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Tuan
was born on April 1st in the
Vietnamese astrological year of the tiger
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and his interests are:
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Computers
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Volleyball is a fun,
highly-social sport that promotes health, physical flexibility and
coordination, team work and discipline, etc.
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Tuan's volleyball interest
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Numismatics
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Bonsai
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What's
bonsai
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Bonsai is a relaxing,
nature-oriented, growing art form that cultivates horticulture, esthetics, vision,
foresight and patience.
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A challenging,
sustaining reward: A bonsai is an artwork; yet unlike a picture or sculpture,
it is also a living thing and requires
constant, knowledgeable care for sustenance.
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Potential recognition
and development: Bonsai enthusiasts see trees not only for what
they are but also what they can be, and the continuous development of
this potential is one of the art's many pleasures.
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The virtue of patience
and the value of time: Bonsai
development must obey many
immutable cycles and unaccelerable rhythms
of nature
therefore a bonsai's value typically improves with age.
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Some of Tuan's favorite bonsai
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Favorite related web sites:
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Reading
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Education and stimulation: Reading is mental
nourishment. A cornucopia of
delights, literature keeps
ennui at bay.
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| Petty minds
can be in unison but cannot cooperate. Noble minds can disagree yet
collaborate.
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| Current subjects: Technical
how-to's,
philosophy, feng shui.
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| Recommendations:
| Lewis, Norman.
Word Power Made Easy. New York: Pocket Books, 1978.
ISBN 0-671-53091-7.
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Bulfinch, Thomas.
The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology:
The Age of Fable. New York:
Macmillan, 1997. ISBN 0-02-861475-5.
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| Covey, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1990. ISBN 0-671-70863-5.
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Robinson,
Lynn A. Divine Intuition. New York: Dorling
Kindersley, 2001. ISBN 0-7894-8338-6.
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| Tolstoy,
Leo. War and Peace. New York: Barnes & Noble,
Inc., 1993. ISBN 1-56619-027-4.
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Walters, J.
Donald. The Art of Leadership. New York: MJF
Books, 1987. ISBN 1-56731-489-9.
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| Heller, Robert.
Learning to Lead. New York: DK Publishing, Inc.,
1999. ISBN 0-7894-4862-9.
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Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code, Special Illustrated Edition. New York:
Doubleday, 2004. ISBN 0-385-51375-5.
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Gillett, Roy. The
Essence of Buddhism. London:
Caxton Editions, 2001. ISBN 1-84067-300-1.
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Mitchell, William C.
Vietnam Vintage: Antiques from Southeast Asia 1900 - 1950.
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2004. ISBN
0-7643-1958-2.
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Catherine Noppe and
Jean-François Hubert. Art of Vietnam.
New York: Parkstone Press Ltd, 2003. ISBN
1-85995-860-5.
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Albom,
Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie. New York: Doubleday,
1997. ISBN 0-385-48451-8.
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Albom,
Mitch. The Five People You Meet In Heaven. New York:
Hyperion, 2003. ISBN 0-7868-6871-6.
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| Wilson,
William Scott. The Lone Samurai - The Life of Miyamoto
Musashi. Tokyo:
Kodansha International, 2004. ISBN 4-7700-2942-X.
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Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, Ph.D., and
Mark Mazzarella. Reading People.
New York: Random House, 1998. ISBN
0-375-50146-0.
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Dr. R. Allan Barker. The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam -
Vietnam's Imperial History as Seen Through its Currency.
Singapore:
COS Printers Pte Ltd, 2004. ISBN 981-05-2300-9.
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Fine Arts Appreciation
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fine arts is subjective and not philosophical, there's no right or wrong.
It would be preposterous for us to dispute if you liked Andy Warhol but I
preferred Norman Rockwell. Instead, respect the differences
and treasure the diversity.
Refine taste and
enrich enjoyment by uninhibitedly and boldly exploring contemporary,
exotic creative-expressions as well as investigating classic masterpieces
whose splendor seems to transcend time and space. Resolve to be true
to your passion rather than be fashionable. After all, what's
considered stylish today might become gross tomorrow and vice versa.
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Art Nouveau style
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Sculptures by Rodin
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Painting by some Impressionists
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Glass by Lalique
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Japanese gardens
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Vietnamese folklife paintings
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LA Lakers
basketball team
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Friend Paul Spartos complained
that I neglected to mention this so ... here! ;-))
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| Congratulations
to the 3-time (2000-2001-2002) defending National Basketball Association
champions: Los Angeles Lakers.
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
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