A post on behalf of Tran Van Ngo

Here are two family photos, taken in 1995 in San Diego.

This second one is with the founder of  Nguoi Viet  Inc. who ran the NV daily news in Westminster, CA.  Do Ngoc Yen died 3 years  ago. Tran Van Due was Yen's great helper;  that's why all members of NV  News was  in debt to our whole family.

Goi em - Tieng que huong

A song of me about Vietnamese living far away.
This inspiration comes from many visits of my relatives to Vietnam ( A Khoi, chi Ha , a Ti and other many young relatives etc. )

Tieng que huong - Goi em
Music and lyrics : Dang Khoa

Em ,co biet chang ngay quay ve
Làng que yeu dau than thuong suot nam dai
Em , co biet chang nguoi o lai
Xay dap tinh que huong dep vo bo

Goi nang nang dua em ve
Mot thoi tho au , xanh xanh bo luy non tre
Goi em nang tuoi , lua thom nong
Dan co trang, dan co bay rop mua
Goi gio , gio bay theo dong ..
Mot canh dong xanh chan chim mua tuoi nang moi
Goi em tieng ca dao nhan dua ve
Ngay thang cho mong , que huong minh dep biet bao


Tranlate into English...... ^ ^

You can hear A demo of the song is in this link :
http://mp3.zing.vn/mp3/nghe-bai-hat/Goi-em-Dang-Khoa.IW6OZOCW.html

Thirty-five years later

Every year in one strip mall in a part of Little Saigon in San Jose, these flags are resurrected around April 30. It's an impressive sight, the splash of sunlight yellow and royal red waving proudly above the buildings. It's another "anniversary" to remember, but certainly one that calls for a different sort of commemoration, and definitely no cake.

I was only six years old on that day in 1975. Unlike other major events that I would live through such as the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in Santa Cruz and the World Trade Center attacks on 911, I don't know exactly where I was when I learned of this news. To be honest, I probably didn't even know what it all meant anyway at that time.

I think about my impression compared to those of relatives older than me. Has that moment in time been seared into your memory? An earlier version of 911 perhaps? And I wonder about our other blood relatives who still live in Viet Nam, like Khoa and his father, Uncle Thanh and family. How is this day regarded?

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Family Tree Book

Dear Family Members,

I was informed by several family members about the poor binding quality of the Tran Van Family History Book, causing the pages to fall off.

I notified the printing company about this problem, and they promised to print new copies for replacement.

If you have a copy with this particular problem, please let me know.

Sorry about the inconvenience, and hope to hear from you.

Bich

A lovely photo

Dear relatives,

Some of you have seen this photo already, but I wanted to share it on the blog. This is a photo of Tran Van Huong's family with my father, Tran Van Due.

I love the way it shows connection between families, and I'm glad that we not only continue to maintain that connection, but hopefully we'll take it one step further by communicating with each other on this blog.

I believe you can click the picture for a larger view. I'd love to hear what you think of this photo, and even better, perhaps share a picture from your own collection.

In kinship,
Theresa

Greetings!

Lily here, just wanted to introduce myself.

I'm one of Tran Van Due's daughters. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my husband Lee and daughter Ava.

I'm very excited about our family blog and look forward to hearing from everyone!

Welcome!

We have developed this web blog for the Tran Van Family to share the latest news, life events, stories...among the family members.

We hope you'll join us and will be actively involved in this family event.

If we miss any family member, kindly let us know.

Looking forward to meeting you on the blog.

Tran Van Ngo

Tran Van Bich