Dear brothers and sisters,
I have heard many times the Vietnamese expression of the modern day: “Đi tắt đón đầu” – Taking the shortcut to gain a head start. It sounds similar to a very common guerrilla warfare tactic: taking the shortcut to lie in wait upfront. My problem is that in business, more often than not, this expression appears to work in a contorted way into the unethical get-rich-quick minds of the crime-oriented individuals. Continue reading The shortcut?
Reuters JANUARY 7, 2019 / 1:26 AM / 19 DAYS AGO
BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. guided-missile destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea in what China called a “provocation” as U.S. officials joined talks in Beijing during a truce in a bitter trade war.
The USS McCampbell carried out a “freedom of navigation” operation, sailing within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Island chain, “to challenge excessive maritime claims”, Pacific Fleet spokeswoman Rachel McMarr said in an emailed statement.
Dear brothers and sisters,
How strong are we?
It depends.
On what?
On how close we are to one another. Continue reading How strong are we? The Viet Trinity
Jesus,
Should I keep my long hair or cut my hair short?
(About one week later)
…
Jesus,
would you like to cut my hair? Continue reading Prayer 598
US Intelligence Report: China Building Two New Stealth Bombers
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE Sputnik
China’s air force is working on two new stealth bombers to replace its aging fleet of Soviet-era Xian H-6 bombers, a new US intelligence report says. While Beijing confirmed the existence of one, the B-2 Spirit-like H-20, in October, the second is being called the JH-XX by observers and is rumored to be a medium bomber.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Concentration is a skill that can be acquired from practicing. Some people are born with it, but most people obtain it by practicing. And it is fairly easy to practice.
Before talking about practice, you may want to take note that your success in life depends heavily on your ability to concentrate your mind. If you mind is scattered all over the places, you know very well that you cannot achieve anything of substance. If you use all your day to daydream in classes, run around coffee shops, make calls to 12 friends to chat, go to the swimming pool for 20 minutes, read your homework assignments for a half hour while chatting at the same time, eat dinner, watch TV, and then go to bed. What have you accomplished in the day other than throwing a chunk of your precious time out of the window? Continue reading Concentration
Giêsu ơi,
Ngày đẹp.
Em yêu hôm nay.
Nhìn kìa.
Bông hoa nhỏ.
Đáng yêu. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 597 – Prayer 597
Second Trump-Kim summit to take place in Vietnam: report
President Trump‘s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is slated to take place in Vietnam next month, Bloomberg reported Sunday.The news outlet reported that the meeting is expected to be held in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, but Danang and Ho Chi Minh City are also being discussed.
TĐH: Some well known songs for you to see some grammatical mistakes. These mistakes are usually intentional, either to make the song stand out or to use popular incorrect English by most people. But sometimes the mistake is from the author’s ignorance.
Source: Dictionary.com
Songwriters provide the soundtracks to our lives and often have a knack for saying exactly what we were feeling but, of course, we didn’t know how to express ourselves.
But even their superior rhyming skills and penchant for translating the human condition into beautiful lyrics doesn’t mean they always say everything perfectly. Your favorite playlist is probably as full of simple spelling mistakes and hilarious grammatical errors as it is beloved hit songs. Continue reading The Biggest Mistakes In Songs We Love To Sing
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
“Rhythm of work” means when we are settled into daily work routines we are in a daily repetition of very much the same tasks in the same ways at the same hours. Likewise, the rhythm of the mind means the same ways we think every day about the same things, a daily repetition of what we call thinking. Nonetheless, it is not thinking. It really means sleeping, a mere repetition of formulas about things and activities that have been programmed into our nervous system to work like robots, no more no less. Continue reading The rhythm of the mind
Giêsu ơi,
Chim đang hót phải không?
Có bao nhiêu chim đang hót?
Một, hai, hay rất nhiều?
Em nghĩ các bạn ấy là một ban nhạc nhỏ
với một giọng ca chính. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 596 – Prayer 596
REUTERS asahi.com January 14, 2019 at 11:00 JST
The Mekong River (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
MO CAY, Vietnam– In the dead of night, the entire front half of shopkeeper Ta Thi Kim Anh’s house collapsed. Perched on the sandy banks of the Mekong River, it took just a few minutes for one half of everything she owned to plunge into its murky depths.
“Our kitchen, our laundry room, our two bedrooms, all gone,” said Kim Anh, speaking amongst the twisted metal and rubble of her house, from which she still sells eggs, soap and instant noodles to villagers in Ben Tre, a province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region.
Giêsu ơi,
Giêsu biết đấy,
khi em là trợ giảng yoga,
khoảng năm 2010-2011,
em thường nói với học viên của mình,
“Hãy cười khi đau.” Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 595 – Prayer 595
NOVEMBER 24, 2018 SCMP
As Chinese gangs, Latin American cartels and Nigerian brokers widen their international networks, a rising number of vulnerable women and children are being tangled in their web.
It was one of those hot summer days in early August when the skin has no rest from the burning sun, drier than usual. Daniela, from Venezuela, was landing for the first time in Hong Kong, wearing a black jacket, white shirt, bell-bottomed jeans, and high heels.
She was pregnant, but that wasn’t all she was carrying. Strapped to each of her legs were four packs of cocaine.
Giêsu ơi,
Giặt quần áo cùng Giêsu thật dễ dàng.
Nước lạnh.
Quần áo nặng.
Giêsu giúp em giặt, vắt và phơi quần áo. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 594 – Prayer 594
Đọt Chuối Non 