Although I don’t know Lele personally, I can relate to what she is going through. The story about her Ong Ngoai (grandpa) is an inspiration. He is a man of honor. Lele, we share your grief. Rest in Peace, grandpa.

Get Flashed

Ok, normally I don’t post this kind of link but I thought this is a fun use of Flash. Check out Bouncing Boobs! Warning: nudity material.

Grammy Sucks

The Grammy Award sucks. Norah Jones won almost all the awards. The performances were good but not outstanding.

The 45th Grammy Award is on tonight at 8:00. The Eminem Show is going win the album of the year catagory. I want to see Eminem performs Lose Yourself, Nelly & Kelly perform Dilemma, Dixie Chicks performs Landslide, and Norah Jones performs Don’t Know Why.

RIP

God bless Jesica Santillan and her family.

So Degrading

I am a daily reader of VnExpess.net. Accidentally, I typed in VnExpress.com and came to my surprised, I was landed on a Vietnamese dating tour site. Basically, the whole tour is around $3,500 and you get to choose a Vietnamese lady (out of 100) to take on a date and eventually going to married her. Isn’t that degrading towards Vietnamese women? It looks like they are selling them. Thanks to the Vietnamese communist, all the ladies from Vietnam want to get the fuck out of the country in any way they can. They would married any strangers for some money even though they can’t communicate to their foreign husbands. Meet Hanh, a beautiful 16 years old girl who married to a 57 years old Taiwanese motherfucker to be his third wife and eventually became his slave. She had to take care of his farm and house even when she was four months pregnant. If she rebelled, he would beat the crap out of her. After giving birth to her child, she had to leave her own flesh and blood and fled back to Vietnam because she could not continued to be living in hell. What a fucking tragedy!

All Time Favorite Movie

Taxi Driver is a classic. One of Robert De Niro great performance. Saw it once a while ago but I really appreciate the details when watching it again yesterday. It’s bloody brilliant and psychological inspiration. It’s surely a masterpiece from Martin Scorsese.

It’s so crappy outside, dark and raining all day. Yesterday, I hanged out with Keisha at her crib after work. She made a blazin’ pepperoni pizza. It tasted so delicious with Alice White wine. After dinner, we watched Insomnia and drank some Alize. Although there was not a whole lot of action but the storyline of the movie was great. Al Pacino performance was outstanding as always. Robin Williams was also very good but I just can’t see him as a serious character. It’s not his acting was bad. It’s just that I had always see him as Mrs. Doubtfire. Same thing with One Hour Photo, his performance was superb but I just can’t put aside his comedic character. Anyways, thanks Keisha for invited me over for a nice evening. We should do it again some time.

Parasites

I had been getting ads on my desktop every minute came out of nowhere. They were so annoying. I thought they were pop-up ads but even when I closed my browser, they still popped up. Until today upon visiting Dive Into Mark, I was prompted with a warning message that I have NewDotNet and FlashTrack installed on my computer without my permission. Thanks to DoxDesk for pointing them out and giving instructions to uninstall these devil fuckers.

An Important Friend

Cuban President Fidel Castro visited Ha Noi, Vietnam to discuss trade and investment relations. According to spokesman, Nong Duc Manh, Castro’s visit will mark an important history of 43 years relationship between Vietnam and Cuba. In his heart, Fidel Castro is a great communist leader who fights for freedom and independent. Castro is also an important friend of the Vietnamese with his famous quote, “Vi Viet Nam, nhan dan Cuba san sang hien dang ca mau cua minh.” Translate, “Because of Viet Nam, the Cuban is willing to shed their own blood.” Obviously, both country admired each other because both shared a history of war with the United States. However, Americans are always my most important friends. During my 12 years living in the US, I find the Americans to be the friendliest people. I have always been treated with repect. Thanks American.

It’s a shining beautiful Friday. No more snow storms. It makes me want to get up out of here and go to Vung Troi Binh Yen (a peaceful place). Actually, Vung Troi Binh Yen is a title of a song, currently enjoying, performed by Dam Vinh Hung and Hong Ngoc.

“Buoc chan vui hanh phuc. Nam tay ta ve vung troi binh yen.” -Huu Tam
“Stepping together in happiness. Hand in hand, we’ll escape to a peaceful place.”

OS X 10.2.4

Updated to 10.2.4 last Wednesday and every time I boot up my Mac, it sets the time back to Wednesday, December 31, 1969. Does anyone else have that problem? Well, I am currently using network time right now until Apple fixes the bug.

Got a copy of Biggupssdotcom vol #1 from the All College Day event. Damn the album is tight as hell. This is not just an average album put together by some local artists. Each track was crafted and carefully produced. Like he said, “Poughkeepsie got some of these sickest Niggaz overlooked.” -Nomadic Thoughts.

Teenage Wasteland

While cleaning up my hard drive, I came across Teenage Wasteland. This piece is so powerful and emotional that I had to downloaded it to my hard drive so I can watch it over and over again.

Had a great time at the All College Day event. The Talent Show kicked ass and the Interactive Theatre was very creative. Many thanks to the Campus Life Resource Group for making this day happened.

Chuyen Mot Dem (Story of a Night)

This song is so emotional. I could pictured the pain, misery and hopelessness.

“Ai, ai giet con toi, ai cuop con toi giua con mong dem thai binh?”
“Who, who killed my child, who stole my child during a dream for a peaceful night?”

“Chuyen Mot Dem” was written by Anh Bang based on a true story during the war in Viet Nam. In the bloody night of Tet Mau Than 1968, terrified and worried were on the minds of the Vietnamese while hiding in the trenches. Around 11:30 pm, they heard a sorrowful screaming voice of a woman running towards them. Under the flickering light of an oil lamp, they recognized in her arms was a child about a year of age. Her hands, shirt and child were full of blood. She was screaming in tears repeatedly, “Please save my baby.” She placed the child down on the ground hoping for help. Unfortunately, it was too late because the child passed away. The mother didn’t even know when did her child stopped breathing. She kneeled down next to her child’s body and cried out in grief. She kissed and caressed her child for the last time before they would be apart forever.

It’s still snowing hard outside. Vassar closed today. Spending the whole day at home creating the layout for nfsahc.org. It is taking so much time on a 19″ monitor. I am so used to the dual monitors at work. Plus, my Pen II is so slow compared to the G4 at work.

Upcoming Projects

Designing a web site for the Network for Safe and Healthy Children. Working on a gallery studio for the Art Department at Vassar. More work, less sleep.

Top 10 Inspirational Lyrics

Came up with this list while driving home.

01. Dear Mama – 2pac
02. Tro Ve Cat Bui
03. Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
04. Stan – Eminem
05. Mot Chut Qua Cho Que Huong – Viet Dzung
06. Mot Lan Mien Vien Xot Xa
07. Tears – Wu Tang
08. Imagine – John Lennon
09. Who We Be – DMX
10. If I Ruled the World – Nas

Currently jamming to “Tinh Xot Xa Thoi” from My Tam new album “Dau Chi Rieng Em.” Love that Latin beat, makes me want to get my groove on. Her voice is so damn sweet. I think I am falling in love with this chic. “Co be toc nau moi tram cua toi oi!”

Nguoi Ra Di

Also listening to “Nguoi Ra Di,” the Vietnamese version of Soledad from Westlife. The lyrics of each version have their own attractiveness.

“Nguoi ra di, bo lai day chat ngat nhung don dau va con tim nho thuong mong cho. Sao em ra di roi nguoi yeu hoi. Nguoi noi dau dem nay co nho chang. Tinh say dam da trao cho nguoi. Sao nay em quen roi, giac mo xua.” – Nhom MTV

“Soledad, it’s a keeping for the lonely since the day that you were gone. Why did you leave me, Soledad? In my heart you were the only and your memory live on. Why did you leave me, Soledad?” -Westlife

Too Much Music

You probably wondering why I listen to music too much. Well, music plays a big part of my life. I appreciate the aesthetic qualities of music; therefore, my music flavor is very diverse. Doesn’t matter which genre or culture, as long as it pleases my ears, mind and soul. Music also inspires me with my work. Wish I could have speakers in my office and just shut the door and crack up the volume. The headphone is killing my ears.

New book arrived. Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, author of the famous Neuronmancer.

Inspiration

Check out o2studio, a design resource, inspiration and community, created by the folks at skvisual.

Sexy

Smooth navigation, simple layout with hot photos, Robby Cyron photography portfolio is sexy as hell.

I was watching Chris Rock, Bigger and Blacker last night. He cracked me up so bad. All his jokes were hilarious but the two cracked me up the most were: 1) He was talking the needs for men from women. Food, sex and silence. Feed me, fuck me and shut the fuck up. 2) He was explaining the different lies between men and women. Men lies about everything and it became our habits, “Yo baby, I ma go to my boy’s crib…” stupid stuff like that. Women lies, “It’s your baby.” Ouchhhh…. Highly recommended if you’re looking a hard good laugh.

Binh Minh Se Mang Em Di – Dam Vinh Hung

“Xin hay hon anh that long, vi mai da xa nhau that roi. Anh biet, Khi tan bong dem, binh minh roi se mang em that xa.” -Dam Vinh Hung

This song stuck in my head now. The English version is really nice too.

“Hold, hold me for a while. I know, this won’t last forever. So hold, hold me tonight, before the morning takes you away.” -Rednex