Yesterday, I helped Xuân reviewing for his test on the Famous American Civil Rights Leaders. We ended up creating a blog post so he can use as a study guide. Good luck on the test tomorrow, son!

All the people
Livin’ life in peace
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one.

Imagine that!

I am so glad to see Đán getting back to the skatepark for a bit. Here’s his latest drop in. I still love the clip in which he dropped into a gigantic pipe.

Nhìn quanh một mình
Đường quen không tới
Tìm nhau ngại ngùng
Chỉ vì đời mình
Chưa có bình minh.

Xuân’s short clip is getting over 10k view. I must admit that I was a bit nervous when he went down that ramp.

Thảo Thảo viết trên Facebook:

combination giữa yếu tố văn hoá (thi ca, văn học, âm nhạc…) và font/typo + graphic. trang web xịn quá ạ

Rất vui thấy được có người hiểu được dụng ý của tôi về những dự án trong mục typographic samples. Những đề tài trong đó không đơn giản là kiểu mẫu nữa, mà đã trở những gì tôi muốn thu tập cho chính mình và cho những người đọc để chúng ta hiểu thêm về văn hoá Việt Nam.

“Đến bao giờ trở về Việt Nam / thăm đồng lúa vàng, thăm con đò chiều hoang”, lần đầu tiên nghe nhạc phẩm “Đường về quê hương” của cố nhạc sĩ Lam Phương ở xứ lạ quê người tôi rơi nước mắt. Sau 30 năm, giờ tự hát vẫn nghẹn ngào nhớ quê hương.

Betsy Reed writes for The Guardian

A study in Japan has found that writing down your reaction to a negative incident on a piece of paper and then shredding it, or scrunching it into a ball and throwing it in the bin, gets rid of anger.

I had written quite a bit of angry shit on this blog. I had to unpublish some of my angry posts once in a while, but I had not getting rid of anything completely.

With open structures and gracious proportions, Euchre, a sans-serif family designed by Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh, is designed for comfortable reading. Its balanced contrast makes Euchre a solid text face that supports many languages. For Vietnamese, its acute, grave, and hook above stack to the right of its circumflex. Take a look at Euchre set in Vietnamese.

Dear Tonkin Voyage,

My name is Donny Truong and I created the “Bonjour Vietnam” video you uploaded to your YouTube account. The video also includes the Tonkin Voyage logo. You never asked for my permission to use the video; therefore, I kindly request that you take down the video, which is already existed on my YouTube account.

Thank you and looking forward to hearing back from you.

Donny Truong

Update: 12 minutes later I received a response from Tonkin Voyage:

Hello Trương,

I want to extend my sincerest apologies for the oversight in uploading your video. It has been removed now. Your video featured stunning imagery, and I truly appreciate your contribution. Thank you very much, and may you continue to find joy in your endeavors.

Thank you for the swift action. I appreciate it.