The Tao of Thao

The joy of living with no regrets

Thursday, May 10, 2012

"Free Viet Khang, Free Viet Nam"

Since last year demonstration against the Chinese's invasion of Truong Sa island, Vo Minh Tri-aka Viet Khang, a  musician who wrote two songs to voice his concerns about Viet Nam and its people had been imprisoned and we do not know his fate. I love love his song 'Anh la ai?-Who are you?" which questioned the authority of Vietnamese polices who have beaten the demonstrators. 

Everyone is upset, everyone concerns about the fate of our beloved VN. Young children work hard to sustain family needs, they can't go to school because of the heavy daily chores. Girls are sold into foreign brothels, Guys are exported to work in foreign countries in poor working conditions. Vietnamese have ever become cheaper and disrespect as moment. The colour of VN is blacken with sadness, the mother of VN is crying for her children. 

I am worried. People will fight and more will die. Chaos will be in the streets of VN. What's about the poor people who are trapped in the country? I ever feel like my blood is burning inside me, that greatest love for my beautiful country when I hear "Where is my Viet Nam?'

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Body Bliss n Peace of Mind

Work is currently quiet, so I have taken the opportunity to travel here and there. It really does some good to take a break from mundane.

After coming back from a very nice trip in Germany, in the Black Forest region, I am now preparing to partey in Goteborg, visiting a friend. I have been two or three times to Germany but had never done a road trip of the several days. So this time, it was nice. I am a not a big fan of travelling in Germany for many reasons, one of which being a female immigrated Vietnamese (yeah, I know!) but I was satisfied with the hospitality that Germany and Germans give. Therefore, another trip in this part of Europe would not be excluded in the future.

I did this trip for many personal reasons, I am happy that I did. It is one of the things you do to get to know someone better or maybe to look for something that might be lost and to try to shed some light into certain stuff that still linger in my mind...

Not many things have been asked or have been really addressed because digging into the past is still very painful.  I certainly do not want to dig in, I just want to understand what it was like. Nothing remains the same when something has already passed, we can't change that...Maybe I just want to have peace in mind...

Anyway, looking forward to Sweden!