August 2012
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Community Reflected Through My Friend's Failing...
Here’s a story, which provided a reason for why I’m going back to school for a business degree, with a career goal of doing business consulting.
A friend of mine operates a smog check station in the south San Francisco Bay Area. His two sisters fronted the money, and therefore are the owners of the business, while he himself operate the business on a daily basis pretty much by...
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Building A Case for a New Vietnamese Professional...
I write this essay in order to clarify my thoughts that will be used to provide hints on what the roadmap will look like to address the need of how Vietnamese professionals can hone their skills, maintain connections amongst themselves, and continue to contribute to the vibrancy of their community. Currently, my emotional state makes me feel rather impartial to most things, but my moral compass...
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Agent Orange County - Scene 1
Soul “wakes up” in the middle of what appears to be an airport terminal. Confused, he stands at the end of a line of other people, strangely all dressed in swaths of black and white attire, in what looks like the gate to customs. No one in line seemed to be wearing any color. He sees kiosks, and men in olive uniforms looking over documentation and stamping them. The soul steps up, for...
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OneVietnam launches overhaul, personal foundation...
The OneVietnam philanthropic social network platform launches its overhaul today. The user interface has been streamlined to make it easier to follow activities of people and organizations. But perhaps the biggest conceptual change to the system is the introduction of the iFoundation.
The iFoundation introduces the ability for organizations to receive donations through OneVietnam’s social...
Insecure Grown Men Over Sushi
He called me out of the blue; I haven’t seen him in at least a year or two. He picked me up into his SUV, and said he had a craving for sushi. We drove down the street to the local sushi joint, a nicely decorated space with low-hanging ceiling lights over mahogany tables and cushioned chairs.
After ordering the Americanized sushi rolls, the ones that are either fried or contains mayonnaise...
