Sunday, April 11, 2010

Co Chu Quan va thinh thoang toi den day an trua o Saigon.


Khi ve VN co chu quan ko biet toi ve khi nhan email noi rang toi dang o Saigon co chu quan moi den quan an va tu do moi buoi trua neu ko co di an voi ai toi den quan co chu quan an vi co co chu quan de noi chuyen. Hau nhu luc toi cung di an voi ban be neu ko di thi den quan nay. Toi thich quan nay vi no sach se va gia binh dan va co co chu quan tiep chuyen nua. Do an thi hon trung binh 1 chut thoi. Toi den vi co chu quan noi rang anh co the den bat cu luc nao anh thich va cai ban nay danh cho anh. Toi ngoi an doi luc nhin quanh thay buc tranh co chu quan nho qua va ko co dep va toi hoi tai sao ko treo buc tranh lon hay hay hon, co noi khong co tien va toi noi toi se tang em mot buc tranh de treo o do. Khi toi dua buc tranh cho co chu quan, co noi buc tranh toi chon sang trong qua co le ko thich hop voi quan toi noi neu sang qua thi em co the mang ve nha treo. Toi nghi rang tranh ao dai thi thuong o VN neu tranh cua Picasso thi la va hay hon va de moi nguoi ngam nghi theo cai nhin cua moi nguoi do la ly do toi di tim buc tranh, tim mai dc buc tranh nay. Hom gia tu toi noi voi co rang thoi nhe anh di ve ben do. Em tiep tuc lam va chuc em thanh cong. Toi noi hua mot chu "ok" thi rat de nhung lam moi kho va anh da tim buc tranh cho hop voi quan cua em rat lau. Qua tam hinh nay thi ra co chu quan cung trinh trong buc tranh toi tang cho co ay va da treo o noi toi thuong ngoi an nhg buoi trua nong nuc o Saigon. Toi da an ngoai gan 2 thang ve day toi rat thich nhung mon toi nau no tuyet voi co le vi theo khau vi minh thich. O Saigon an buoi trua buoi chieu an riet ko biet an o dau ma an bay ba thi so dau bung trung thuc nua. Co chu quan ko biet tam hinh nay, do la cai hay co mot nguoi den quan an va chup goi cho toi.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

I got the flu, I am so sick


Da dung het may hop Kleenex va 1 hu Tylenol 500 mg ma van khong het benh cam. I hate to be sicked I coughed the whole night, it seems never ended. Today I feet a bit better. I hate virus in PC and in real life. Usually I took Tylenol 500 mg if I feel sick but this time there is no effect what so ever. Maybe because I drove the bike.
Hom thu 4 dem xe di sua vi binh accu cho xe hoi chet. Trong luc cho do ho thay binh accu moi anh di lang thang qua dealer gan ben cho ban xe motocycle roi chay thu chiec xe nay co le ma bi trung gio nen anh bi cam. Anh rat thich bike nay lam va tham nghi neu khong di ve VN vua roi la minh co the mua dc chiec nay de dang, hien no dang on sale di ve VN sai va cho moi nguoi chang biet fai lam sao giup moi nguoi chi biet bang cach nay. O VN lai honda loai nho dau co gi ma ng ta khen anh lai good ma tu ben do ve, anh co the lai nhg chiec motocycle lon nhu vay 6 so, 200 km/h. Lai motorcycle/xe hoi la mot dam me cua anh nua vi vay ve VN anh thich lai xe honda co dieu may chiec honda chay duong xa khong thoai mai va hoi bi e mong. Neu lai 80 km thi ca xe bi rung. Khi minh ngung lai co the cung bi rung theo kho chiu, co nguoi anh cho ngoi phia sau so anh cho va noi leu lo chay cham cham, anh noi anh chay xe rat ranh hon 20 nam roi. Tu chiec xe vespa, lambretta thoi con trung hoc. Co nguoi quen thi noi cach chay xe cua anh rat nhanh va rat thong minh kho co tai nan. Anh chay nhanh nhung rat theo qui luat cua giao thong vi anh co bang lai xe 2/4 banh o day. O VN chay cham va cham tum lum rat de gay tai nan. Chay khong dung luat chay nguoc chieu, xe khong co den signal, va tat ca deu vuot den do lam sau khong gay tai nan. Xe hoi va xe tai cung vay manh ai nay chay theo luat rung. Ra xa lo nguoi VN khong co dung kin chieu hau o xe honda do la mot thieu sot anh thi dung nhieu chay rat nhanh nhung thay xe tai la chay cham va sat vao. Chay chung mot dam xe gan voi nhau de gay tai nan.
Neu ko mua dc chiec bike Ninja nay mua he nay thi se la nam sau.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

When I left Saigon...

Midnight At Tan Son Nhat. Toi that buon ke ca nguoi lam trong khach san cung biet dieu nay tren guong mat toi. Toi lam dc nhieu dieu va moi nguoi vui ve do la niem hanh phuc cua toi. Cung co nhung rui ro va ko vua y 2 buc tranh lon gan 1 met ma TA tang va 1 tam toi mua ma Airline charge la 300 dollars neu muon dem theo vi no qua kho ma hang hang khong qui dinh. Toi buc minh noi thoi ko mang di va de lai VN va goi qua buu dien. Mat hon 1/2 tieng dong ho o Tan Son Nhat vi 2 buc tranh nay. Buc tranh son dau that dep toi mua co 30 dollars va buc tranh tang thi ko biet bao nhieu ma cung ko biet no ra sao vi tat ca da goi va bang keo bang nhung to bao. Co the tat ca dang gia la 60 dollars ma chuyen cho la 300 dollars that vo ly nen toi da bo lai 2 buc tranh di qua duong buu dien ma chi phi ko hon 100 dollars cho 2 buc tranh 6.2 kg nay. Tinh co 2 buc tranh cung mot kich thuoc. Toi khong co quan trong tien bac nhung tat ca deu fai hop ly cua no. Co lan toi mua 10 cai non la o Hue khi ve toi day chi con 2 cai vi tren duong ve nguoi ta nhat ng co tiep dai vien thich mua lai de lam qua. Mua chua den 1 dollar ma ban cho ho 10 dollars 1 cai.


SunRise over Bien Dong - South China Sea


Morning in Tokyo

SunRise over Pacific Ocean. If you look closely there was also a moon in the morning.

Luc di VN thi chi mat 1 ngay nhung luc tro ve thi mat 2 ngay vi vay moi co 2 binh minh vi date line do chinh la ly do toi xa em 12 rieng. Toi thuong nghi mot ngay nao do con nguoi co the co nhg tram o ngoai quy dao trai dat (earth station) cho trai dat quay den VN thi bay xuong thi rat khoe vi trai dat luc dao cung quay theo quy dso. The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian where the date changes as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180° longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it mostly corresponds to the time zone boundary separating −12 and +12 hours Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (Greenwich Mean Time – GMT). Crossing the IDL travelling east results in a day or 24 hours being subtracted (so the traveler repeats the date), and crossing west results in a day being added. The exact number of hours depends on the time zones.

Morning in Chicago
Khi di thi mang vai ngan dollars khi tro ve day thi khong con mot xu ngoai tru 400 ngan tien Viet con sot lai. Vao O'hara airport bo ATM lay tien de an mot mi xao o Won Chu va 1 hamburger voi friend fries o O'hara steak house chuan bi cho may bay ve nha.

Tu hom ve den gio thi benh qua lan nay ko fai trung thuc do an ma bi cam cum so mui....ve nha that yen tinh la ky that qua khac voi Saigon vai hom truoc cu 6 gio la nghe tieng xe chay va tieng coi am i. Chi co toi moi hieu dc cam giac la lung nay. Hom di thi giua Dong troi bao tuyet va khi ve thi mua Xuan that am ap kho ta duoc cam giac bang loi. Nguoi taxi quen thuoc goi ten toi Thomas... Thomas toi da goi ong Taxi quen thuoc luc di ong noi neu ve thi goi ong ay ong se pick up. Ngoi xuong toi lay SIM card Vietnam ra thay vao SIM card cua T-mobile la goi dc. Rat tien loi khi co multi-band cellphone. Toi chi doi him co 15 phut va toi noi o arrival section pillar so 6 de ong ay tim toi cho de. Toi quay lai thi thay ong ay quen thuoc ong ay la nguoi taxi vui ve. O Chicago da lay tien nen toi co tien tra taxi va cho ong ay 5 dollars tip. Vao nha thi dau tien la su yen tinh lam toi buon den te tai. Cung co nhung chuyen xay ra ko nhu y nhu xe hoi ko chay vi binh dien chet roi bi benh roi server down vi hard drive...