April 2012
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Vô! Baby Khôi Outdrinks Me
I came over to TheAnh’s house on Sunday, the day before Black April (Vietnamese American Memorial Day) having a BBQ, kinda like what many Americans do on Memorial Day. I meet baby Khôi, 2 years old, and the little kid is taught how to cheer “Vô!” before drinking his bottle of milk. Hilarious.
Vô is a Vietnamese cheer which is the equivalent of saying “Cheers!” or...
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The Accidental Program Need Demonstration
I was at the Berryessa Farmer’s Market / 2nd Annual Family Day event over the weekend across from my alma mater, Piedmont Hills High School, and I was conversing with Ethan from the Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) booth about what we were up to these days. I told him about an initiative that our newest CayDa villager, Tri Vo, was going to spearhead: LÀNG, a Vietnamese Club...
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Kaiser staffer recognized for Free Clinic work →
Go Huan!
While most people are lazily marinating in the last hours before the work week begins, Huan Dong is busy volunteering 12-14 hours of his time at the Berkeley Free Clinic every Sunday.
The 26-year-old UC Berkeley graduate works at the Gay Men’s Health Collective, a section within the clinic that provides free sexually transmitted infections testing and treatment, and counseling to...
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Gearing Up for the Next Vietnamese Mid-Autumn...
October 2008
The United Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California (UVSA) held a Summit at the University of California at Davis, during which a group of delegates from various schools across Northern California discussed the festival as it is today, bringing up the issue that the festival did not sufficiently cater to the teens and tweens of the youth, stating that “the event...
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Father-Son Conversations That...
Stopped by De Anza counseling to figure out what classes I need to take towards a Management degree. A Vietnamese father who couldn’t speak English very well approached the front desk asking for a way to find his son, checking to see if he was actually enrolled in school. His son hasn’t been home for days. The school couldn’t release information on his son by law.
A week later,...
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Why I Read Slowly
Thoughts flourish and bloom bouquets of chrysanthemums as I read each line.
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Towards A New Philosophy of Social Ecology
I had a wonderful dinner with a friend I haven’t seen since high school. I suppose delicious, locally-produced ravioli had something to do with it, but from the dinner, I had two strains of thought emerge: sustainable human resource management, and remotely-accessible resource management.
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Sustainable Human Resource Management
Sometimes I worry about the effects of capitalism that...
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San Jose police identify (Vietnamese) victims in... →
Really sad.
(AP and KTVU.com) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Authorities have released the identities of two people who died in an apparent murder-suicide at a busy San Jose strip mall. San Jose police say 32-year-old Trung Quoc Nguyen shot 39-year-old Emanuel Tran Phuong Nguyen in the head at 9:30 a.m. Saturday before shooting himself. Police say the motive is still being investigated, but they have said...
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Vietnamese Implications of the Business Leadership...
Back in 2004, the demolishing of the 40-year old Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center began to make way for the new Gloria and Ken Levy Family Campus, to be owned and operated by the Jewish Federation of Greater San Jose. The $22 million, 116,000 square foot would house the Jewish Federation of Greater San Jose, Addison-Penzak JCC and pre-school, Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley and...
Dear Katie of the Year 2035
April 13, 2012
Dear Katie of 2035,
When you hit age 25 by the year 2035, the world will have reached 8.5 billion in population. The population will continue to grow, and yet as philanthropists, we are expected to improve the quality of life for all. If we don’t help others, they will make decisions that might be good in the short term, but collectively detrimental to humanity in the long...
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Why do you dream bảo.thiên.ngô?
I’ve been invited to speak at the Vietnam Culture Camp to share with children adopted from Vietnam on something regarding their Vietnamese heritage as to enhance their self-esteem.
I guess this opportunity compelled me to reexamine why I do the things I do. In order to inspire others, you have to faithfully believe in yourself, and it helps to understand why. It’s one thing to...
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Afterthoughts from the Poverty Forum
caydafoundation:
On March 29, 2012 I (Bao Thien Ngo) attended a poverty forum entitled “Breaking the Chain of Poverty in Silicon Valley: A Community Coordination Forum” hosted by My Project Youth Connect, an organization dedicated to connecting youth, parents, teachers and community members to free resources by organizing community events and educational leadership workshops to promote a...
Participants to the Silicon Valley Asian American...
The kind of people I hang out with think about these ideas as part of their careers. Mission-oriented people.
caydafoundation:
We came together on March 20, 2012 at the AACI building to advance a purpose:
Silicon Valley Asian American Voices
Deepen understanding of immigrant experiences and contributions, bridge relationships between diverse communities, and empower people with the resources...
CayDa Foundation: Vietnamese Music Stays Fresh... →
caydafoundation:
SAN JOSE - April 1, 2012 - This past weekend CayDa Foundation hosted its inaugural Journey Through Viet Music Cultural Bootcamp aimed at youths in the music field to learn and appreciate Vietnamese music as a source of inspiration for their own songwriting. The bootcamp brought together a dozen…
