms and setbacks. Every place gets good and bad people. Don’t…
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Bachelor Party. Spring Break. Girls’ Night Out. Spousal date…and the list goes on. One of the things foreigners found fascinating about America is its sense of enjoyment (and sometimes entitlement). We’re gonna party, Winter Spring Summer or Fall. Time for yourself. Look at yourself in the mirror, just to acknowledge the reflection that is there.…
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Jet lag makes you feel hallucinating. Your body clock is still in sync with the old-time zone, and so, your sleep is out of whack. Brought back a memory of a minor jet lag (East coast, West coast), whose hotel bed could not even induce me to sleep. Then I visited my mom at her then…
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As a child I feared rising flood water (drowning). I feared thief by night, bully by day. I feared having to stand out in the crowd (wearing bright colors). For a nail that sticks up will be hammered down. Fear of being drafted, of being called out in class to recite something in English. Fear…
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Next week, we welcome Earth’s 7 Billionth baby into our human family. When I was born, relatives came to the hospital to visit (as commonly observed even today, in Vietnam). B/W photos were taken and sent up North for our extended families to “take notes”. The more the merrier. Nobody cared who Malthus was. If you…
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Skyline of West VA presents quite a scene and makes a case for Fall foliage. We used to play King of the Hill on top of a heap of dead leaves. Reminds me of the Last Leaf, a story about a terminally ill patient looking out the window and said “when those leaves all fell…
Thang Nguyen 555 