From MICHELLE TRAN, on Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:21:09 GMT (in response to: Vietnam Portfolio -- Children)
I'M SITTING HERE AT 6:16AM ON SATURDAY MORNING ON 2/20/99 LOOKING AT THESE IMAGES OF INNOCENT CHILDERN , REALIZING THAT NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED FROM THE 1960'S DURUNG THE WAR. I AM 20 YEARS OLD, MY PARENTS ARE BOTH VIETNAMESE - BUT I AM A CITIZEN OF THAILAND AND WAS RAISED HERE SINCE THE AGE OF 1. MY MOST RECENT VISIT TO VIETNAM WAS ABOUT 5-6 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD - AND IN THE PICTURES ABOVE I REALIZE BY LOOKING AT IT THAT THIS IS THE CONDITION A MAJORITY OF VIETNAMESE STILL LIVE IN. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM HAVING A HARD DAY AT WORK OR NOTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING RIGHT IN MY LIFE - I THINK TO MYSELF " SHUT UP , YOUR HELLA LUCKY TO BE HERE AND LIVE A FREE LIFE IN AMERICA .... MOST OF YOUR RELATIVES CAN'T BE FULL LIKE YOU EVERYDAY".
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