Suốt hơn trăm trang và ngót gần tám mươi bài, thơ Cung Vĩnh Viễn đọc lên nghe như tiếng thở dài, não nuột! Hình ảnh trong thơ chiết từ giọt mưa, giọt nắng; ánh thu vàng chiều hôm; một vầng trăng sáng lẻ loi dịu dàng hay ngọn gió lao xao chuyển nhẹ mùa, tỏa vào cõi thơ dấy lên một chuỗi sầu man mác, … Đọc tiếp Uyên Nguyên: Cung Vĩnh Viễn, thơ từ miền cô liêu thánh hóa
Nhân đọc tuyển tập “Tưởng niệm người Du Ca Muôn Thuở” do nhóm thân hữu cựu sinh viên Viện Đại Học Đà Lạt thực hiện, nhớ Anh Quang rồi nghĩ mông lung… Những tấm lòng bầu bạn mở ra, rồi xếp lại trong một tuyển tập nhỏ, dù chỉ tiêu biểu của muôn một mối giao tình giữa bằng hữu anh em, do giới hạn … Đọc tiếp Trường giang con sóng sáng ‘Gươm thiêng hào kiệt’
‘There are things you could not recognize, It’s love’. – Hayao Miyazaki, ‘Spirited Away’ In 13 million Cambodians, Vietnamese are 5-10% of this population, the most numerous one among ethnic groups present on this country. Everywhere you could still hear familiar National Vietnamese language that resonates somewhere… Though not too friendly to each other, two races Vietnamese and Cambodian know how to live in peace … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL (Part 9): Wandering souls
To give to suffer with- it’s to sacrifice -it is called love in action Mother Theresa ‘Closer to the country, farther off the nation…’ it must be sarcasm ready on lips of any Vietnamese, inhabitant on the border strip between Cambodia and Vietnam. In the memoirs ‘Dragon of An Nam’ of the late Emperor Bao Dai, Vietnam had imposed ‘protectorate upon Cambodia’: ‘I’ve found in … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: The Price of Sacrifice
“I want to help street people” Diana Phnom Penh, capital of Royal Cambodia is a very ancient and old as well as a modern city. Over there, it’s a mixture of a little bit of Saigon, Hanoi and Bangkok… depending on what everybody feel. It has not at all its own characteristics, except words “Hu Tieu Nam Vang” (Phnom Penh rice noodles), but introduced by … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: Life At Its Turn
“If you want beautiful hair, let a child’s fingers touch it everyday” Audrey Hepburn Cambodia or usually often called Kampuchea, Cao Mien, touches at its border with 10 provinces and towns of Vietnam, starting from Kontum to Kien Giang. It’s the land of pagodas and mystic monuments and flamboyant rich cultural traditions… but behind at some unexpected locations and closed doors, terrible crimes happened and … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: Let A Child’s Fingers Comb Your Hair
(Quote Dalai Lama, NTY): In order to begin the journey of approaching headless statues at Angkor Wat temple in Siam Reap, for interrogating gods, I have to start at “Back Pack Westerners Street”, i.e. I have to be a real back pack westerner (a penniless vagabond) to infiltrate into strange and complicated world right in the heart of Saigon. Once, a merchant of some time … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: A Happy Exposure
At the turn of the 20th Century, when it’s nearer and nearer toward a tumultuous world, we fortunately have two persons (I don’t want to call them great man and woman, although they really are) whose names whenever referred to, everyone would find peace and goodness. They are His Holiness Dalai Lama 14th and Mother Theresa.His Holiness said in preaching séance: (Excerpt from Dalai Lama, … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: Give This To The Children*
Introduction “God knows what this child would be guilty of, that she were enclosed in this lamentable situation and suffered”…I still vividly remember of the terrible story in Austria on an inhuman act of a father who had hidden his very daughter in his house basement in tens of years as his sex slave; in an interview, a minister had to exclaim out: Where was … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: Introduction
That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other. The Hours Due to its sharing borderline with Thailand, human trafficking in Siem Reap is highly developed. Many Vietnamese girls sold into Cambodia, after being exploited for some time by brothel owners, are re-sold into Thailand. In other aspects, humanitarian organizations in border areas of Cambodia-Thailand state that illegal … Đọc tiếp ANGELS IN HELL: They stay alive for each other
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