exhale.

I've been holding my breath for the past 120 hours, and finally I can now exhale. This has been one of my busiest quarters yet. Four 300 Level courses really do keep students busy. Although I picked and chose which readings to do and not to do, I still fought for time. I only finished one book of leisure witin these entire three months, which is pretty sad if you think about it. So after 120 hours, four ten page essays, a digital camera recorded speech, an extra credit essay, and a project write up, my effort for this quarter has come to an end. Hello Montreal and New York.

pics and reflections of those environments will be posted in the distant future.

chao.

NY Times mentions Ha Noi.

The Awakening of Hanoi...(click on image)














Enjoy.
Tran, Quy-Hac.

Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!

Tết is here! I wish all of you who read my blog a Happy Lunar New Year! Wish you all good luck, prosperity, success and good health in the year of the pig.

Chúc tất cả mọi người một năm mới thật là vui vẻ, nhiều hạnh phúc, súc khỏe dồi dào, và mọi sự như ý!

I have a memory.

Sitting at my friend's dorm currently, and we're talking about Việt Nam. He mentioned Clinton going to this phở joint called Sài gòn 98 Phở 2000 for a nice steaming bowl of phở and it reminded me of Bush coming to Hà Nội for APEC. Here is a picture. Look at Bush's smile in that nicely stylized Aó dài. Talk about reverse colonization.

Trần, Qúy-Hạc