Gia`y & De'p

[ianb@sun670.telecom.tandem.com (Ian Bui)]

Cha`o ca? la`ng,

Ma^'y nay ba^.n lo vie^.c ddo^`ng a'ng, ho^m nay mo*'i co' ti' thi` 
gio*` le^ guo^'c ra ddi`nh cho*i thi` nghe, ui chao, ba` con va'c 
gia`y va'c de'p choa?ng nhau kinh qua' :))

Ky` ve^` tha<m nha` na<m ngoa'i, ru't kinh nghie^.m la^`n ddi tru*o*'c,
to^i thu? sa<~n mo^.t ddo^i de'p loa.i heavy-duty dde^? ddi to*'i ddi
lui cho ma't me? va` ho*.p ti`nh ho*.p ca?nh, vi` nghi~ ra<`ng ngu*o*`i
mi`nh it' ai ddi gia`y, mi`nh ma` mang gia`y la.i so*. bi. "ky` thi."
nu*~a ma^'t co^ng. Ai de` dda^u da^n ta ba^y gio*` ddi gia`y nhie^`u
qua' la`m to^i bi. ho*' lie^n mie^n.

Ho^m ddi vo*'i Le^ Tho. Bi`nh cu?a ba'o Tuo^?i Tre? vo^ Thanh Hoa'
cu*'u tro*. ba~o lu.t, ca? hai LTB cu`ng anh ta`i xe^' dde^`u mang
gia`y da tro^ng li.ch su*. he^'t cho^~ noi', duy chi? co' mi`nh to^i 
la.i e^.n ddo^i de'p Vie^.t Kie^`u va`o tro^ng cha<?ng gio^'ng ai :)) 
Cu~ng may khi to*'i Ngu* Lo^.c dde^? tie^'p xu'c vo*'i cac' vi.
trong Ho^.i DDo^`ng Nha^n Da^n thi` tha^'y ma^'y ngu*o*`i ddo'
toa`n dde^`u mang de'p ca? ne^n mi`nh cu~ng ddo*~ ngu*o*.ng :))

(La. mo^.t ddie^`u la` de'p cu?a ho. toa`n ma`u tra<'ng va` gio^'ng
nhau nhu* ddu'c. To^i cu*' tha<'c ma<'c kho^ng bie^'t dda^y la`
ddo^`ng phu.c hay la` vi` o*? vu`ng ddo' chi? co' ba'n loa.i de'p 
nhu* va^.y?)

To^i dde^? y' tha^'y so vo*'i na<m 94 thi` hie^.n gio*` da^n chu'ng,
nha^'t la` o*? ca'c tha`nh pho^' lo*'n nhu* Hanoi/Saigon, mang gia`y 
ca`ng lu'c ca`ng nhie^`u. To^i tha^`m nghi~ hie^.n tu*o*.ng na`y vu*`a 
de^~ hie^?u vu*`a kho' hie^?u. Mang gia`y co' the^? ddu*o*.c xem
nhu* mo^.t bie^?u tu*o*.ng cua? su*. "va<n minh" hay "affluence" 
(che^'t, pha?i nho*` bac' na`o di.ch tu*` na`y du`m cho :) Nhu*ng
ngu*o*.c la.i, o*? xu*' no'ng nhu* VN ta thi` mang gia`y kho^ng
ho*.p ly' cho la<'m, chi? to^? nu*.c the^m. 

Theo to^i, ne^n co' nhu*~ng lo.ai de'p hay sandal dde.p, co' the^? ma(.c 
ddi la`m ma` tro^ng va^~n li.ch su*. va` thi'ch ho*.p vo*'i khi' ha^.u 
nhie^.t ddo*'i. Ca^`n gi` pha?i ba<'t chu*o*'c Ta^y My~ mang gia`y 
mang gio*' va`o, dde^? vu*`a to^'n tie^`n vu*`a kho^? tha^n! (Nghi~ 
thi` nghi~ va^.y, chu*' to^i na`o da'm mo*? mie^.ng ho?i ma^'y
ngu*o*`i be^n nha` ve^` chuye^.n na`y vi` so*. ga~i kho^ng ddu'ng 
cho^~ ngu*'a thi` phie^`n  :))

No*i to^i la`m ddu*o*.c mo^.t ca'i la` a<n ma<.c ra^'t casual, ne^n
khi tro*`i ba<'t dda^`u no'ng la` to^i qua<?ng ddo^i gia`y va`o xo' tu?
va` chi? mang de'p dde^? ddi la`m (tru*` nhu*~ng nga`y co' ho.p ha`nh
quan tro.ng thi` mo*'i lo^i gia`y ra ma` tho^i.) Kho^ng bie^'t ca'c
ha~ng xu*o*?ng va` co^ng so*? be^n VN thi` dress code ra sao?

Sa<~n dda^y cho to^i ba<'t ngu*o*.c la.i ca^u chuye^.n ngu. ngo^n 
"co*?i gia`y" cu?a ba'c PTL mo^.t ti'. Theo to^i hie^?u thi` "ddo^i 
gia`y" chi? la` mo^.t "metaphor" (translation, please :) cho ne^n
ta kho^ng the^? na`o mu*o*.n no' ma` ddi sa^u va`o ca'i vu`ng "mo*`
mo*`" kia ddu*o*.c dda^u. Muo^'n va`o ddo' chi? co' ca'ch co*?i gia`y
ddi cha^n kho^ng thi` may ra :))) bo*?i vi` metaphor na`o cu~ng co'
gio*'i ha.n cu?a no', kho^ng the^? du`ng dde^? die^~n ta? thu*.c ta.i 
muo^n hi`nh va.n tra.ng dde^'n no*i cu`ng ta^.n ddu*o*.c. 

Ne^'u ta kho^ng bie^'t ddu*o*.c gio*'i ha.n cu?a "ddo^i gia`y" ma` 
la.i cu*' ddo`i "ddi gia`y" thi` ta se~ ddi la.c de^~ nhu* cho*i. 
Nha` tho* Robert Frost co' mo^.t ba`i vie^'t ra^'t hay ve^` dde^` tai` 
na`y, tu*.a la` "Gia'o Du.c Ba<`ng Thi Ca", ne^'u ca'c ba'c muo^'n 
ddo.c thi` to^i se~ co^' bo? ti' thi` gio*` go~ le^n dda^y cho ba` con.
Gio*` thi` pha?i tro*? ra ddo^`ng ca`y tie^'p dda^y. He.n ga<.p ca'c 
ba'c ky` sau. 

A` que^n, ve^` vu. dda<ng tin tu*'c tre^n VNSA, to^i nghi~ ta co' 
the^? compromise ba<`ng ca'ch create mo^.t ca'i vnsa-news list rie^ng, 
dde^? ai kho^ng muo^'n ddo.c tin tu*'c kho?i pha?i subscribe la`m chi. 
Ngu*o*.c la.i, nhu*~ng ai chi? thi'ch ddo.c tin nhu*ng kho^ng thi'ch 
"bo^' le^'u bo^' la'o" cu~ng se~ ddu*o*.c to.ai nguye^.n. Ca'c ba'c 
nghi~ sao?

Ciao,
ian