Around my birthday in 2017, not another ordinary birthday, but one that marks an important life benchmark, a breakup with my 7.5-year boyfriend threw me off balance and made me felt a desperate need for a change of scenery. It must have been God’s will that the job offer from the BBC came around that Read more about From California to Bangkok[…]
It’s nearly 3 am on November 9, 2016. Donald Trump was just elected to become the 45th President of the United States amid the astonishment of almost the whole world. My two younger sibling brothers, one male, and one female watched the final result and shook their heads in awe and terror. My teenage niece Read more about Some thoughts on the 2016 election results[…]
Hanoi at the end of 1954 was quiet and gloomy in the middle of a cold winter, and no one knew what Operation Passage to Freedom was. The fluttering long tunics and colorful shawls of Hanoi girls and their smiling faces suddenly disappeared. Stern-looking women and men in black uniform, bamboo helmets, and sandals made Read more about Operation Passage to Freedom – tracing the steps of Vietnamese migrating from North to South[…]
Luong Van Ty, an 81-year-old painter has led a full and rewarding life. But there is still one more thing he feels he needs to do, so he came to our office one day, unannounced, to ask for help. I had never met him before that day. An interesting encounter It was early afternoon in Read more about Painter Luong Van Ty: ‘Please help me give my paintings away!’[…]
It was an intense weekend for a group of vibrant and energetic professionals, who met in the Entertainment Capital of the World to take part in the Seventh Annual National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys. In the tastefully decorated meeting rooms bridging the Encore and Wynn hotels, this group of people ― mostly in their Read more about Vietnamese attorneys show caring spirits[…]
Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) is a time of happiness and reminiscing for Vietnamese everywhere in the world, even though we may be thousands of miles away from loved ones and our homeland, Vietnam. Here in Westminster, California, having Tet in Litte Saigon is probably the next best thing to celebrating it in Vietnam. Almost Read more about Please, it’s not Chinese New Year![…]
Kimchi, the favorite food of Korea, proves tough to perfect when cooks take a class. A little chopped ginger. A little chopped garlic. Add a lot of red chili powder, a lot of salt, and mix it all together, then pour this mixture over layers of wilted napa cabbage that has been soaked in salty Read more about Kimchi, a side dish at the forefront[…]