Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Slideshow of Hue

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Xe bi hu vi con soc - my car won't start because the squirrels

Tu hom ve den nay chiec xe hoi khong chay, hom nay fai keo den garage de sua. Ho mat ca ngay de tim ly do vi xe toan dieu khien bang computer. Cuoi cung ho cung tim ra la nhung con soc/squirrel lam to trong may vi am roi no cang dut mot soi giay dien cho air instake sensor lam xe khong du khong khi cho xang va vi vay may khong chay. Lam mat het $200 dollars vi may con soc. O fia sau nha la canh rung hoang nen co rat nhieu con soc/squirrel, nhiem va con chon. Co hom co mot con chon/fox chay vao phong khach fai duoi ra. Toi rat yeu va thich thien nhien nhat la loai thu hay de do an cho chung nen chung hay den nha xin an. Day cung la bai hoc xe hu ko fai do may hu hong ma bi nhg con soc cang dut giay dien. Hinh thu cua ke pha hoai la thu pham nhu sau, nhung nhin cung de thuong va vo hai lam. Khong giong soc o VN soc o day co nhieu mau, xung quanh thay co nhieu loai soc ma con soc den nay thi loai li pha nhat duoc goi la be Li. These are the pictures of the squirrels causing my car won't start because they chewed a cable of air intake sensor. The sensor sends the signal to CPU central processor unit for te amount of air that engine needs in a certain time. This cable is broken.


Friday, March 25, 2011

Back home !

Con 1 tieng nua de connect fly ve nha only 1 more hour I will be home at last. Thoi tiet o day thi lanh nguoc voi thoi tiet nong nuc o Saigon nhin tam hinh nay o quan cafe Tra^`m (quan cafe nay va Mien Dong Thao gan ks anh o) truoc khi ra phi truong TSN de em xa dan ngan doi hoan vang anh di ve buon chan ke toc, thoi tiet rat nong o Sg nhin tam hinh thi du biet nong the nao ma anh gan nhu ko chiu noi nua an cung ko thay ngon tet thi con mat va nong dan dan cung la anh di den dau mua do tu Saigon den Campuchia roi tro ve VN toi di dau mua do...cuoi cung sau 2 ngay cung ve den nha tuyet da tan chuan bi cho mot mua Xuan moi. Co 2 tam tranh tu Campuchia nhin cung la so voi nhg tranh khac trong nha. Lan ve nay lam nhieu thu ma chua tung bao gio lam tu truoc den gio cung nhu 2 buc tranh moi nay. Nhieu nguoi anh huong boi su giup do cua minh voi nhg email that ngac nhien I inspired them and I have been inspired by them. Anh ko quan tam hay de y nhg gi minh lam neu cam thay can thiet de giup ai do vi ho xung dang dc giup do ho can su huong dan. Con nguoi co the lam dc nhieu chuyen vi dai neu dc huong dan mot cach tan tinh. Do la dieu ma anh hoc duong trong trai nghiem cua minh. Co the minh ko de y khi minh giup ho va ton trong an can chan that, nguoi dc nhan su giup do ho se nho minh mai mai. “Only a life lived for others is worth living”. Albert Einstein. Co nguoi hoi anh rang neu minh gap ng xau, hen va tieu nhan thi lam sao d/v anh biet nguoi ko tot thi minh ko de y ko quen nua xem nhu ho ko hien dien trong doi minh. Theo anh nghi neu minh muon dieu gi va phan dau tung gio tung phut cho muc dich thi minh se duoc, neu da di hoc thi chon muc dich cai ma minh yeu thich nhat vi chinh no se la niem vui cho cuoc song cua minh du gi da hoc thi hoc that gioi ng hoc gioi se co nhg loi diem trong tuong lai do la dieu o VN sinh vien chua co dung nghi rang hoc de co 1 bang cap ma de trang bi cho minh mot kien thuc can ban cho doi cho ban than va nhat la biet dao duc song va dao duc lam viec. Chinh kien thuc do lam cho ta mot cai nhin khach quan ve nhieu van de chinh do tao ra cai nhinh cua cai toi cua minh do la dieu ma anh khac voi nhg ng khac vi minh tu tin voi nhg gi minh lam. Va chinh no cung tao va trang bi cho chung ta de biet the nao la dieu nen lam va dieu nao ko nen lam. Da lo hoc thi hoc that gioi da lo di lam 8 tieng thi lam cai gi minh yeu thich nhat vi cuoi cung do la niem vui cua minh/dam me cua minh. Con nguoi se tuyet voi va tha thu va lam nhg dieu that huyen dieu nhg dieu tot neu minh co nhieu dam me va dung thoi gian ranh cho nhg dam me ma minh yeu thich. Neu chung ta ko co dam me thi giong nhu chung ta ko biet huong di ko biet ngay mai minh se lam gi? vai phut ranh minh se lam gi? hien gio minh se lam gi? tat ca deu tuy thuoc vao dam me cua minh. Moi lan ve toi thuong di tham vuon Long Thanh de noi chuyen voi ng trong nom vuon ma moi lan nhu vay minh tro chuyen va hoi tham chi L co lan chi noi 1 cau ma toi nho mai: "Chu ve day ma tham toi thi toi rat qui chu lam vi toi chi la nguoi o do/day to cho chu vi vay chu ko can cho toi tien nua". Day la ng VN dau tien tu choi nhan tien cua toi. Toi biet rang nhg gi lam minh noi minh lam da anh huong rat nhieu nguoi ma minh ko he biet do dieu tu nhien cua minh trong moi truong minh song da truong thanh da di hoc ma minh da anh huong. Do la dieu ma du co tien ko he mua dc do la ly tuong song cua minh. Da lo sinh ra tren doi nay thi minh can co mot ly tuong song, cai dam me se tao ta mot ly tuong song that tot.
Today when I watched CNN talking about Elizabeth Taylor life who died Wednesday at age 79, Larry King summing-up her life with the word "passions/dam me". I knew Elizabeth Taylor when I was very young in the movie Cleopatra. Larry King noi rang Elizabeth Taylor bieu hien/tieu bieu cho mot con nguoi nhieu dam me/say me. Dieu do de chung minh nhg gi anh noi la dung. Song fai co dam me tren doi nay do la su khac biet cua con nguoi voi cay co.







Sunday, March 20, 2011

Long Thanh last visit - mangoes picking

It was strange the bird at the same coconut tree last year when I was here. Luc truoc khi Di toi con song toi van thuong den Long Thanh tham Di va mua do an chay cho Di gio thi Di da mat toi van den tham Long Thanh de tuong niem va dot nhan de noi rang con ve tham Di va Me. O day dc goi la nha tho, co tho nhieu tuong Phat, Di, Me, Ong Co, Noi, Ngoai du het, toi xem nhu di ve voi gia dinh mac du chi co nguoi lam vuon duy nhat.






Dinh Thong Nhat - Dinh Doc Lap. Ten nao hay hon?

Ve VN nhieu lan ma lan dau tien vao dinh doc lap. Lan nay co nhieu thu lam lan dau tien vao dinh doc lap cung la lan dau tien. Tong thong Thieu mat o tieu ban Massachussetts o do ma ko biet den khi xem tivi moi biet ong ay cung o Boston thoi do voi minh.
P.S. Ten duong doi dien voi dinh ngay xua goi la Duong Thong Nhat bgio doi lai ten duong la Le Duan. Rat la lung ten duong thi doi lai lay ten duong vao ten dinh. Cung nhu Cau Cong Ly ngay xua chay tren duong Cong Ly co truong Phap Charles De Gaulles ma anh hoc, bgio cau van goi la cau Cong Ly nhg ten duong goi la Ng Van Troi va Nam Ky Khoi Nghia. Cai gi dep va chan ly dung ta ko nen thay doi no ve phuong dien nghe thuat va tham my.









Friday, March 18, 2011

Good bye Siem Reap

Ve den Saigon nhg nguoi trg khach san goi la viet cong roi khmer do vi cai khang choang mua tu Campuchia. Cai hop lam bang la thot not de goi nhg buc tranh mua tu Siem Reap nho vay nhg buc tranh van con nguyen mua o do chi co 3 dollars va ve lam khung het 10 dollars.






Thursday, March 17, 2011

Bien Ho Tongle Sap - Tongle Sap lake















Wednesday, March 16, 2011

You can make a rock statue smile

I really enjoyed Angkor Wat in here my mind floated with ideas how the ancient city was build in 10 th century. Toi thich Angkor Wat in Campuchia vi nhin thay su co kin xua cam nhan dc va bai phuc lam sao ng ta thoi ay co the xay duoc nhg den tho nay tu vua Yasocarman 1 den 7 vao the ky thu 10 va mat 100 nam de xay dung voi gan 80000 ngan nguoi tham du de xay den Angkor Wat. Nhg cay co thu ko biet da co tu luc nao nhg chung co tuoi hon 250 nam. Va nhg tuong nay da ton tai hon thoi gian qua lau nhu vay. Toi thich vi no van con nguyen ven cua thoi xa xua do. Buoc vao va ro nhg pho tuong minh co the cam nhan dc neu minh giau oc tuong tuong. Day la nhg vi than o truoc cua cua central Angkor cua den Ta Prohm Kel (based on the book guides Ancient Angkor by Freeman). Toi cung ko biet vi than nay dang cuoi hay dang khoc hay dang khi de ai do. Cung giong La Joconde cua Leonard de Vinci.