Phúc Tiệp có chất giọng trầm ấm nhưng cách anh hát cứng đơ. Ngay bài mở đầu “Mùa hè đẹp nhất” (Đức Huy), Phúc Tiệp nhả nặng nề từng chữ. Cách anh hát không trôi chảy. Từ “Cơn mưa phùn” (Đức Huy) đến “Mắt lệ cho người” (Từ Công Phụng), Phúc Tiệp trình bày mà không có cái flow.
The latest design of this blog dedicates to snowboarding, a sport I am obsessed with. I just can’t wait to hit the slopes. I don’t have much else to say. If you want to follow my journey, check out my YouTube Shorts or subscribe to my YouTube Channel.
Thank you Sameera Kapila for shedding the light on the dark corner of marginalized identities. This book is an invaluable resource not only for the designer communities, but also for leaders who hold the privileges in their hands. They are the ones that can make the change for their communities. No matter what industry or sector or institution, we deserve an inclusive environment. Just open up your mind and eyes and Kapila will guide us there.
Sau vài lần hẹn hò ngoài phố, em mời tôi đến căn hộ của em ăn tối lần đầu. Tôi mừng rỡ sách theo chai rượu wine và album Tháng sáu trời mưa của Thụy Vũ mà tôi rất thích lúc đó.
Vừa ăn beef steak thơm tho do em nướng, vừa nhâm nhi ly rượu chát có chút vị ngọt ngào, vừa thưởng thức giọng hát trầm ấm của Thụy Vũ, vừa được ngồi bên em, tôi muốn thời gian dừng lại. Đến bài “Niệm khúc cuối”, của nhạc sĩ Ngô Thụy Miên, nhè nhẹ bắc đầu, tôi mời em slow dance. Ôm em vào lòng tôi biết mình đã tìm được một người cùng đi trên đường đời.
Hôm nay ngày Valentine’s, tôi muốn được cái cảm giác của ngày hôm đó sau 16 năm bên nhau. Tôi hát lại “Niệm khúc cuối” với tất cả cảm xúc dành cho người vợ yêu mến:
Cho tôi xin em như gối mộng
Cho tôi ôm em vào lòng.
Xin cho một lần, cho đêm mặn nồng
Yêu thương vợ chồng.
I made a trip to Liberty today at noon since it had a few inches of snow. The wet snow, however, made snowboarding a bit tough. I was having a hard time maneuvering around the huge moguls on the double-black diamond slopes, but I had fun. I did about six runs and headed back home. I was trying to carve, but the conditions were a bit rough. Not a bad day at all.
The Standard GT Pressura encoding now supports 196 Latin-based languages. We’re also offering a Vietnamese add-on to complement the typeface, created in consultation with Donny Trương.
It was my pleasure to play an advising role in GT Pressura.
It’s time for the annual performance review. Started last year, I am keeping track of my responsibilities. Since I write on the daily basis, documenting my work flowed smoothly into my routine. Around this time of the year, I had always dreaded the self evaluation. This year, I am going incorporate my year-long tasks into the evaluation.
Yesterday, my wife notified me that our Samsung washing machine displayed a UE error message, which meant unbalanced load. I powered it off and tried to spin it. It spinned for a bit and then added more water. Of course I looked up YouTube and came across this video. I didn’t do the second part. I only opened up the bottom and tightened up the screw, which was already tightened. In the process, I cleaned up all the nasty gunks that had been collected over the years. I hope this will fix the issue. I didn’t run the machine because I broke the cap when I pried it open with a flat-head screwdriver.
We let our kids cut school today to celebrate Vietnamese New Year. I decide to ring in the Lunar New Year on the slopes. Our whole family plus my mother-in-law headed to Liberty at 7 am. Since it was still a week day, it was not too crowded.
Since the weather was so warm, I had the idea that we would ski in our áo dài. My wife didn’t go for it. She was not comfortable skiing in áo dài. Obviously the teenage boys (Đạo and Đán) were too embarrassed to wear them. Only Xuân and I were up for it. Here’s a clip of me snowboarding in áo dài.
I was able to do two double-black-diamond runs. I wish I had more time because I started to enjoy snowboarding off double-black-diamond slopes. We headed out around 1 pm to get ready for the Lunar New Year eve.
We stopped by Vinh Kee on the way home to have dim sum. It was a great day with the family. I loved it.
Yesterday, I went to Breeze, one of my favorite Korean bakeries, to pick up a birthday cake for my son. After choosing a chocolate cake and paying for it, I asked the cashier if I could put some words on the cake. She handed me a piece of paper and a pen. I wrote down, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO XUÂN.”
She told me they can’t do the thing on the letter A. I said to her, “You can’t draw two connected lines,” as I held up my hands above my head to show her the circumflex. She said, “We can only do English words.” I replied, “99% of the text is English. I just need one tiny diacritic.” Again, she said, “No, only English words. We don’t want to mess up.” I thought to myself, “She’s Korean. She’s not even American,” but I insisted, “I already paid for the cake. It’s fine if it is messed up.” She still declined.
Five minutes later, she handed me the cake. I peeped into it and the text reads, “Happy Birthday To Xuân” with the circumflex on the letter a. With delight, I said to her, “That’s perfect. Please say thanks to the cake decorator.” With a bit of defeat, she replied, “Only this time. Not next time.” I smiled and replied, “Well, there won’t be next time because I won’t come back.”
If she can’t accommodate a small request, I don’t need to buy a cake here even though this is one of my favorite bakeries. I was not asking her to draw a complicated Nôm character. I asked for a simple diacritical mark.