Two dope Chinese boys infront of a webcam. I must have been repeating it for the last 10 times.

Waterboy, a well-executed animation for Evian Mineral Water.

Get a Mac, Apple’s ads. Check out the new digital camera from Japan. She’s cute!

Lien Khuc Ru, a Trinh Cong Son’s medley performed by Tran Thu Ha, Thanh Lam, Hong Nhung, and My Linh.

Like I haven’t have enough hate on my own site. Now I am getting my balls cut off by Minh Tuyet’s fans over at Thuy Nga’s forum after someone posted my review of Boi Vi Anh Yeu Em. Yes, I did expect it to happen so I am not going to sweat it, but I find some of the comments to be amusing. So let me repost some of them with my short responses to entertain myself. Believe it or not, I also am too embarrassed to step into strip clubs. The college days and fraternity’s Rush weeks are over. So here are some of the comments about me that I find entertaining:

that dude is always harsh! I admire his honesty but god geeze, he’s so bias! he trashes on every single pretty singer (male or female!) – puppyLo16

Voice has no appearance, puppy. But keep on barking!

That visualgui dude is into Dam Vinh Hung….I rest my case! – 411

For the 411, let me quote myself: “Mr. Dam is done. It’s time to drop the mic and pick up the clipper.” So do some damn research before opening up your mouth, or as Jay-Z is saying, “Dickface, get your shit straight.”

Seriously… it’s WRONG, guys dont like DVH… lol !!!! no kidding… that’s probably why he doesnt think Minh Tuyet is hot… he’s into guys, not girls !!!! lol :] – t_ninjia

Brilliant concept but not so convincing. You should say something like this: “He’s into guys, not girls. Girls can’t handle him because he has a PhD… Pretty Huge Dick, that is.” Now that makes more sense than arguing that if a guy doesn’t think a girl is hot, he’s into guys.

Cynicism attracts readers – a cheap tactic employed by irresponsible reviewers. This is nothing but typical of such rubbish… – Le_Chi

Maybe my writing is rubbish, at least my piece isn’t filled with ass-kissing shit like, “Overall I’m delighted to have this album. Good music, best vocals, outstanding arrangement with a healthy mix of metals, strings, and a touch of sax. The song selection is meticulous considering the variety, the layout, and the quality of each and every song. Great job!”

According to the sitcom, “Con Duong Nghe Thuat Chong Gai,” in Paris By Night 81: Am Nhac Khong Bien Gioi 2, I am not qualified to criticize Thuy Nga’s product since I didn’t pay twenty five bucks for it, even though I get to watch the original DVD. I am not interested in writing another review since ninety-six percent of the video is garbage anyway. Yes, even Tuan Ngoc’s performance is awful. Mad kowtows, however, to his pops Lu Lien. Even with such an unaesthetic program, Thuy Nga still manage to sell their product, and I have to give their marketers the credits for that. They know their real consumers, and they know how to entertain them. Who are they targeting? The Vietnamese married men.

Unlike American married men who find their entertainment in strippers, Vietnamese married men are either too shy or too scared to step into strip spots, and Thuy Nga marketers see that. Somebody has to entertain the Vietnamese married men because their wives don’t. When was the last time a wife stripped her for man? She makes love to him, but she doesn’t tease him. Part of a wife’s responsibility is to make sure her man gets his mandicine. And when a woman works twelve hours a day (many Vietnamese women do), she just wants to get it done and over with. So she would give him a quick blowjob, just enough for him to be hard for five minutes. After that she could get a peaceful rest. She satisfies his needs, but won’t entertain him. So he has to find another way to entertain himself.

Why and how do Thuy Nga marketers target Vietnamese married man? Buying a Thuy Nga’s video is like killing birds with one stone. He could get his fantasy on while watching Paris By Night’s video with his wife and kids. Thuy Nga are so clever at incorporating PG-13 entertainment into their videos. Let’s take Minh Tuyet’s performance of “Da Khong Yeu Thi Thoi” for example. She is so good at stripping that she doesn’t even need a pole, and Thuy Nga wouldn’t want it to be so obvious either. To take the performance to the next level, they wanted to give a sense that she is floating in the air by grabbing on to the red curtain. To pull this off, they have four strong hands behind the curtain supporting her ghetto booty (Damn! I want that job). She works like a professional stripper while the camera focuses on her slightly sagged breasts. She even pulls off some of her garments. If her presentation is not a strip tease, I don’t know what is. Minh Tuyet is not alone, the usual suspects includes Nhu Loan, Bao Han, Loan Chau, Ho Le Thu, Thuy Tien, and Luu Bich.

To show how much a Vietnamese married man loves his wife, he would run out and buy Thuy Nga’s DVDs whenever they release regardless if they are good or bad as long as the whole family can enjoy. He could sleep through other performances as well as Nguyen Ngoc Ngan’s and Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen’s yakidiyak, just make sure to wake him up when the girls come on stage.

I’ve been receiving automated messages from my host every six hours stating: “The domain visualgui.com has reached 80% of its bandwidth limit. Please contact the system admin as soon as possible.” 80% of 400 gigabytes data transfer in less than a month is overwhelming. Didn’t realize that I am packing more traffic than the streets of Sai Gon. To reduce the congestion, I have to temporarily move all the Motion pieces to the school server, delete the miscellaneous folder (Flash music files and images), and disable all the food photos in the Eatery section. Hopefully, the site can survive until the end of the month without exceeding 400 gigs of bandwidth. In case Visualgui.com does go offline, please come back on May 1st. Keep the faith in me. Only technology can disconnect me from you.

Chosen One got the flow and delivery, which are cool for club joints and clowning on Asia’s videos. When it comes to serious hip-hop, however, he is only half way there. He’s lacking the personal expression and the lyrical wit to make a distinctive voice as a rapper. His political statement in “World News” is weak and his technique is stilted. Both “Lyte It Up,” and “Still the Same” are lost in the gangsta shit with the same damn weed-puffing, women-dissing, and amateur-beefing contents, nothing new. Despite the saccharine lyrics, I am feeling that west coast funk in “L.A. Underground Part 2” and Chosen’s dope flow. Still, homeboy has a long way to go in term of lyricism. Keep listening to your mentors (Pac, Nas, Jigga, and AZ) and find your own voice, C.

Never-seen-before footages of Ngoc Lan’s live performances in “Da Vu Don Xuan” at Ottawa, Canada back in 1991 when new wave was hot in the Vietnamese community. “Comment Ça Va” and “Black is Black” are the first two (out of sixteen) exclusive clips provided by the Viva band to be published on iLoveNgocLan.com. She got the groove, didn’t she? Mad props to Hung Vu, Viva’s keyboardist, for these priceless treasures.

Nguyen Dinh Phung’s “Dem Hoai Vong” is a masterful display of Tuan Ngoc’s harmonic sensibility and Duy Cuong’s understated technique. Best to be experienced in a late, peaceful night. Da Khuc Nguyen Dinh Phung is highly recommended if you like this kind of music. If Tuan Ngoc puts you to sleep, don’t bother.

Ba Que’s Xua va Nay, a gorgeous traditional/contemporary folk instrumental album for free 99. Don’t say that I don’t hook you up. “Hanh Khuc Tho Nhi Ki” is mad crazy the way they weaved classical melody into eastern sounds.

Beautiful shots of Trinh Cong Son’s ” Phuc Am Buon” concert from Phong Lan and Joseph.

Me, me, me, me, and more me. Damn! Everywhere I go, I see the same hoe.

Today is mom’s last day at her job. She is finally retiring at the age of 69. Now what? I will have a personal chef again after four long years. More food to come.

Diggin’ the way Nguyen Khang massages the hook on Tuan Khanh’s “Mua Em Troi,” especially near the end where he maneuvers the last word in each bar. His performance is an example of making a sugary pop tune unsweetened.

White Out, a badass, head-whacking video featuring the sexy Jenna Jameson. Produced by Tronic Studio for Adidas’ spot.

Designchuchi, a breath-taking site design with a creative CSS layout.

Thank You for Smoking, a gorgeous typographic motion. Gotta love that trumpet solo!

Bonsoir Monsieur Chu (Xin Chao Ong Chu) is a spendid short animation about a simple Vietnamese lifestyle. The film, produced by Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy, is well executed. The synopsis (in French) and the credits could be found at ARTE. (Thanks Quynh Tram).

Vassar Innovators. Idea, research, and written by Julia Vandevelder, and designed by Chris Silverman.

SimpleBits realigned. Like the colors, but not too crazy about the fluid columns.

Simmons College. Rich use of colors, clean, and organized.

Coudal. Just dig the simplicity, what more can I say?

Quark rebranded once again.

Dave Devries’s Monster Engine. Dave takes children’s drawings and renders them into freaky monsters. Might frighten your kids, especially the Wonder Woman, so be careful!

Lil’Kyle, a friend’s kid, got that pimp juice from me.

“The Friends, the passion and the simplicity in Trinh’s music” (The article is written in Vietnamese). The Friends will hold down a Trinh’s music night in memory of the talented musician on April 1 in Santa Ana, Ca. From the article, the band is going to incorporate jazz and semi-classical flavors into Trinh’s compositions. Sounds very interesting! If you’re in the area, come out, enjoy the show and let us know what’s up? (Joseph, I know you’ll be there.)