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“But the most significant derivation from the meaning of as ‘water’ is the concept of people who have gathered near a body of water to grow rice for one another, and founding a stable community, sharing rain and drought, plenty and famine, peace and war: from ‘water,’ its basic meaning, has come to designate ‘the homeland, the country, the nation.’ It is in this ultimate exception that the monosyllable nuoc reverberates throught the deepest and farthest recesses of the Vietnamese collective unconscious and stirs there the most potent feelings. The nation’s fateful course, marked by ups and downs, is figuratively rendered as a ‘tide of water’ (van nuoc) with its ebb and flow. The highest virtue demanded of a Vietnamese is that he or she ‘love the nuoc‘ (yeu nuoc).” –Huynh Sanh Thong (no relation)

Songs I Listen to While Working and Working Out

Inspired by Matt Mullenweg works while listening to music, I’ve turned on the “repeat” function and have found the following songs/albums/catalogs to be most effective lately.
Lately, when I’ve been writing, I just listen to the following on repeat: “Senandung Maaf” by White Shoes & The Couples Company Lately, when I’ve been grinding out the design concepts/mock-ups of my current project, I just listen to the following on repeat:”Off That” feat. Drake by Jay-Z  or the LCD Soundsystem catalogor

Cansei De Ser Sexy’s self-titled first album

Lately, when I’ve been going to the lifting weights, I just listen to the following on repeat: “Off That” feat. Drake by Jay-Z + “On to the Next One” feat. Swizz Beatz by Jay-Zorthe LCD Soundsystem catalog Lately, when I’ve been pedaling on the stationary bicycle, I just listen to the following on repeat: “If you’re wondering if I want you to (I want you to)” by Weeezer