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Nga-Viet Nguyen

Nga-Viet Nguyen

  • Hanoi, Vietnam
  • member since Saturday, April 19 2008

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  • Salman

    Salman says

    thnx for prompt reply..i was wondering about your academic pursuits..those technical books shows u are an electrical engineer..am i right?
    i m a chemical engineer, by the way...
    how old are u? u live in vietnam?

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Salman

    Salman says

    Hi!!! How are you? you have got a good collection of books...there are many technical ones also..

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Hell Nga-Viet, Its been awhile since I have dropped you a line so I thought I'd drop you one and see how things are going. I'm reading a book by Obama aand it is boring. I guess all politicans books are boring.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Good morning Nga-Viet, I hope you are having a nice day. Its foggy and rain is in the forecast. Its been awhile since I last communicated with you and I thought I'd say Hi. So HI. I hope the rest of your day is wonderful.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Good evening its 7:55 at night and this is my night life beleive it or not. I hope with the week end coming up that you can get some reading in. Its rainy here so it will be easy to do some reading. Have a nice night.
    Ken

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Good Morning it's 5:20 and I'm having my morning coffee and I'd thought I'd drop you a line and find out what book you are reading at the moment. I'm almost finshed with 2 books "The Dragonbone Chair" and "Myth Alliances". I will read Alice in wonderland this month for the book tag group. If I can I will also rea a Christmas carol also. Anuway I just thought I'd drop you a line and see how things are going. Have a nice day.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • DashForCover

    DashForCover says

    And, Ho Chi Minh sounds better than Minh, Ho Chi, which is what would be done in the U.S. if it were an "English" style name! I will go ahead and approve the request then. Thank you so very much.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • DashForCover

    DashForCover says

    Can you help me please? You requested a name change:
    Du Nguyên changing to: Change name to:
    Nguyễn Du
    Du Nguyễn

    The first name is given name and the second name is the sorted name. At library records where I looked, it showed the name as "Du Nguyễn" with the sorted name as "Nguyễn, Du". But they are United States libraries and may be wrong. The only Vietnamese name I know is Ho Chi Minh. The United States Libraries show his name as Ho-Chi-Minh. That is also the sort name. Would Nguyễn Du be the same? Please forgive my arrogance of Vietnamese names.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Good morning, the book "dream of the red chamber" sounds interesting, I'll have to put it on my list of books to read. anyway, it's 4:30 in the morning and its cold again. Winter just does want to let go. I feel pretty good any way. I hope you feel good too.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Good morning again. I usually only survive on 4 or 5 hours sleep a day. When I get up I do the usual get up things (like go to the bathroom) and I make my coffee maybe eat, then go on my computer read books later in the day I go to the book store and have coffee there and check out some and see if I can afford them etc. I'm retired so my days are now mine. I spend time at church doing work work there and lately I have some work sending packages to the American troops in Iraq. This week I will go to the funneral of a solider who died recently in Iraq. So I keep quite busy. Have a nice and as Stephan King says "May you have long days and pleasant nights".

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    its 4 in the morning here and I just wanted to say good morning and I hope you have a good day

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    I'm sure we will be contact again. tommorrow is monday and I will do some checking into the tourism part and see what it cast. I think I said that the last message. Actually I hope I can figure something out as I would realy like to return to Viet Nam as a civilian. We shall see. again thank you for the info.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Good morning, thank you for the information I will look into all that you gave me. I am going to check out the tourism part and at least find out what the cost is and what I need. I had a girlfriend who lived in siagon (now Ho Ch Minh City) and I should have married her, but I was too young to do such a thing. I never had a chance to go visit her at her home, but maybe I can figure out a way to visit her and her family. Of corse after 30 years I don't expect any thing. Thanks again for the info. until later. Ken

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Hello Nguyen, I'm glad you drop a not back. I was very curious about the books and as I said I didn't realy know that they existed there at all. I'm glad they. Books shouldn't be kept from any one. I have tried to send a note to some near Bein Hoa in the south since that was where I was. I'm courios about there also. I know this is suppose to be about books, but I can't help to wonder about north and south Viet Nam and what has happened to them since to war ended. I have offen thought about trying to find a way to return and see for myself the changes that have occured. But, money is something I don't have so I probably will never get the chance.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ken s

    ken s says

    Hello Viet N, Are you realy from Hanoi? I'm out of touch about Viet Nam. I spent a year in south Viet Nam when I was in the Army. If you are actually from Hanoi, I'm glad or should I say surprised that you have the books that you do. I'm also glad that you do at least it seem your government is allowing western books into your country. Yeah I sound sceptical, but I haven't heard anything about Nam in years. My courosity is up. If I offend you I'm sorry. I am very courious though.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )


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