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Mình viết cái bài này về cách lái xe ở Việt Nam.  Có ngờ đâu bây giờ lại còn hơn nữa.
I wrote this article on the motoring insanity, not knowing it would become much much more exciting.
Oh, but for the days…

“Rustic but tastefully elegant, it’s just sexy in the way a raw beauty sends her aura out, make-up-free, naked, and barefooted.”
A nice write up by Any Arena.
“Tadioto, một màn trình diễn tính cách nghệ thuật hiếm thấy.”
Tiếng Việt

Art Omi International Artists Residency calls for submissions for the 2010 visual artists’ residency program.
Located in the hamlet of Omi, in the Hudson River Valley, New York, Art Omi invites 30 international artists and one critic in residence to be part of the Omi community, create new work and experiment with [...]

Nice, nice… but I didn’t know about this. Hay lắm… nhưng chính mình cũng không hề biết về chuyện này.

I remember writing the book – and it was published in 1993 in hardcover. Mình nhớ là có viết một cuốn sách.  I had no idea it’s coming out in paperback.  Nhưng [...]

People have been saying nice things.  And we definitely are grateful.
Các bạn đã viết những lời thật tuyệt và “tốt bụng.”
And we love it when they are kind, like this.
Or when they’re terrorized by us.  Có khi họ đầy sợ hãi.

The Obama administration is struggling to improve the American health care system.  Across the ocean, the Prime Minister of Viet Nam has announced plans to upgrade hospitals, to the tune of 2.5 billion.  It should help.
Hospital Visit
The woman across the room was going on and on, non-stop.
She sat with her arms around her knees, [...]

I wrote this for a Ha Noi magazine, back in April and May of this year.   It was part of a series called “Confessions of an Accidental Modern Vietnamese  Nomad.”   Or some such pretentious title.  Here goes:
What happened to April?  I mean, I hadn’t even thought of a good trick for you for April [...]

We’re pleased to host a reception for the Italian Embassy to welcome journalist Beppe Severgnini, author of Italians – Around the World in 80 Pizza
18h30 – October 22, 2009 at Tadioto – 113 Trieu Viet Vuong, Ha Noi – Tel 2218 7200