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梁静茹 - 情歌

Lady Bug

Doushite kimi o suki ni natte shimattandarou?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4A468sNTU

Another song I watched back in Vietnam with my cousin. This and Yue Ding were the two most memorable songs.

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I think I'm lost Henry,

or did I find you?

Found the story!

The story of LUU-BINH and DUONG-LE
By Tran Van Dien

Long ago there were two very close friends. One named Luu-Binh, came from a wealthy family; the other, named Duong-Le, came from a pool family.
Knowing that Duong-Le did not have enough money to study, Luu-Binh kindly invited him to come and live with him to help him. Conscious of his poverty, Duong-Le was hard working and industrious while Luu-Binh, satisfied with his wealth, was wasteful and lazy. As expected, when the final examination arrived Luu-Binh failed while Duong-Le succeeded. He then became a high-ranking official and lived comfortably in a big house in the capital.
Luu-Binh went on with his idle, wasteful and extravagant way of life. Soon he had squandered all his fortune and was still not graduated. Reduced to bare poverty, Luu-Binh then remembered his old friend, now a high ranking official. So he made the trip to the capital and called at Duong-Le's to ask for help. Duong-Le pretended to be cold and indifferent because he knew his friend too well. If he helped him at once he would be always lazy.
"You're not my friend. All my friends are rich and important people not poor and ignorant like you." he shouted at Luu-Binh contemptuously. He then called: "Guards! See the man out. Give him some leftover rice and salt!"


Ashamed and disappointed to see that his friend was not too proud to remember their lifelong friendship, Luu-Binh sadly returned to his village, determined to study hard so that he would one day erase this shame.
In the meantime Duong-Le told his beautiful third wife, Chau-Long to dress as a girl selling silk, to go to Luu-Binh`s village, get acquainted with Luu-Binh and then propose to stay with him. She would be selling silk and supporting him while he was studying. She also promised that they would become husband and wife once he successfully completed his studies. Encouraged by that promise, Luu-Binh studied hard day and night. It was not long before the examination came again and Luu-Binh passed it. As soon as he heard the result he hurried home to share the good news with Chau-Long only to find that she had disappeared. Later on, Luu-Binh, too, was invited to serve as a high ranking official. But he did not forget the shame Duong-Le had caused him in the past. So he went to Duong-Le's to seek revenge. Duong-Le treated him completely differently when he arrived. This time he greeted him with open arms. He did not mind his friend's harsh words. Patiently waiting for his friend to calm down, Duong-Le then called his wife Chau-Long out to introduce her to his friend. Only then did Luu-Binh realize that Duong-Le, a true friend, had really helped him complete his studies. Both friends ran to each other and hugged each other tightly.

Yay

My grandfather

I don't know much about my paternal grandfather. It seems as if he's just a figment of my memory.

I don't remember much about him. And with the things I do, I question if those memories are real.

I write a lot of my stories about those memories. My grandfather's in it and it feels warm for some reason.

I just found out recently his full name was Tong Van Hien. He named me and I'm glad. I'm scared that Vietnam's gunna be lost to me soon.

Anyways, besides the topic here's a nice story I remembered that my dad forced me to read back when I was 7. It was in Vietnamese and I don't remember much of it but I'll do my best. I think the story was set in China and translated into Vietnamese because it had commanders and stuff.

Anyways, back then in China I think people would exams to become war commanders. There were two particular friends. Friend 1 was very hardworking while Friend 2 was lazy. By the time of the exam, the second friend failed whilst friend one did really well and became a really powerful commander in time. So the Friend 2 ended up being quite poor. Seeing his friend's state, the first friend felt sorry for him so he told his wife to help him out. His wife sat outside of the second friend's house and pretended that her house was burnt down and she had no place to live. He took her in because he felt sorry for her. She made took care of him by making food for him etc. He decided to study really hard because of this and eventually he tried out for the exam again. This time he made it in and he had plans of marrying the girl. But then she revealed that she was married to the First friend.
Idk what happened after that.

年轮

我种下 一棵关于爱的树苗
每一天 阳光都会与我说话
呵护着 脆弱的成长时刻
等待着 成为坚强的大树

在相遇的夜晚我来到 你床前挂上一道彩虹
当你迷失方向的时候 我的心会是最温暖的家

一圈又一圈 圈起你在我的心里面
数数看 年轮就是我爱你的痕迹
一片又一片的树叶就像是
我的 思念 随季节泛黄变回忆


我种下 一棵关于爱的树苗
每一天 阳光都会与我说话
呵护着 脆弱的成长时刻
等待着 成为坚强的大树

在相遇的夜晚我来到 你床前挂上一道彩虹
当你迷失方向的时候 我的心会是最温暖的家

一圈又一圈 圈起你在我的心里面
数数看 年轮就是我爱你的痕迹
一片又一片的树叶就像是
我的 思念 随季节泛黄变回忆


一圈又一圈 圈起你在我的心里面
数数看 年轮就是我爱你的痕迹
一片又一片的树叶就像是
我的 思念 随季节泛黄变回忆

Love is like a sapling. It starts off tiny but if you nurture it it will grow into a tree.

I have mixed feelings about this song.
 I suck at taking care of things.

Hmmm..

Vietnam War

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Broken string, how can I practise?
My feeling, you already cannot hear it
Your change
Is like a broken string
No matter how it is connected again
The sound is wrong
Your change, I can distinguish it

I am silent
You also don't have much to say
What is missing between us?
Don't say
Ai yo
After smiling
My expression eventually has some sadness
(Holding your hand)
Ask you if you are certain and then leave again

I suddenly smile with my mind at rest
The sound of the laughter flies around halfway up a hill
Dancing and tossing about in the wind
Come in front of you and circle you
Your tears fall downwards
Saying that you will remember my goodness
I curve the corner my mouth to smile

Your beauty has already been given to whom?
Chase and chase, I cannot get it back
I understand the leaf that leaves the tree belongs to the world of the ground
Withers

Broken string, play it again
My world, you are not inside it
My fingertips have already got callus by playing
Still I have no way to keep you by my side

Broken string, how can I practise?
My feeling, you already cannot hear it
Your change
Is like a broken string
No matter how it is connected again
The sound is wrong
Your change, I can distinguish it

by Ho@multistars.com