Another weekend ...

Hi blogger,
This was another busy week passing by and lovely weekend comes. However, this week is special for me. I have just enter the thirtieth years on this earth. Things changes? Not much, really and that 's really what I meant to say.
My birthday this year filled with a lot of gifts and love from my wifes, respects and trustfulness from my colleagues. Suddenly I feel more responsible and more "pinkie" about life.
Last week, returning from Lung Cu, the top of the "S" shaped Vietnam, I had a precious chance to witness changes both good and bad in Vietnamese minorities. I realized that we are living a too "luxury life" while people are suffering from further hurts and tumbles. I loved them and love their warm hearts in such a cold and severe place.
More pictures of the trips will come in later posts.Oh!!! I would like you to read about an ordinary girls, doing extra-ordinary things as several others. I don't know if it lasts long for those girls but the current fact is enough for me to pay respects to them. Let's read about one new young teacher that we had an opportunity to meet and talk and drink special made-from-corn alcohol with.

Hoa khôi Lũng Cú

Trao quà trường PTCS bán trú dân nuôi Lũng Cú nhé:



Và phòng hội đồng nhà trường thì còn đơn sơ quá:





For the rest of this post, I would like to bring some more cute moments of our beloved Chip.

Chip and me sharing breakfast before a long working day.



He started learning like other members of his family but too early, yeah,lovely and active 18-month-old pupil.




This is what I call "Sư cụ Chip khoe răng" - "The monk named Chip exposes his teeth"



Bye for now.

Love, tenderness and Socialization

Today is Sunday. A rest is deserved to everyone after a hard working week. Chip needs his parents'caress and especially a trip for the so-call "Socialization".
And off we go!

We took Chip to cu "bi"'s birthday party where there are so many adults and a few Chip 's fellas. Cu "bi" is Chi Linh's son. Chi Linh is our classmate in Junior high school. Very close friend to Mai. Simple logics as that!

Our Chip is thought of un-socialized and introverted. Being so, he is so shy to take part in any common activities or funny games in the children playground other than clutching to his Mum or Dad's legs.
However, today is a special day that he show his love to his Dad. After a while playing ball rolling & throwing into his Dad, he soon realized that other kids are doing the same thing, throwing all the tiny balls to his Dad. His Dad again, doing all possible catch and up and down to get the balls and throw back to the ball-pool. At that very moment, Chip determined to climb out of the ball-pool, stand with his Dad catching the ball and help throwing back any ball Chip got in hand back to those kids and back to the pool. Believe it or not, Chip is just nearly 20 month-old (1.67 year-old:D) and he knew to protect his father without any calls or advice.

It seems Family Love is the nature for human and that "flesh and blood" relationship could never be changed.
We knew we are loving Chip more and more each day as time goes by.

Minutes of sadness...

Vietnamese firewall seems to pose a forever block to the blogger.com, which made it more inconvenient for me to keep this blog update. Let's have the info of the blog as it is and like we said as a real digital diary of a normal, un-disciplined married & busy man :D

I am feeling lonely at this right time ~2a.m., listening to a piece of Vietnamese music (namely: "Siesta's dream").
My heart really hurt as Mai never pays attention to my words about the way she forces Chip go to bed every night. She loves him so much, much more than I can tell and feel. However, I am so sad that she always trashes all my words about the way she 's re-acting to Chip at bed time. Please, Lovely and rather shy Chip should not have to bear those harsh words you spare for him almost every night, my wife.

Writing down on the blog about this harashment is not a good way but for my crazy brain at this time of day, it seems a necessary treatment.

I might not be a good Dad :( but I am proud of you, Chip. As grand father oftens said, you are extraordinary independent boy (of course for Vietnamese boys that he knew). You are deserved well of love, caress and respects from your own parents and everybody who knows you.

Now, I am listening to a staren duo opera concert which eases my ears and soul a bit.

My life has gone through, says almost 30 years of life, turns, stumbles, backwards, forwards but since having you, I know you are my precious.

Be my proud, Chip nhé.