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: Vietnamese iced coffee

  • Romancing Saigon

    Good luck! Bit it’s better  for you to wait until the scorching heat subsides, before you have a chance. There are layers to Saigon, like you would peeling an onion. Cafe Sua Da prices fluctuate from one street corner to the next. On the main tourist strip, you still find Zippo lighters and even dog tags…

  • Cafe sua da

    Lately, articles about “banh mi” started to appear in the Bay area publications. What should have accompanied those articles was Cafe sua da (Iced cafe-au-lait). The coffee chamber sat on the cup. Hot water drips down, one drip at a time, on top of condensed milk. Bitter and sweet, hot and cold. It’s a night-and-day difference from coffee…