My vacation time is already up. Two weeks went by way too quick. Work is going to be crazy until the end of this month as we’re moving our web pages into the content management system; therefore, I won’t have time to watch the World Cup.

Last night, Cu Dao threw up all over me after he drank some milk. He woke up this morning coughing. I hope that he’ll recover quickly so he could go to daycare tomorrow or else one of us will have to stay home with him. The poor guy is resting now. Be strong, my son.

Have to root for the home team. I’ll be in Eden cheering for the US team with the Vietnamese fellows. Go USA and make us proud!

The US scored a lucky goal and tied up with England. The US team definitely has quite some work to do, especially the defend line. Mad props to goalie Tim Howard who did a phenomenon job of keeping the ball away from the net.

Dana’s first anticipated match. She’s rooting for the ARG. Good luck NGA!

I am watching Duke more than the game so can’t really follow too closely. ARG is dominating for sure with the first goal within 5 minutes into the game.

Asian pride baby!

First Half: KOR was well organized and impressive in technical. KOR scored the first goal within six minutes into the game.

Second Half: Another goal for KOR. The Asian boys had definitely stepped up their game.

Shakira humped the speaker (cue in at 3:30) on “She Wolf,” shook her booty on “Hips Don’t Lie” and torn up the stage with “Waka Waka.” Damn, that chick is HOT.

I was talking to my man Hoang last night and I couldn’t help laughing at these wise words:

Married women want to change their men; married men want their women to stay the same.

Why is divorce so expensive? Because it’s worth it.

Good luck to the underdog!

First Half: URU was actually very impressive against the powerhouse FRA. Even though FRA had the ball more, URU hustled hard to keep the ball away from the goal.

Second Half: No score on both side. FRA clearly dominated the attack, but URU did a great defend job for a 10-men game.

One of the School of Business professors, Lisa Delpy Neirotti, takes a group of students to World Cup to learn about the economic impact of the games on South Africa and study the way sports events can be used for social change. Watch the clip on ABC News.

The first game is finally here: the host team against my amigos. The choice is hard, but I have root for my amigos. So go Mexico. It’s not bad to spend my last vacation day watching the World Cup even though I wish I could extend my vacation for the next month.

First Half: Not a very exciting first half even though Mexico had more possession and control. I am sure Mexico will put at least one in for the second half.

Second Half: The pace was much better. RSA charged more and scored the first goal. MEX was able to put in one goal and leveled the playing field. Not a bad first game.

Twelve years into show biz with numerous forgettable releases, Quang Dung has yet to learn the art of crafting an album. He still throws together a handful of tracks and picks out a word for the album title.

His latest release, Toi, has no concept or any particular theme that goes into the album. You could just put Toi on random and the listening experience would still be the same: just a bunch of tracks with various songwriters and arrangements that have no connection whatsoever.

If you play the album in random, however, you might not get to hear Quang Dung’s highly irritating pronunciation on the opening track, Bao Chan’s “Roi Dau Yeu Ve.” His “x” in particular is like sharp needles poking into your ears. By the time he gets to “xa xoi, xa xoi da xa xoi roi,” the piercing sound is just unbearable. So it might be not a bad thing to skip this track altogether.

While we’re at it, let’s also skip Anh Bang’s “Anh Con No Em” and Hoang Trong Thuy’s “Doan Khuc Cuoi Cho Em.” For some reasons, these two tunes had been covered again and again by countless of singers in the past year. The royalty fees must be on sale or none at all. In all fairness, I wouldn’t mind hearing another cover if Quang Dung could bring something fresh to the tune. In this case, neither the production nor the interpretation stands out.

Quang Dung once again offers the same safety formula he had used since his debut. Toi is just another predictable work that demonstrates nothing but his creative limitation. It’s a damn shame that Quang Dung can’t seem get beyond his comfort zone.