Nga Trinh: July 2006

Berkeley Kite Festival, July 29, 2006

Every year at the end of July, Berkelely holds its Kite Festival which draws a lot of people. I like the Kite Festival because it is fun to see all those beautiful, colorful, and giant kites. These huge kites are about 25 feet across and a 100 feet long. There are cute, little kites too, and I like them all. The weather is just right, windy, and the sky is blue with fluffy white clouds.

The Program

This park used to be a garbage dump.

There are food stands.

And of course there are toilet stalls.

There are people who just sit and watch.

And others who are real professonal kite flyers, who can control three kites with long tails-- move, twist, and dip these kites without tangling them up.

Are these kites or balloons?

COMMENT:

August 22, 2006

Thanks for your blog! I came across it because I had a veggie cuon lunch yesterday, and was looking for recipes--not knowing what I was going to get lucky enough to find!
I made a comment on your last post (Goi Cuon-Shrimp Roll, Feb. posting); I also shared your blog with my best friend. So now there are two more people in Seattle who understand your home country is Viet Nam, and that we do not live on Pugetsound.
We both truly enjoyed your blog--looking forward to more.

Sincerely,

Melanie Lane

Social Issues of the 90s in the United States-Collage

These are my small collages. I used recycled music CD pockets for the back ground. These pockets are 5x5 and a half inches. The small collages inside are 2x3 inches. I did these in the 90s which reflected some social issues in the United States at the time.

The Beginning-A Dark Day

An Immigrant Nation-A Melting Pot

Politics and Hollywood

Pets and Commercialism

Sex and Crimes

Sports and Materialism

The Have and Have Not

Fat and No Fat

The Headlines

Trang Cua Cac Chau O Viet Nam-Du Ngoan Cuoi Nam

Vao nhung ngay cuoi nam hoc, cac truong tieu hoc va trung hoc thuong to chuc cac chuyen di choi. Ngay 9-6-06, truong tieu hoc Arts Magnet, Berkeley cua Bao to chuc di Santa Cruz. Day la mot khu choi giai tri ven bien ve phia nam cua thanh pho Berkeley, di xe buyt cua truong do 2 tieng. Thim di theo de giup trong nom cac chau hoc sinh. Moi nguoi deo tren co tay ve ca ngay cho tat ca cac tro choi, tri gia khoang $30 do. Hom do troi nang, am va dep, ai nay cung rat vui ve va vui choi thoa thich. Tiec la thim khong thich may tro giai tri manh bao nay, nen chi di theo de xach bi cho may dua nho va trong chung de tui no khoi bi lac.