Archive for the “english” category

A letter to Dad

• posted in: english, unsent letters on: October 5, 2010 • tagged as: ,

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[Ghi chú: nhấn vào đây để đọc phiên bản tiếng Việt.] Dear Dad, Sooner or later, I know you will read this letter. Where should I begin? To demonstrate my pride for a noble father who dedicates his life to family? Or to spin a yarn about the saddest days [...]

A letter to my sister

• posted in: english, unsent letters on: October 4, 2010 • tagged as: ,

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[Ghi chú: nhấn vào đây để đọc phiên bản tiếng Việt.] Dear sister, I know you will never get a chance to read this letter; however, I just feel like dropping you a few lines. Because I would like to remind myself of the childhood I was loved and protected [...]

October notes

• posted in: english, news on: October 1, 2010 • tagged as:

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Hello, there! This month I am dedicated to translating some of my blog entries into English for a few non-Vietnamese speaking readers. I will still write in Vietnamese, but I am not going to make public as often as before. Sorry, mates.

Black Friday

• posted in: english, social life on: April 13, 2007 • tagged as:

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What a black Friday! Although I had been warned last night that today would be a black Friday, I went to work as usual. Things occured normally. But in the evening, I came to my relative’s house to collect a letter. A cousin of mine asked for some help with [...]

English for IT

• posted in: english, social life on: March 12, 2007 • tagged as: ,

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The two (02) most wrongly-pronounced English vocabularies many Vietnamese IT professionals encounter are: source and image. According to Dictionary.com: source [sawrs, sohrs] [IPA: sɔrs, soʊrs] (not shoọt) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/source) im·age [im-ij] (IPA: ˈɪmɪdʒ) (not ì-mei) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/image) C’mon, it’s 2007 now. Please be corrected!

A lovely weekend

• posted in: english, social life on: March 5, 2007 • tagged as:

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Well, what a nice weekend! It has been a long time I have not gone out with friends. The afternoon, I received a short message from a friend; an appointment was arranged immediately. I called two other guys, then gathered at a karaoké club. This is perhaps the most popular [...]

What’s wrong?

• posted in: english, social life on: February 7, 2007 • tagged as:

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I stop at red light, and run when it turns green. Although I go to work after 9 in the morning (late), I leave the office after 6 in the evening (still maintain 8 hours of work each day). So what is the problem? In the morning, I went to [...]

070107 night

• posted in: english, social life on: January 7, 2007 • tagged as:

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This afternoon, I was notified by Skype that someone wanted to add me to their friend list. I had a short chat session with her, a new friend. Since she had some problem with her microphone, only I spoke during the chat. We appointed to meet for the first time. [...]

Nickname

• posted in: english, social life on: December 21, 2006 • tagged as:

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Everyone has a nickname, I bet. Even though you like it or not, nickname follows you for a period of time. People get known of you for your nickname. And to me, nickname is fun. Fortunately, I have quite several nicknames. All of them are cute. There is nothing particular [...]