I haven’t blogged for a while, and apparently, the less you write, the less topic you can think of. Since my birthday, I’ve wanted to start blogging again yet can’t think of anything interesting enough.
It’s not because there is nothing good happening to me. In fact, I’ve never seen my life as exciting as it is now. I’m studying hard and working hard. I’ve just taken TOELF and SAT 2 while my SAT is coming within 3 weeks. My Spanish is getting better, now I can read BBC perfectly in Spanish. FHV [Free Hugs Vietnam] has an amazing team, coolest members and so many upcoming events. They are worth-checking out, trust me. Sometimes I can’t believe I’m that lucky to have you guys with me. SEAChange - the movement for youth in Southeast Asia that I’m involved in as its Vietnam Community Leader is taking its peak!!! Can’t wait to meet Biz Stone and Nando Parrado my hero at YES2009. I will also start a small 2-week project next Monday - my very first one of this kind. To make things even cooler, BarCamp Saigon will be held on Nov 29 with supports from some [BIG] names [FHV will also be taking care of BarCamp Saigon's volunteers]. My schedule for November is totally booked already with full of events and travel. Yes, the most exciting part is that, I’m moving, again. I have a very interesting plan that I’d love to share with you next month.
And well, it’s not that nothing bad happens to me. Shit happens as it does all the time!! Exams, work pressure, family’s loss, misunderstandings, the broken laptop, SERIOUS trouble with … [I really don't want to talk about it, it makes me feel deeply depressed], nightmares, and esp. the death of my new-born cousin, all of these together have worn me down. My hair keeps falling out and I have about 1 kilogram of medicine to take. I know I’m at the turning point of my life; and it’s never been easy. The only thing I can do now is to try harder & harder with the hope that life will turn into the better, not the worse.
I don’t update my blog or tweet much these days, but I will be back after everything is settled, maybe in November. Thinking of being left out makes me feel so dead 
And now, enjoy a cute story from FHV ^_^ I’m so in love with it.
![FHV Story [The first part was found somewhere on the Internet, the last one was designed by Simpleman]](http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs277.snc1/10430_168693499972_88090159972_3639178_462406_n.jpg)
The first part was found somewhere on the Internet, the last one was designed by Simpleman
Tags: barcampsaigon, Chip, FHV, SAT, SEAChange
Another year has gone and I’m 1 year older. Thank you so much for all your wishes. I haven’t blogged lately so now it’s a good time for me to update about what I’ve been up to lately (if you ever give it a damn).
I spend most of my time preparing for some tests and volunteer activities. Check out my newest baby (we have a lot of upcoming activities that need your help).
I’m thinking of a small gathering tomorrow. Buzz me if you are interested.
Err, what else??
“Every girl dreams of finding her Prince. But Prince is for Princess only, so I stopped dreaming at the age of 17.” - Hao Nguyen.
I haven’t been blogging so much lately, and this time is not because I’m lazy, I’m busy or I don’t know what to blog about; it’s all because of my cowardliness.
Sometimes I’m not as confident as I pretend to be, and I can be easily affected by others. As my blog got more popular, even just a little bit popular in a small community, **some people** started to talk about my age, my experience, and even my being a girl!!! So lame! Someone said that I was not a geek, I was non-tech, I was just a talker or my writing had no value at all, blah blah. It did upset me a lot, and it took me back to my stupid turtle shell.
But just several days ago, I talked about my problem with a respected friend of mine, and his words have definitely cheered me up a lot.
“You know. I always faced the same issue, but now I am older it is different. Some people see others with passion, ambition and ability as a threat…you don’t need to listen to them! Do you need to know how to grow a coffee plant to set-up a coffee chain, do you need to know SQL to be able to talk about websites. Don’t worry about what you don’t know, it’s not important. I have been in digital for 10 years and I really don’t know it all - who does.
What you do know is what’s good and bad on the web, what services have potential and what don’t, how social networks work, give value…etc,etc.
So don’t hide that knowledge. Sure, being a girl in this space may get the tech boys to pick holes in your thoughts, but know one is interested in what they say, we’re more interested in your view.
If you keep your blog as both commentary on tech in VN, plus your own experiences, events and views, I think it can build into a destination site.”
I just realized that I was such a cowardly idiot! I started my blog b/c I want to share my personal thoughts of ICT & Social Media scence in Vietnam, and I will continue it! Sharing personal thoughts on a personal blog has no fault at all! If you think my blog is worth-reading, I appriciate your time & your feedbacks for my blog. But if it is not, please don’t be too mean 
I’d love to know your opinions about how to make my blog a better destination, not like “your blog sux”.
Again, thanks a lot for reading this post. And again, I’m not gonna be affected by any negative comments. I’ve recieved a lot of good feedbacks about my blog, then who cares about a small black dot in a white sheet of paper? Stay tuned for my upcoming blog posts 
Time: 7pm – 10pm Thursday, Feb 12
Location: Cafe Chim Xanh, 19 Khuc Hao, Hanoi
Agenda:
1. Getting to know each other
2. Twitter and Twitter Clones in Vietnam
3. Is there a crisis among Internet Companies? (CyVee, Faceviet, Vega, VON)
4. BarCamp Hanoi 2
Facebook Group for Twitter Community in Vietnam is here.
Twitter tag for it is: #twithanoi or #hanoitwit. But next time it should be #hanoitwit only.
Will blog about it after that.
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Hey just came back from Twitter Offline in Hanoi. It was damn good actually. Thanks everyone for coming. Sorry it was my fault not to clarify that it was cafe only, not dinner.
Who were there?
Jeremi was the first to come, and then me. Actually Chim Xanh was a bit small, and we didn’t have time to talk peer to peer. I’ll write down list of people who were there so that you can easily recall. The problem is I’m pretty absent-minded, so please remind me if I accidentally forget anyone or give any wrong information. Thank you!
1. Jeremi Joslin – Product Manager at eXo Platform.
He was to the first to come, even ealier than me. A nice French guy riding a nice bike
2. Me – The author of this blog post. I’m the 2nd to come.
3. Vương – Petalia.org
Petalia has Alexa Ranking of 8700 worldwide, wow, not bad at all. Hey Vương, tell me more about yourself and your site. Are you working on it with your sisters & brothers?
He is working at BiTTech, researching Google Apps and cloud computing, right?
5. Nguyễn Trung Kiên
A young and active web designer at a Russian company, Badadu Media.
6. Hoạt Lê
A student at Hanoi University of Technology and Hanoi- Aptech. He just won second prize on Google Open Social Apps contest (right??) He will start working for eXo since next week.
He came with a schoolmate named Huy Dũng. His Twitter: @vannessars
7. Bryan Pelz
Many of us already know him, Co-Founder of Vinagame, and he lives part-time in Hanoi hahaa. Such a nice surprise to see you there, Bryan. I always like your humor, and you actually gave us a lot of precious information.
He’s working at the same company as me, ePi Technologies. He has great marketing sense. He’s working a project about GenY.
9. Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
He’s working on Social Media at VC Corp. He’s really good on WordPress and WordPress MU. He’s a rock fan and also the founder & admin of Rockpassion.
10. Nguyễn Minh Thảo
Chairman & CEO of CNC Software. His company is about to launch a social network for lovers in Vietnam, called http://traitim.vn
One of the best programmer for JavaMobile, admin of JavaVietnam.org. He’s based in HCMC and wow, we are so lucky to have him join us in Hanoi today.
12. Nhữ Đình Thuận
What’s your Twitter account?
Another famous Java programmer, and an admin of JavaVietnam.org as well. He’s now working on his own company, Headvances. A typical product of his is a search engine called Moom.vn
13. Lê Đức Thắng
Chairman of TBWA Vietnam. FYI, TBWA is a son of OmniCom, the largest ads network in the world. The funny thing is that most Vietnamese never ever heard of that name.
14. Nguyễn Hải Linh
A really really talented manager. He’s been in charge of Lenovo Vietnam since he was only 23!!!!! OMG.
15. Sơn Bùi
He was once in charge of Punch Vietnam, but now he’s in a partnership with Baomoi. Secret! I’d love to talk more to you.
Both Thắng, Linh & Sơn haven’t been on Twitter yet, they are together.
16. Rick Rodgers
How could I forget you, Rick!!!! He’s in charge of Chodientu- eBay relationship (Peacesoft ofcourse). He’s also an organizer of BarCampSaigon. But you are always so mean to me, Rickkkkk!!
17. ThạchNN
Technical leader at Luften. They are working on a project similar to Twitter for Vietnam with some more features, called Tiutit.com (previous known as Loop.vn).Check out his comment below for more information.
18. Bill Tran (Tuấn Trần)
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He’s in charge of Luften in Vietnam. Vietnamese - born, Polish – grown and American – educated. Sweet smile.
19. Mike Le (Thành Lê)
Founder and CEO of FaceViet. He’s also working for An Binh Security. His most impressive announcement there was Faceviet didn’t go bankruptcy!!!
20. Ninh Nguyễn
A young & talented social guy, a product manager at VC Corp. He’s a product manager. He gave us a pretty nice vision about VC Corp, where LinkHay would be the central point (a platform like Facebook and every other product would be like applications)
21. Bùi Quang Huy
Director of Viettel Media. He told me he couldn’t come, then he arrived a bit late with a Malaysian guy named Joey. He seemed to know many people there. B/c of arriving late, he couldn’t share much. But his friend Joey already shared out an interesting news that he was working with Vinaphone & Mobiphone on lbs project?? (Was it? Anyone plz confirmed for me, I sat to far away from him).
22. Nguyễn Duy Hưng
Another quiet guy from Social Media, VC Corp. I hope you did enjoy it, Hưng. Sorry we couldn’t talk more. Hope to see you soon.
23. Tuấn Nguyễn
He’s doing some research but I didn’t understand him clearly ‘cos he was a lil bit far. Hey tell us more abt yourself
24. Thái Mak
He’s working for VTC Intecom, online game. He’s young, enthusiastic and a good friend
Did I miss anything?
What was happening?
Actually, we didn’t only talk about Twitter, but all about doing Internet in Vietnam (junk, huh?)
Let’s go through some quick facts about Twitter first.
What is the most serious thing we have to face with when doing microblogging in Vietnam?
- People don’t know what micro-blogging is.
- Twitter hasn’t made any money, so how can a Twitter clone make money?
Some interesting information we got from this meetup:
- FaceViet didn’t go bankruptcy – confirmed by FaceViet’s Founder, Mike Le.
- There’s no point to do a Facebook clone in Vietnam (I’m not so sure about it)
- Bad PR can be good, but not always.
- Localization is not only about translation, but also about customization features to get on with cultures and habits.
- VC Corp is trying to make LinkHay a platform like FaceViet, and all other products of VC Corp will work like applications.
- Of all people using OpenID at VC Corp’s products, 90% use Yahoo and only 10% use Google.
- Micro-blogging & iTV will be hot in 2009
- BarcampHanoi 2 will be on April 12.
- Vietnamese and Chinese people like portal websites.
- You name it.
After Chim Xanh, some of us went for a beercamp and dinner on Mã Mây str., then went for some nice bars. It was a totally great evening. Thanks again for everything.
Hope to see you guys very soon! Tell me if you want another meetup like that in Hanoi next time
Tags: baomoi, barcamphanoi, Chip, FaceViet, twitter, Vietnam
Sorry but I want to write this entry in Vietnamese. All other posts will be in English.
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Hôm nay chẳng rảnh rỗi nhưng ngồi tổng kết lại phát. Một năm đã đi qua, xem mình làm được cái gì.
1. Tốt nghiệp cấp 3
Có lẽ việc vĩ đại nhất mình làm trong năm vừa rồi là tốt nghiệp cấp 3, lại còn loại giỏi nữa mới hoành tráng chứ :”> Quả thực bị đuổi học 3 lần, lết xác đi thi sau 2 tuần bỏ học đúng là điều không tưởng. Nhưng thôi chuyện qua rồi. Tốt nghiệp xong cái cũng nhẹ lòng.
2. Chuyển vào Sài Gòn sống
Đây là một trong những quyết định đột ngột và táo bạo nhất của mình. Bỏ việc, bỏ học, bỏ cả bạn bè đi xa hơn 2000km để sống. Hồi đầu mới vào, buồn dã man ý. Mặc dù không thể nói trước tương lai thế nào, nhưng tính đến thời điểm này, có thể thấy quyết định vào Sài Gòn của mình là đúng. Mình lớn lên rất nhiều, học được rất nhiều, gặp rất nhiều người bạn tốt và thú vị.
3. Bắt đầu blog http://huyenchip.com
Lần đầu tiên biết set up WordPress trên host riêng và … dễ hơn mình tưởng. Nhờ viết blog mà mình phát hiện ra rất nhiều điều thú vị, có bạn còn gọi mình là hot blogger he he ngại ế. 2009 phải chăm chỉ viết blog hơn mới được.
4. Tròn 18 tuổi
Uh thế là bạn Chip thành người lớn rồi đấy, vĩ đại lắm ý. Mặc dù sinh nhật năm nay lủi thủi 1 mình ở Đà Lạt, nhưng mà vẫn thấy vui. Nhiều người mơ ước trở lại tuổi thơ, nhưng mình sợ sẽ phải “lớn” lại một lần nữa.
5. BarCamp Sài Gòn
BarCamp Sài Gòn thành công hơn mong đợi. Tuy phần nhiệm vụ của mình vẫn còn một số điểm không được hoàn hảo nhưng mình học được rất nhiều từ đó. Cảm ơn mọi người thật nhiều.
6. Một tháng đi lang thang
Lần đầu tiên ra nước ngoài 1 mình, lại chẳng có chuẩn bị trước gì, nhưng đó thực sự là một chuyến đi cực kỳ bổ ích và thú vị. Mình phát hiện ra mình nghiện đi du lịch bụi. Trong chuyến đi đấy, ở kí túc xá cũng có, ngủ lang thang nhà bạn cũng có, vật vờ ở công ty cũng có, khách sạn rẻ tiền cũng có, khách sạn 5 sao cũng có, di chuyển thì bằng đủ loại phương tiện, mình thấy khả năng thích nghi của mình cao lên dã man. Những con người khác nhau, văn hóa khác nhau nhưng đều thật tốt. Nhất định mình sẽ đi vòng quanh thế giới trước năm 25 tuổi!
7. Tham gia Báo Mới, VnSecurity
Người ta nói may hơn khôn, quả thực mình hết sức may mắn khi được tham gia cùng với mọi người trong VnSecurity, mà khá nhiều trong đó mình đã nghe danh từ lâu và hâm mộ. Hy vọng năm 2009 có thể làm gì đó cho nhóm. Về với BaoMoi cũng là một may mắn của mình. Ban đầu chỉ vì mình thích công nghệ BaoMoi, nhưng càng ngày càng thấy yêu BaoMoi cũng như những người đứng đằng sau nó. Năm nay mình đặt BaoMoi lên top priority. Nhất định phải làm 1 cái gì đó, hmmm.
8. Lên đỉnh Fansipan
Mình hay đùa với mọi người là bị lừa lên đỉnh Fansipan. Quả thực mình không thể ngờ lên đỉnh lại vất vả đến thế. Nhưng lên đến đỉnh rồi, nhìn thảm mây bồng bềnh dưới chân mình, cảnh tượng hùng vĩ thấy tất cả gian nan thế cũng đáng. Team BaoMoi vĩ đại dã man ý 
9. Tự mua xe máy và laptop, điện thoại
Thành quả về tài chính của mình chẳng có gì nhiều, lương không cao và mình không biết tiết kiệm, nhưng mua được mấy cái nho nhỏ thế cũng thấy vui vui. Năm tới mình sẽ bớt tiêu hoang đi, bớt ngồi cafe, bớt ăn đồ linh tinh, bớt đi chơi ngu, bớt đi taxi đi và bớt mua đồ hay hay.
** So với kế hoạch đặt ra cuối năm 2007 thì mình thất bại thảm hại, bao nhiêu cái đặt ra chả làm được, mấy cái chẳng bao giờ nghĩ đến thì lại làm được. Nhưng mà xét tổng thể thì năm 2008 cũng khá vui đối với mình. Mình thay đổi nhiều thật, lớn hơn, chín chắn hơn, sống thoải mái hơn, nhiều bạn bè hơn, mối quan hệ nhiều hơn và quan trọng là tầm nhìn + cách suy nghĩ của mình lớn hơn hẳn 1 bậc. Năm 2008 mình còn được nhắc đến trên 1 số tờ báo + blog. Tạm thế.
1. Gắn bó với BaoMoi, quyết tâm đưa BaoMoi đạt được mục tiêu đã đề ra. Mục tiêu gì thì bí mật nhé, nhưng có thể tạm bật mí 1 chút:
- Phiên bản hợp nhất của http://baomoi.com và http://baomoi.vn
- Phiên bản cho di động
- Phiên bản tiếng Anh
2. Một dịch vụ web khác (hứa hẹn là cực kỳ hay)
- Chip chỉ phụ giúp thôi, nhưng chưa public được Hẹn mọi người sau Tết nhé. Ai muốn test sản phẩm thì pm Chip.
3. Thi SAT
Phấn đấu SAT 1 2200 - 2300
4. Thi Ielts
Trên 7.0 (7.5, 8.0 thì đẹp :”>)
5. VnSecurity
Chưa có mục tiêu rõ ràng
6. Tổ chức khoảng 2,3 events về công nghệ.
7. Hoàn thành chuyên đề về Dịch vụ web ở Việt Nam tiếng Việt + tiếng Anh
Lười vãi cả ra ý. Mục tiêu, outline 3,4 tháng rồi mà chưa làm.
8. Mua 1 em iPhone 3G hoặc em Palm Pre.
Hoặc là 1 em gì hay ho hơn tại thời điểm đó..
9. Tham gia BarCamp Bangkok tháng 3 và BarCamp Kuala Lumpur tháng 4.
10. Một suất học bổng > 50% học phí của 1 trường 1st tier ở Mỹ. Không thì San Jose cũng được.
11. Nói thành thạo tiếng Tây Ban Nha
12. Tiết kiệm được 1 khoản, bí mật.
Liệu có tham quá không nhỉ?
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