User:Cann0tsay

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en	This user is a native speaker of English.

vi	Thành viên này sử dụng tiếng Việt như ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ.

[edit] About me

I am:

Vietnamese American.
a Systems Analyst, IT Architect, Product Developer, IT Consultant... whatever title branded me throughout my career, I'm still a programmer at heart.
a computer intellectual -- computer "nerd" was my original statement, but that conjures images of skinny, bespectacled individuals such as Bill Gates circa 1977 [1], and it just isn't true -- I have 20/20 vision and in my twenties, my body type was somewhere between Bruce Lee and Bolo Yeung; my brother and I started weightlifting in January, 1988, after the hilariously ruthless prodding of Hans and Franz; dat's rite, ve don't vant to be no girly-maan.
an all-around athlete, movies buff, music lover, artist, science geek, race fan (go-kart and Formula One), radio controlled airplanes enthusiast, former Quakeaholic and seeker of enlightenment in the Buddhist sense.
bilingual, eclectic, eccentric (aren't we all?) and somewhat literate.
here to fight for truth, justice and the Wikipedian way because I believe with great storage capacity comes great ability to... uh, store alot of information... and we all know information is power... and with great power comes great responsibility. Thanks, uncle Ben.

[edit] Mini-autobiography:

Remember the Vietnam War? My family fled Saigon, Vietnam, on April 29, 1975. The city fell the following day. No doubt, those that were able to leave were very, very fortunate. As a Caodaiist, I think of myself as blessed.

Being bilingual or multilingual is an invaluable asset -- being truly multicultural is even better. I was barely nine years old and had just finished fourth-grade when my family emigrated to the U.S. Therefore, I had the rare opportunity to know -- to grok -- what it was like to be a kid in two cultures that are as vastly different as they are far apart. Although English is my stronger language, I can still read and write Vietnamese. Depending on the situation, I think in the language that meets my needs.