seamless exploration

Friday, August 25, 2006

  • Vietnam

    I have been in Southeast Asia for the past month and a half. This blog is too outdated and I have upgraded to a more sophisicated blog. check it out at...

    Viet Nam Blog
    http://quyhac.wordpress.com

    Post-Viet Nam Blog
    http://quyhac.blogspot.com

    Goodbye Xanga.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Monday, May 15, 2006

  • this past weekend, i went up to Minnesota to attend my sister's graduation ceremony. I had a great time--good food, family time, and really fun people--much more fun than DePaul. congrats sister grace. here are some pictures.

    May 12-14: St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN.
     




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    one
    chu huy's family, ba, chu hung, and my family.
    thao and emily at commencement

    two
    thao with the dumplings at the reception at her house
    ani, thao, and chu huy at peking garden

    three
    thao and i at her reception
    thao walking out of commencement

    four
    me, thao, mom, dad after her commencement
    thao and chu huy.  the delicious bread and pate!

    five
    my cool, cute cousin elliot pham
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    chao!

Monday, May 01, 2006

Friday, April 21, 2006

  • Hello to the masses who read my xanga. Its getting really warm in chicago, the best time to visit and go out and enjoy the city. Spending time with my new best friends, political science books. a lot of reading. But also I find time to spend time with my friends. tonight went to Ken Kee with Bhumik, charles, and Judy (Congrats on getting the UN internship!!!... its HUGE!!!) here are some pictures. I really love Ken Kee. Its HK chinese food. đồ an qúa ngon.  only have two pics right now, but i'll have more in the upcoming days. enjoy...


    Judy & I at ken kee. Bull riding machine, I am.

    chào.

    TQH.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

  • IVSU's banquet was this past friday. four of us guys did a dance to Cascada's song. it was fun. here are some pictures.





    donation box
    anh, vuong, me, and hoang in our dance
    nhu y and i in the girls fashion show
    left to right: me, dean, lan, kenny, hoang @ my new favorite place in Chinatown, Ken Kee.

    toi di ngu now. bye.



Friday, March 24, 2006

  • some pictures from VIA-1 Conference...



    Top (left to right): @ pho tau bay- lam from MN and i masters of chopstiks, the beautiful Nhu loan, singer luong tung quang, and me.
    Bottom (left to right): thuong carrying me in our relay race, group picture @ race 4 rights.

    tis a great experience.
    -hac

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

  • This past weekend, I attended the VIA-1 conference, which stands for Vietnamese Interacting as one.  Learned so many new things that are useful for my future and the experience as a whole exceeded my expectations by so much. 

    here are a few pictures...
    http://quyhac.multiply.com/photos

    tran, quy-hac.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

  • Bonjour Viet Nam. 
    Hanoi, Viet Nam.
    July to December. 
    Study Abroad. 

    locations in which we plan to visit:

    Cambodia
    Bangkok, Thailand
    Hong Kong
    Saigon
    Nha Trang
    Dalat
    Hue
    all other places in VN.

    tick tock.


Saturday, February 18, 2006

  • picked my courses for next quarter:

    PSC 220 American Presidency
    PSC 234 Equality and Social Justice
    PSC 242 American Foreign Policy
    PSC 253 Asian Politics

    all political science courses. I am quite excited to take on a fun and challenging quarter and to learn a lot.

    well tonight was dinner and monopoly with judy and her friend. we ate pepe's and played the capitalist game. here are some photos...



    clockwise from top left- me, jude, and luce after the game, jude (so pooor), monopoly board, and jude & luce flashing their gold.

    chao.