My favorite artist - Trinh Cong Son My favorite Vietnamese musician is Trinh Cong Son. He was born in 1939 and passed away in 2001. He is considered as a great music composer of Vietnam. People says that there are more than 600 songs written by Trinh Cong Son, but the well-known songs nowadays is only 235. Love is the biggest subject that affects almost Trinh Cong Son's products. There are lots of famous singers that have performed Trinh Cong Son's music, but the most successful singers are only Khanh Ly and Hong Nhung. At the moment, I am listening to " Ru Tinh" performed by Hong Nhung

Lily blossom season in my town Lily is on their blossom season throughout my country. The flower of April has a graceful beauty that can make anyone be in love at the first sight. Hanoi is fulled up with Lily from the small corner to the huge shopping mall. You can easily find the street vendor with their basket whited up by Lily.

Motivate yourself Sometimes, you feel your life is stressful, your job is not interesting, your family is too complicated. You want to escape, want to quit job, want to break everything around you, and sometime, you want to die. Your life is hopeless, you feel dissastisfied. You get angry with people, even friend, parents, and your child. It's time to relax, and motivate yourself. Take a short holiday, come back to your hometown, or travel to another place that you've never been to. Meet up with your close friend, even an old friend that you have not contacted long time, or go shopping.

How to cook Vietnamese Noodle soup with Duck (Bun Mang Vit) - Part 2 Last time I have posted the first part of "How to cook Vietnamese Noodle soup with Duck", and today I would like to continue guiding you how to process with all the ingredients. Step 1: Firstly, dab the duck with the liquid contains water + salt + lemonade + chopped ginger in 3 minutes, then clean the duck with water and keep it dry. Boil the duck in a deep pot with water, a spoon of salt, a ginger branch and lemongrass. Prepare a big bowl of icewater, when the duck is cooked well, dip it into the icewater quickly, keep dry then cut duck meat into small slides. Put duck bone into the pot and continue to cook for 30 minutes to make the soup be more sweet. After that, remove the duck bones, ginger branch, and lemongrass, keep the soup water only. Step 2: cut the sour bamboo shoot into slides and boil with water and a spoon of salt in 30 minutes. Then, stir-fry the bamboo shoot with tomato and green onion leaves, salt and seasonings. After that, put bamboo shoots into the soup pot, add salt, seasoning, sugar. Step 3: Dip the fresh rice noodle into hot water for 30 mins then keep it dry. Step 4: Put fresh rice noddle, duck meat, bamboo shoot, herbs, dried onion, green onion leaves into the bowl. Finally add the soup water, we have a completed Vietnamese Bun Mang Vit! P/S: Vietnamese will make a small bowl of "Nước chấm", including fish sauce, chopped ginger, chopped chili, lemonade and sugar to eat accompany with the Bun Mang Vit. If you like, you can make and eat like locals! Thanks for reading!

Plan for a trip to the Khmer Smile City Last week, I received the plan for company's annual meeting. This year, it will be organized in Siem Riep - the Khmer Smile City of Cambodia. I have planned to visit Cambodia several years ago. By some reasons, it's still in my notebook. When I received the invitation letter, I have jumped out of my chair and say "YEAHH". Words could not express enough my happiness and excitement at that time. I will have around 7 days 6 nights in Cambodia, 3 days for meeting, and the rest, is free on my own. I plan to visit The Angkor Wat and Tonle Sap. I know that the Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Wat Phou in Laos, and My Son in Vietnam have the similar historical and relationship. But I still want to visit them, to expand my knowledge. One day is enough for Angkor Temple. And the second day is for Tonle Sap - the famous, giant Lake not so far from the city center

How to cook "Bun Mang Vit" (Vietnamese noodle soup with bamboo shoot and duck) If you're a fan of Asian food, you would not miss to taste Vietnamese dishes, which become more and more famous nowadays. Vietnamese food is not only delicious, but also very healthy, which combines variety of ingredients, from meat to vegetable, herbs to natural spices. Almost the dishes follow the rule of Yin and Yang to balance all the ingredients and provide the most effective and healthy nutrition for the body. Today I would like to introduce how to cook "Bun Mang Vit" or Vietnamese noodle soup with bamboo shoot and duck. (You may wonder why I do not write about Vietnamese Pho, but trust me, Pho is another story. I could definite it is the most complicated dish which their taste comes from traditional - secret formula, no one whose it wants to share with you hahaha) I. Ingredients (for 6 bows) 1. Duck (1-1.5kg) 2. Sour bamboo shoot (0.5 - 0.7 kg) 3. Fresh Noodle (1kg) 4. Tomato (3) 5. Ginger (1) 6. Green onion & lemon 7. Sawtooth herb & Thai basil & fresh chili 8. Salt, peper, sugar, MCG (if you like)

What is your favourite film?

I love "Forest Gump"; "American beauty"; "Sleepless in Seatle".

How about you?

I miss my friend Today, I miss my friend. He is the first person who makes me feel the world is so small and nothing can defeat me if I believe in myself. He shares with me his daily life, his troubles, his joys, his happiness and even how motivated he get at work. We talk to each other seems like the long distance is nothing between us. The same feeling makes us be easy to express and close as we were friend from thousand years ago. (Just kidding). It has been 01 week since our last conversation. I was too busy and even I did not have time just to say hello or ask him about his long journey to renew all the documents. I hope everything is going well with him now. To be born in this great life is a honor, and to be in a friendship with someone you totally believe in, is more than that. Take care, my friend!

Which style of coffee shop that you like most?

I always dream of opening a small cozy coffee shop for myself. It will be decorated in French colonial, mixed with traditional Vietnamese style (mostly use bamboo tree and bricks).

What about you? Which style will make you feel more relax and enjoy your favourite drinks?