I am Binh Nguyen, a Vietnamese student doing a PhD at the School of Computing Sciences (CMP), University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK.Something about me? Well, I've been working with computers since 1994 but I am even more interested in history and literature. I've read (and remembered ^_^) a lot about the history of my own country Vietnam, and China - for the unavoidable historical relation. But I'm not of the guys who remember Chinese history more than Vietnamese history. I've read some, not really systematically though, about the world's history. Now I'm collecting writings and movies, documentaries about the 2nd world war. It's really hard to think that such a terrible time is not far ago at all and there are many people who have experienced that time are still alive. Wish that the world will never see any thing like that.
On literature, I like poems, especially Vietnamese student/romantic poems and ancient poems in Tang's style. I even wrote some, would publish here in this blog sometimes ^_^. I'm always excited with world classic literature. To name some of the books I read, one for each country, I'd randomly choose Three Musketeers (France), Wuthering Heights (Britain), Gone With The Wind (American), Don Quixote (Spain), Quo Vadis (Poland), Sanguo (The Three Kingdom - China) and "Đống rác cũ" (Vietnam). Well, to be honest, the Vietnamese title listed here is not a world classic and has not even been translated into English; but I strongly believe that if it is, it would be accepted to be of that standard!!! I personally think that this story could be compared with Vanity Fair by William Thackeray.
Besides, I love music and sports. I usually listen to pop but can also enjoy other styles. Now I'm trying to listen to jazz - thanks to my friends' recommendations. Times ago, I always tried to understand the music, to image what it represents and that made me confused with jazz. My housemate suggested me just to listen and enjoy it and things prove that his advice is reasonable. Loving history and romance naturally makes me like our old and romantic Vietnamese songs. I don't like contemporary Vietnamese music since the lyrics are just cheaply light-hearted. I love The Beatles but the story between them and me would make another blog. I love Trịnh Công Sơn who formed his own style in Vietnam. Well, just when writing these, I find that I am could be said to like things that are meaningful.
Sports, yeah! As most Vietnamese people, I do love football. When in Vietnam, I couldn't stay up too late to watch matches (like most of my friends did) but here in the UK, very few matches are ignored. I'm an active member of the Vietnamese football team in the UEA. I play attacking side forward and usually score and that's an amazing feeling!!! My other favorite games are table-tennis and shuttlecock. These two kinds are not popular here, so I have to play badminton instead.
There could be other things that I'd like to share, but it'd be better to keep them for another time.
Again, welcome and be my guest!
Cheers,
Binh
2 comments:
Hi, I am lynn. It is really a nice blog!!!^_^ The Mac system works! I have no problem in reading it using windows.
Keep writing and keep contact!you need various kinds of chapters other than introduction~~~
Ahah Liu Yan, you're the first one who leaves a message on this one-day-old blog :-) Great!!!
I believe that you're enjoying your time in China very much since you seem not to go back to the UK. Have you found a pamernant job already?
I try to access your blog but it's not been published. Would come back later.
Do come and keep in touch.
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