Monday, April 20, 2009

If you are a Vietnamese

If you are a Vietnamese: Money is everything to you, yet you have no sense of finance. You don’t trust anyone, including yourself. So that you lie to everyone, including yourself. You think everyone else is stupid but when it comes to making decision you always want somebody else to do it for you, and if nobody does, you think following the crowd is the safest bet. You don’t believe in God, (state) media is God to you. Modern medicine means side effect and bear bile cures all diseases. You enjoy complaining about everything, but Hochiminh is untouchable.You love your country, but you’d do everything for your children to get out of it.
And when you go to FB and take the inner nationality quiz, most of you become German

(from today20's blog).

15 comments:

  1. I don't quite agree. Are you a Vietnamese by these assumptions?

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  2. What exactly you don't agree with :P.

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  3. In addition. :-)

    You make 3 million Vietnamese dong per month but you definitely know somebody who has billions Vietnamese dong.

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  4. Sure I love my country while trying my best for my children to leave it, even me if possible

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  5. Agree with some points. Ironic.

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  6. No problem. I saw "In Bruges" on HBO yesterday: Vietnamese mean Asian. Great translation! :))

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  7. in addition, you disagree without knowing what you exactly you disagree with

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  8. LOL at the last point. sharp and accurate observation hahaha.

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  9. những điều trên đúng với lãnh đạo VN nhiều hơn là với dân đen

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  10. hì hì, is this sarcastic or just ironic? Anyway, that's the way most of Vietnameses are ^^

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  11. To elaborate, I agree with the 2nd last point: "You love your country, but you’d do everything for your children to get out of it".

    For the rest, I see no applicability.

    Sarcasm or Irony, it's up to one's view & identity.

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  12. hmm never like stereotype much :) End up being Svensk though haha kinda true I suppose

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  13. Please read Passion for Excellence at:
    http://dotchuoinon.com/2009/03/18/dam-me-tuy%E1%BB%87t-v%E1%BB%9Di/

    I think everybody is basically good and has some weaknesses, all nations alike, Vietnamese, American, German, Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, South African. You name it.

    It is a shame, instead of bringing out the good and great things out of a person,a country, the author tries to exploit the weak parts of some persons (not all) to hit the news.

    Cheers,
    Hien

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  14. http://vietnamnet.vn/chinhtri/2009/04/843994/

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