Salut mes amis et les autres! You probably know me if you’re on this site so what’s left to say? Toi ten la Cathy hay Thy trong tieng viet. = Je m’appelle Cathy et en vietnamien, c’est Thy (pronounced like the letter “T”). Bienvienue a mon blog.

A little story about my name: My parents decided to call me Nguyen Doan Uyen Thy, which follows Vietnamese naming covention and goes surname-middle name-first name. When I needed an English name, I don’t know who decided but we put “Ca” in front of “Thy” to come up with Cathy and $150 later, it was official.

I’m probably the unbloggiest blogger out there, but I’m trying, so bear with me.

APRIL 2008
Hola amigos! I’m back blogging after a month’s absence. March was truly a fantastically humongo blessing and a time in my life that I will probably never forget. Do these types of times happen often in one’s life? I’m not so sure…but I gained a reconfirmation of my faith that has been growing leaps and bounds, and I’ve been witness to some pretty amazing experiences that only God can provide. On this journey, I was often away from “home” (truly I don’t have one at the moment but I pay rent in Saigon), and I’ve been so enriched personally and professionally on this assignment, accompanying a filmmaker to many of our project sites in Vietnam. And I gained a new friend who’s wonderful brother in Christ.

JANUARY 2008
Me again! It’s the eve of my bday and I’m feeling “old” for the first time. But the bestest news is that I’m moving to HCMC on my bday in fact….wooooohhoooooo (sing it a la Blur) !!!!! And I just realized that for this year, I’m traveling at least once every month! I’m booked up til Sept 08….how does this happen? Weddings, work, visitors etc. I’m just so obligee!

SEPTEMBER 2007
Update, update! I’m in VN for another year…so I actually don’t know if I ever officially mentioned it, but I’m now an employee of the East Meets West Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on developing central Vietnam. I came into contact with EMW through my work at the uni and now am their editor, working in communications and on publications. So the blog’s focus for another year is Vietnam and Asia I guess….or wherever else I end up traveling to….salut-o!
www.eastmeetswest.org

JULY 2006
The reason for the blog is my internship to Vietnam where I’ll be living for 6 months in Danang, working for the city’s university on a project in education development. The details will come…I promise!

baby, me, and a jackfruit tree

I think I should also put a disclaimer here: Yes, I create this blog by myself and all the content does come from my wacky brain, but if you are somewhat surprised by what you see or even disturbed by what I’ve written, remember that blogs are loose and fun and I’m writing without too many inhibitions here. So it may sound different from the Cathy you know, especially if we met in the professional milieu. But I can’t write a “serious” blog and another uncensored one so this one is it ok? Je regrette si vous etes etonnes, mais c’est la vie, non?

I’m left-handed, so forgive me!!! Je suis gauchiere et je merite votre pardon!

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