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Journey to America – My Cousin Thuong’s Perspective

On our journey to America, two cousins also came along with my family. They both were teenagers when we...

Journey to America – My Cousin Huy’s Perspective

In addition to my siblings, two cousins came along on the journey to America. Both cousins were teenagers at...

Journey to America – Mai Hương Experience

Mai Hương, My Oldest Sister Mai Hương meant beautiful fragrance of a yellow flowering plant called ochna or mickey-mouse...

Journey to America – Kiều Hạnh experience

This Chapter is about my older sister, Kiều Hạnh, and her perspective. She remembers a little more than my...

Journey to America – My Younger sisters’ Experiences

This chapter is about my two younger sisters’ perspectives. Similar to my brothers, both sisters were young. They remembered...

Journey to America – My Brothers’ Experiences

In this chapter, I shall be sharing my brothers’ perspectives during our travel to America. Both brothers were very...

My Journey to America – Going Back to Vietnam

Planning a trip to Vietnam was exciting and scary at the same time. I did not know if I...

My Journey to America – Life is a Journey not a Destination

After three years of the cold weather in Illinois, my parents were ready for a warmer climate. It didn’t...

My Journey to America – Illinois Family Reunion

I was here in America because of circumstance. If Vietnam was a peaceful place, the thought of leaving would...

My Journey to America – Pulau Bi Dong, The Island of Refugees

From 1975 to about 1996, more than 500,000 boat people reportedly stayed at different refugee camps while a guess...

My Journey to America – Land Ho

After four days of floating in the sea, everyone was anxious to find land. The captain followed the course...

My Journey to America – The Journey Began

In the summer of July 1978, whispers about “America” were in the air. The North and South Vietnam have...

My Journey to America – The Plan

An estimate of four million Vietnamese are living overseas. Vietnamese immigrants scattered among 34 countries all over the world....

My Journey to America – Different Ways of Leaving Vietnam

Many Vietnamese people left Vietnam for political and economic reasons. In the beginning, people were leaving because of political...

My Journey to America – Changes in the Air

Until one early spring morning April 30, 1975, everything changed. It was the day that changed the course of...

My Journey to America – Life before America

Living with Bố and Mẹ Đức During my first ten years, I lived mostly with Bố (dad) and Mẹ...

My Journey to America – Reincarnation

Early foggy morning in the summer of 1968, an old woman strolled through an empty neighborhood sidewalk. She cradled...

My Journey to America – The Year of the Earth Monkey

My adventure began when I was born in Saigon (Hồ Chí Minh City) on May 05, 1968, the year...

My Journey to America – Vietnamese Culture and Traditions

This chapter introduces Vietnamese culture and traditions to readers who are foreign to the Vietnamese customs. My hope is...

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My Journey to America – Vietnam War

Vietnam War played an important role in history for many countries and my own life. It was an underlying...

My Journey to America – An Introduction

It is a long story so I am going to break into different blogs. I have been writing about...

Betel Nut Tradition and Vietnamese Love Story Folklore

What is a betel nut? It is a combination of betel leaves, areca nuts, and lime offered during Vietnamese...

Beautiful women of Vietnam – blackened teeth tradition

There is a Vietnamese old traditional phrase that said “Cái Răng Cái Tóc Là Góc Con Người” which means...

Vietnamese Religions

For the first ten years of my life growing up in Vietnam, I was most familiar with Buddhism (Đạo...

Vietnam Geography

Vietnam has a loosely shape of an “S” with a distance from north to south of 1650 km (1025...

Vietnam Culture and Tradition

There are many traditions in the Vietnamese culture. There are several traditions that Nguyễn Vӑn family partake. Some of...

Vietnamese People and the Language

The Vietnamese are rather small people in stature and round in facial features. On average, Vietnamese range from 4...

Nguyễn Văn Family Reunion

Where to begin the Nguyễn Family’s epic journey to America so that we all can share our stories with...

Tea Time

Summer 2016 is upon us already. Have you taken some quality time for yourself or with your love ones...

Happy Fire Monkey Year 2016!!

Happy New Year 2016!!! January 1st, 2016 came and went. If you missed it, here’s another chance to celebrate...

Chopsticks fun trivia

Did you know that the very first chopsticks were probably used for cooking, stirring fire, serving or seizing bits...

Welcome back to school!

Are you ready for school to start again? Come and check Pho Queen out at the Maitland Library this...

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

There are so many things we can do to appreciate our moms. It can be as elaborate as a...

Vietnamese meals available for lunch —

Happy month of May!!! I am creating a brand new game for the month May with a goal in...

Welcome to Pho Queen Cooking New Website!!!

Hello World!!! This is my first blog on my new website. I have not been posting newsletters lately because...