Well the holidays is almost over and i did have a chance to get to anywhere .. I had 6 days for holidays but i spent 6 days in town which was sucks big time , I have planned to get out of this busy town for the holidays but its holidays so everyone want to travel and ofcourse i couldnt get any flight to anywhere ...

Everything was fully booked , so i decided to stay home instead of getting ripe off at any tourist places lol . Most of my friends are out of town with their beloved ones because they have all the travel plans booked months in advance which i was too lazy to do it or i can give a good excuse that i was too busy to do it

Now i m spending time on my own in the empty town , I dont mean empty as no one as you all know there are at least 6 millions people living in this small town . I tried to go out to the club to shake my booty but this period of time is not a good time to be in any Club as everywhere is checking points .The goverment try to clean off all the soicial evils for the celebrations day and also the election day is coming as well

I saw on the news that they have checked 2 biggest night club in Vietnam .

Nearly 500 armed police officers Saturday raided the New Century Club in Hanoi, northern Vietnam’s hippest nightclub, detaining 1,163 people, including foreigners, on suspicion of drug use and distribution.

The sting was a classified operation by the central Ministry of Public Security’s General Police Department. Even the Hanoi police force knew nothing about it.

At 1am, the officers laid siege to the disco at No 10 Trang Thi Street in downtown Hanoi and found over a thousand people, mostly from 17 to 24 years old, dancing frenziedly to strong music.

Three were caught red-handed with drugs.

Some tried to run away but were caught outside by waiting policemen. Some were caught trying to throw away ecstasy pills – a kind of illegal drug mainly used by dancers – and destroying incriminating evidence.

Over 200 personal pouches containing heroin, ecstasy pills and other drugs were seized at the site.

Over the next 4 hours, 1,163 people were taken to various sites for questioning and drug tests. Prominent singers, actresses, and businessmen were among the group.

Over 200 tested positive to using drugs. But by 7.30 pm, all had been released except 20 people who are still detained on the suspicion of drug distributing.

A venue for the wealthy and chic, New Century is one of the biggest and most expensive nightclubs in Vietnam.

It has been fined twice in the past for staying open too late and violating noise regulations.

Similarly, but on smaller scale, local Ho Chi Minh City police Saturday burst into the MGM Saigon, one of the largest and most rambunctious cafes in the city, and detained over 100 youths, some as young as 14 on suspicion of drug use.

This all is part of a recent campaign to intensify the fight against crime and drugs. Over the last dozen days, police nationwide arrested over 1,100 suspects and seized over 8.2 kg of heroin and 1,140 additional individual doses of heroin, not to mention the two latest operations.

On April 30th 1975, the last American soldiers and diplomats boarded the final U.S. helicopter to depart from Vietnam and the country’s 21 year civil war came to an end. But for millions of Vietnamese, the bad times were only just getting started. The Fall of Saigon brought with it an exodus of close to two million Vietnamese refugees, of whom only an estimated 130,000 arrived safely in the United States. Those who survived the journey were temporarily housed in four military installations around the country, hosted by four different branches of the military: the Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton (California), the Army’s Fort Chaffee (Arkansas), Elgin Air Force Base (Florida) and the National Guard’s Fort Indiantown Gap (Pennsylvania). From there, American families, churches, and other groups sponsored the refugees, eventually dispersing them through all fifty states. In Vietnam, the end of the war did not bring peace. The victorious North Vietnamese government engaged in a vengeful policy that confiscated private property and chased people out of their homes. They imprisoned several hundred thousand former South Vietnamese soldiers and officials in "re-education" camps. Between 1975 and 1982, the Hanoi government estimates that it has processed 1 million Vietnamese people through its reeducation camps. In the immediate aftermath of the war, it is estimated that 300,000 South Vietnamese were imprisoned. In June, 1975 alone 400 writers and journalists as well as 2000 religious leaders, including Buddhists, Catholics and Protestant priests and chaplains were recorded as being sent for re-education. Estimates for the number who died in the camps are impossible to come by but one frequently reported number is 50,000 Vietnamese dead in the camps, almost as many people as America lost in the entire Vietnam War. The first "boat people" fled not long after the war ended, but the wave of refugees reached new highs between 1978 and 1980 when Vietnam’s new regime invaded neighboring Cambodia. Fighting a brief border war with China, the new government forced young men into the military and those that were ethnic Chinese were forced out of the country. Within three years, 400,000 boat people fled to other Southeast Asian nations. The "boat people" fled from their homeland in small, rickety boats that typically packed 200 people into a few square meters. Pirates in the Gulf of Siam found the refugees easy targets, and the boats were frequently attacked, sometimes repeatedly. Boat people were robbed, raped, abducted, and sometimes mutilated and killed. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reported that in 1981, in Thai waters alone, there had been 1149 attacks on 352 boats, 571 people were killed, 243 abducted, and 599 raped by pirates. Omitted from the U.N.’s statistics are those boats that disappeared without ever reaching shore. The late Friar Joe Devlin, a Jesuit priest who worked in the refugee camps, would later recount: "Each morning we would go down to the beaches and there would be bodies--men, women and children--washed ashore during the night. Sometimes there were hundreds of them, like pieces of wood. Some of them were girls who had been raped and then thrown into the sea by pirates to drown. It was tragic beyond words. We would pull them off the beaches and bury them and say prayers for them. This happened every morning. Sometimes I hated to get up in the morning, as the bodies were always there." The boat people settled in Europe, Australia, Canada and the U.S. In 1979, more than 100,000 of them arrived in America, where they tried to rebuild their shattered lives. Settling in America has not been easy. The first refugees were generously welcomed by many, but fiercely resisted by others. The opposition to the Vietnamese refugees came from racist groups such as the KKK but also from Americans who, ironically, mistook the refugees for communist Viet Cong. It has been said, however, that no difficulties in the U.S. can compare to the hardships the refugees endured to get here. And so the new Vietnamese-Americans hunkered down, they went to school, they worked multiple jobs, and eventually built a community that would flourish into numerous "Little Saigons." The most famous "Little Saigon" is centered in the formerly sleepy residential city of Westminster in Orange County, California. Research into the city’s records reveal that in 1977, there were three Vietnamese-owned business in Westminster. In 1982, the number rose to 100. By 2004, Vietnamese-owned businesses numbered 11,000 in Orange County. The first Vietnamese-American elected official was Westminster City Councilman Tony Lam who took office in 1992. By 2005, there has been a Vietnamese-American Assistant U.S. Attorney General, two state legislators, four city council members, and several school board members. SAIGONESE CELEBRATING APRIL 3OTH In Ho Chi Minh City, the mood was upbeat. For the nation that won the war, this was a day to celebrate victory over a superpower, an occasion to reflect on how far they had come,this anniversary also came with a sobering reminder of how far they have yet to go. The soldiers, too young to remember the war, marched across the grounds of what is now labeled Reunification Palace. On the reviewing stand were old soldiers who did remember, and some of the generals who engineered the defeat of the Americans.32 years ago this was a city called Saigon, in a country called South Vietnam. When North Vietnamese tanks captured the palace, it was the end of South Vietnam, and Saigon was soon renamed Ho Chi Minh City, after the communist leader of the North. But the speeches were of today's problems, not yesterday's victories. The mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, Vo Viet Thanh, decried bribery and drug addiction, which are among the problems stalling Vietnam's economy. But deeply felt respect and gratitude was also shown to those who fought so long for their country. "The great victory of April 30th represents the triumph of the entire nation of justice over brutality and of humanity over tyranny," said mayor of the city, speaking under a giant billboard of a smiling Ho Chi Minh. Other officials also paid glowing tribute to the three million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians who died during the war. More than 58,000 American troops were also killed in the conflict. For some drug traffickers, thieves, and murderers, this was a day of freedom. An amnesty granted in honor of the anniversary set loose some 12,000 prisoners Police clamped tight security over the venue, and kept it hidden from general view by barricading all roads to the palace. Entry to the early morning event, presided over by top Communist Party leaders, was by invitation only. While the theme of the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was overwhelmingly about reconciliation and moving on, five years later Hanoi has sharpened rhetoric about U.S. brutality and aggresion during the decade-long conflict. It was, in the end, like a spring festival. Among the marchers in the gaily decorated city were people from a wide range of religious and ethnic groups. One had to remember this was a remembrance of a brutal war that killed 58,000 Americans and more than three million Vietnamese.

The Vietnamese nation was founded by Emperor Hung Vuong nearly 50 centuries ago. The dynasty, with 18 kings, lasted for some 3000 years and led Vietnam to development and progress in peace. To honor the Founding Fathers, the Hung Vuong National Altar was built in 250 BC in Phu Tho (north Vietnam), and since been one of the most popular sites in the country. On the lunar tenth of March, tens of thousands of Vietnamese have traditionally come to the Hung Vuong National Altar to commemorate their ancestors. This cultural practice has only been neglected during periods of foreign domination or severe oppression, when freedom of expression, worship, and assembly have been restricted. The Hung kings also pushed ahead the promotion of diplomatic ties with China in an effort to better ensure the independence of Van Lang. (On two occasions, Hung kings appointed ambassadorial delegations to visits of good will to China. Chinese annals acknowledged that at one time, the Bach Viet King from the South offered through a visiting delegation a giant turtle to Emperor Ti Yiu and at another time a white pheasant to Emperor Tcheou Chen Kwan. Hung kings’ outstanding achievements resulted not only in the founding of Viet Nam of yore as a nation but also in the establishment of well- defined institutions, administrative, social and economic which made up a civilization of the Viets own, entirely different from that of the Chinese. Many people beliveve that the origin of Hung kings largely remains the product of Viet Nam’s legend. However, vestiges of the Hong Bang Dynasty such as the Hung kings’ Temple in Phu Tho (North Viet Nam), the agricultural implements made of stone discovered in Son Tay, Vinh Yen, Bac Giang (North Viet Nam) and what was recorded in the Chinese Annals of the Bach Viet (100 principality) kingdom, South China are evidences to the fact that “the Viets of the prehistoric age did inaugurate a monarchical dynasty which lasted for 18 generations under the Hung Vuong appellation” as several Vietnamese historians put it. Every year, on this traditional occasion, March 10th of the Lunar calendar, Vietnamese people worldwide join their brothers and sisters in spirit to observe Vietnam National Day in commemoration of their ancestors. This day of observance also promotes the restoration of Vietnam's traditional values. The Festival lasts from the 9th to the 131h of March, with March 10 being the main day. The festival offers an opportunity for Vietnamese to visit their land of origin, and involves, among other things, a procession of traditional cakes ("Banh Chung", "banh day" - a rice pie...), "Xoan" folk song contest, bronze drum beating, etc... The Hung King's Temple is located on Nghia Linh Mountain, Hy Lang Commune, Phong Chau District, Phu Tho Province, 85 kilometers northwest of Hanoi. Every year, a national festival called Hung King's Temple Festival is held to worship the Hung Kings, who were instrumental in the founding of the nation. The festival lasts for 3 days from the 9th to the 11th of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar. A day before the festival, ancient and modern flags are to be hung along the road leading from Viet Tri to Hung mountain. A large ballon will also publicise the festival to surrounding areas. On the eve of the festival, 100 flying lights are released into the night sky. The main worship service is held in earnest the following morning, 10th day, beginning with a flower ceremony. In Den Thuong (Upper Temple) where the Hung Kings used to worship deities with full rituals, the ceremony consists of a lavish five-fruit feast. Banh chung (square cake) and banh giay (circle cake) are also served to remind people of the Lang Lieu Legend (the 18th Hung King who invented these cakes), and the merit of the Hung Kings who taught people to grow rice. Next to the stage procession for deities, there are several marches in the procession such as the elephant march followed by the procession chair. These procession marches are conducted in Tien Cuong, Hy Cuong, Phuong Giao, and Co Tich villages. The procession marches are followed by a Xoan song performance (a classical type of song) in the Den Thuong, a "Ca Tru" (a kind of classical opera) in Den Ha (Lower Temple), and other activities like cross-bow shooting, rice cooking, swinging contests, cock fighting, and dragon dancing. Later on this day, a march of local people, including representatives of the country's 54 ethnic minorities will be rounded off with a speech and the release of doves, carrying the hope for peace of Vietnamese people . The Hung King's Temple Festival not only attracts visitors from everywhere and allows visitors to participate in the special traditional cultural activities, but it is also a sacred pilgrimage back to the origins of the Vietnamese culture. People usually show their love and pride of their homeland and ancestral land. During the festival, pilgrims always spend time visiting the temples and historic sites on Hung mountain. The Den Ha, memorial temple for the primal mother Au Co, is approximately 100 steps higher up, in a countryard entered through a gate with a bell tower. The mother of the Hung Emperors and all Vietnamese is represented on the main altar ; the left-hand altar is dedicated to the last Hung Emperor. The steps continue to the Den Trung (Middle Temple), the main temple, which dates from the 19th century. It is dedicated to the founder of the dynasty and all other Hung Emperors. On the summit of the wooded hill is the Den Thuong, which is dedicated to the gods of heaven and earth. Lying on the middle altar is the sword of Phu Dong, the country's first hero; another altar is dedicated to the wives and daughters of the Hung Emperors. On the hill is a mausoleum for the dynasty. Upon the Stone of Oaths here An Duong Vuong, founder of the realm of Au Lac, who came from the hills to the plain, swore to defend the land of his farthers. The Hung King's Temple Festival is one of the most important and sacred festivals of the Vietnamese people, deeply imbedded in the minds of every Vietnamese citizen, regardless of where they originate from.

A big disappointment .. is When you really thought you known that person too well and then he turned out to be a super stranger , you seemed like you dont know him at all

I've known this person for so so so long , and i loved this person with all my heart,i thought i known him better than anyone ever could . but time changed pepole changed and thats saying is just so right in this case

I am not saying this as like i still have any feeling for this person , which is not right as i dont have any special feeling for him anymore , i just care about him as a long term friend , and i was shocked at his behaviour , his language and everything

I did not believe how much he changed , from a well spoken , fun person to be such a boring person and rude which shocked me

I am sorry if my honestly hurts you but its me and i m not gonna pretending that i was not mad at you , i know i am crazy but i have my own limit , i dont said such a horrible things ,

Sometimes i am over reacted when its comes to discussing about my own race , i know i am a proud viet and i always get annoyed when pepole talking bad about my country although i know there are a lots of bad thing about us Viet lol

But the statement you made was quite strong although you said i took it too seriously , i am sorry if i could not take your joke as the way you wanted it . It was just i thought you are still the same person that i used to love but too bad that person isnt exist anymore and replace to that is a new you

And i dont like a Branch new YOU at all , i did try to control my attitude so that we could have bring back the old good times :) without a sexual thing ofcourse lol . But i failed , i was explored ,your rudeness drove me mad ..

I hope one day i can find the Old YOU , and we can be good friends , take care and i hope if i ever bump into you somewhere i would want to see a well spoken with a good Manner man i used to be with

ps: This is my apology if my blog annoys ya ... i am sure it would anyway