Four years ago, I wrote the essay below. Upon re-reading it, I find that it still conveys all the sentiments I feel today when the… more »

This message came into the mail this morning, an obvious spam but it got my attention: Here’s what it says: From: hard_snip@yahoo.com Subject: good news Date: May 15,… more »

Aliens are people too!!

One of my favorite bands of all time is Outlandish. Though not popular in the United States, the Denmark band has won a multitude of… more »

I don’t think I’m the only one who has admitted to doing this, but I used to watch America’s Next Top Model so much that… more »

The Original Little Saigon by John Vu The Little Saigon battle between San Jose City Council and the Vietnamese-American community received worldwide notoriety. From the… more »

That was the title of Time magazine article over the weekend… as if somehow this is feasible. The junta is universally condemned by the world’s… more »

I’m beginning to think I should join P.E.T.A. I’m seeing all these animal suffering headlines, and it seems they’re the ONLY headlines about suffering that extract… more »

To Recall or Not Recall Madison Nguyen? by John Vu The wheel is in motion with the recall intention submitted by a group of Vietnamese-Americans belonging… more »

As we learned during the tsunami of 2004, blogs can be particularly helpful in spreading information about major disasters. A group of Columbia Journalism School… more »

I’ll be participating in another Literary Death Match this saturday at the Richshaw Stop. For those interested do come by… San Francisco LDM8… more »