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White guy wants to be Vietnamese, part II
What is this world coming to? While I was reading my daily Vietnamese news dosage, I found this article about a white guy who is fluent in Vietnamese and has a popular blog that he writes in Vietnamese. If you can read Vietnamese, here's the dude's blog. I'm at work, and I shouldn't be blogging, but this picture says it all:
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I recently went online to look at pictures of the Brazilian rainforest to make a card for a friend, who’s going there this holiday break. Looking at pictures of animals and plants from the rainforest makes me think about a couple of things. First, it’s crazy what’s happening to the rainforest; it’s basically an accepted and fundamental fact that ( Read more... ) -
White guy wants to be Vietnamese
I know there are tons of people out there who want to be Vietnamese (cuz we're so cool and good-looking) but I didn't know this could happen: "I speak Vietnamese. I eat Vietnamese food. I live with Vietnamese. In my mind, I'm half Vietnamese. Just like my wife thinks she's half-American," Brummer said.
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Capitalism sucks
"There could be nothing more paradoxical in historical terms than this change: man, at the beginning of the industrial age, when in reality he did not possess the means for a world in which the table was set for all who wanted to eat, when he lived in a world in which there were economic reasons for slavery, war, and exploitation, in which man only ( Read more... ) -
Workers shut down Coca-Cola - an update
"We’re showing the world that no multinational company can just come here to humiliate Venezuelan employees”, Nixon Lopez, a Venezuelan workers’ leader, told BBC News on October 24. Lopez was referring to the actions of over 10,000 former employees at the Coca-Cola Femsa bottling company, the second-largest soft drink bottling company in the world.
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The world says lift the embargo
I like this headline:Venezuela's Chavez applauds Rumsfeld's resignation, says Bush should quit too
In other news, the UN Assembly just recently voted for the US to lift trade sanctions against Cuba. 186 countries voted against the sanctions and 4 voted for (guess which side the US & Israel are on). This is the 15th time the Assembly has had such a ( Read more... ) -
Education for the People
I like Venezuela. The news about it never depresses me.
Venezuela Building Universities
Caracas, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday the launching of Alma Mater mission, aimed at creating new higher education centers in the country from 2007-2021.
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Public education
A public education project possible only in a Socialist country! Cool!
As Vietnamese know little about history, project is launched
17:32' 20/10/2006 (GMT+7)
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More than just winning
The election is coming up in 3 weeks, and every time it comes around, I feel like there should be a conversation about electoral politics. The role it plays, how do we use it, where has it been effective... A lot of times, I hear that electoral politics as a strategy is ignored because the most radical candidates don't win anyway. This article ( Read more... )
