February 2012
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Sustainable Orgs: Call to Orgs Serving the... →
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Mary Le, 29, wrote to me asking about volunteer opportunities within the Vietnamese community in Santa Clara County. Usually when I get requests like these, I tell them to check VolunteerMatch.org first. I searched “Vietnamese” within a 20-mile radius of San Jose, and only 9 opportunities showed up. That’s not a lot of choices, especially given that Mary has conversational...
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15-minute writing exercise closes the gender gap...
baohouse: I learned, I think in anthropology class, that words are not only a reflection of our mental state, but can also influence them. Amazing what a 15-minute writing exercise can accomplish.
Think about the things that are important to you. Perhaps you care about creativity, family relationships, your career, or having a sense of humour. Pick two or three of these values and write a few...
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Vietnamese-American women place strict rules on...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — The trouble for Henry Liem begins every time he prepares to return to his homeland.
Getting the required visa from the Vietnamese government is a breeze. It’s the “second visa” — from his wife worried that he will stray over there — that requires diplomatic skills.
“My wife is always cranky every time I go,” said Liem, a...
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knowthe(source): Picture Son: How to Love Yourself... →
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Something I wrote for the most recent issue of Non Song. Intersections between being Vietnamese-American, second generation, and gay. Enjoy!
Picture Son: How to Love Yourself and Your Gay Vietnamese Children
By Trung Nguyen
I kept watch at the mailbox every day for the first two weeks…
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Call for Contributors for New English-language...
Dear members of the community of the Vietnamese culture,
My name is Bao, and I’d like to request support for a not-so-little project, a English-language Vietnamese Folklore database. Its aim is to be a comprehensive repository of the myths, legends, tales, folklore, belief systems, and traditions of the Vietnamese culture.
The application of this project is to make available the vast and...
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Vietnamese Folklore Wiki(a)
Visit my new (one of many) initiative, Vietnamese Folklore Wikia!
My muse-with-a-golden-heart, Kym Pham, asked me about a website of Vietnamese folklore, myths, legends, etc. I was surprised to discover there was no comprehensive one in English, and even Vietnamese-language ones were being placed inside forums and bulletin boards, a woefully inadequate place to put such information. So, I decided...
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S.F. schools struggle with more homeless kids
Brothers Rudy and Danny Nguyen wait for a storage locker site to open so their family can stow their bag of possessions.
Rudy Nguyen, 10, is homeless. Last week, he was sleeping on the floor at a San Francisco drop-in homeless shelter with his parents and 3-year-old brother Danny. Thin mats kept them off hard linoleum. In the last two months, he spent three nights at a bus shelter and a week on...
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Santa Clara County Vietnamese Health Assessment...
The Vietnamese Health Assessment for Santa Clara County, conducted by the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health with various local Vietnamese American organizations serving as the advisory commission, released their full report recently.
Key Findings
The Vietnamese population is the second largest Asian subgroup in Santa Clara County, at 7.5% of the county population. Santa Clara...
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Vietnamese New Year Flowers
During Tết, Vietnamese New Years, many kinds of flowers and plants are used to decorate homes during this special period. A few examples include chrysanthemum, marigold, mào gà flower, paperwhite flower, lavender, to name a few. Some people nowadays even use orchid and rose, although this is not yet popular. And above all, there are three species plants that can not be missing in Tết holidays:...
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Police find San Jose girl unharmed, shoot and kill...
The terrifying abduction of an 11-year-old girl began with a kidnapper’s gunshots in the early-morning hours Friday as she was grabbed from her San Jose home. It ended almost five miles away and 12 hours later with a single shot, when a SWAT officer killed 42-year-old Tri Truong Le, the alleged kidnapper, during a gunbattle in a narrow staircase.
The girl, who was in the kidnapper’s...
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Color Connotations in the Vietnamese Culture
Global Color Meanings
Red – hot, blood, spicy food, squares/cubes, stop/danger
Orange – energy, thirst
Yellow – stimulates memory, gold/money, enlightenment, sunshine, caution
Green – comfort/quiet, spring, new beginnings, rest, road information, safety
Blue – cool, trust, dependable, circles, salt, hospitals
Purple – calming, royalty/religion, flowers
Pink – sweet things, innocence,...
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