Just when I am about to let Visualgui.com fades to black, your encouraging words keep me going. Thank you for “a gift from the heart…” I sure appreciate it.

Produced Bonjour Viet Nam and Ao Dai Trang A Oi.

Designed Department of Dance, Dean of Freshmen, Campus Life Office and Learning & Teaching Center.

Reviewed Ha Tran’s Doi Thoai 06, Nguyen Khang’s Dong Doi, Thanh Lam & Hong Nhung’s No, Tran Thai Hoa’s Tinh Khuc Le Uyen Phuong, Bang Kieu & Minh Tuyet’s Boi Vi Anh Yeu Em and The Duke of Jazz.

And can’t forget this fun stuff.

Meet Larissa Meek, sexy model turned Web designer. Her paintings are mad hot too.

The Official Jay-Z Mixtape presented by Rob E Rob. Impressive cuts, DJ!

This one goes out to the people who try to preach me into believing in God.

“Coke Is It“: Sasha Frere-Jones on cocaine and hip-hop.

Hip-hop may be dead in the US, but just started in Viet Nam. Little Kim represents the ‘hood of Ha Noi.

In retrospect, Visualgui.com came online as a portfolio. After Vassar scooped me up, its main purpose is no longer needed. I then turned the site into a blog, which was my personal journal. It didn’t last too long because the world don’t need to know about my personal life. So I scrapped the journal and started music writing. Whether the CDs were from singers, readers, or my own purchases, I used to review every album I could get my hands on. Thanks to the Internet, music is much easier to get these days; therefore, reviewing music is no longer my top priority. So what will be next for Visualgui.com? I have no idea. It will definitely be around, and I’ll continue to post, but will not devote my time to it like I used to.

It’s time for some Christmas jams.

I posted Bill Evans’s piano solo of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” last year, but it’s so damn good that I am posting it again. Then a short but sweet performance of “Angels We Have Heard On High” by my friend Pham Hong Hanh. Her album, Give Thanks, is fantastic for the holidays. Of course I have to include “Jingle Bells,” the first Christmas song I ever heard, and Diana Krall’s scatting reminds me of how I tried to sing the song without knowing a word of English. Finally, even “Satan Takes a Holiday” (a swing joint from Tommy Dorsey) and so do I.

I am mad “Crazy” for loving you, baby!

Mezzoblue new design: clean, simple, and wide.

Mariah Carey’s trunk is all I want for Xmas.

Hoover: Hip-hop’s cleaner.

Story of Paul Nguyen is deep from his soul. All these years of blogging, I never have the heart to write something like that.

Thuy Nga vs. Vanity Fair