#overseas Vietnamese

[hotaruofthehighseas]

🫡 FAQs (of sorts) before we start:

Q: Who the hell are you?

- Some Vietnamese living overseas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Q: What do you do?

- I fiddle with Aegisub to generate words you can understand from words you can’t understand. Basically.

Q: What are the things you do with Aegisub?

- Translate, subtitle and format Vietnamese-language media into English. I also provide cultural and linguistic explanations in the T/N (plus unhinged commentary). I am not a native speaker and this is a mostly solo endeavour (the proofreader is already dead from reading the T/N).

Q: Do you expect others to watch your projects?

- Obviously not. What do I expect, I’m literally interviewing myself right here. But some people did show interests in watching them and I did send them the finished projects to watch privately. PM for link to the media and subs.

Q: Did anybody else already do this translating thing?

- Perhaps, but not to my knowledge. Likely I’m just living under a rock but I don’t know anyone else do these particular Vietnamese media translations ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Q: Your projects?

- Completed:

• IDECAF Aladdin and A Bunch of Genies (Aladdin và Đủ Thứ Thần);

• IDECAF On the Golden Banner (or, The Flag With Six Golden Characters) (Lá Cờ Thêu Sáu Chữ Vàng);

• Judge Bao 1993 (Ep 12-15) (Fafilm dub);

• Paris by Night 100 comedy;

• Paris by Night 102 comedy

- In progress:

• Paris by Night 19

• Paris by Night 88

• Paris by Night 129

• Paris by Night 132

• IDECAF Princess Shama (Công chúa Chích Choè)

• IDECAF The Great Sage Clashing With Hong Hai Er (Tề Thiên Đại Chiến Hồng Hài Nhi)

Q: Isn’t that a lot of half-finished projects?

- I know (´ー｀)

[thrina-thrina-on-the-wall]

well I'm back to having a guy from the islands message me hello and end up asking how my boyfriend is and that was interesting because I told New Zealand guy that it was going nowhere two months ago and we haven't talked since

This led to "God will find someone good for you" then a suggestion of "what if you married an islander 🤣?"

I don't think he necessarily means him, but...

[therealtorasia]

Why Majority of Vietnamese Businesses Seek to Invest Abroad?

According to recent research by UOB, most Vietnamese businesses remain optimistic about the business environment and have plans to invest in foreign markets over the next three years. UOB Vietnam’s 2024 Business Outlook Study, which surveyed over 4,000 businesses including large enterprises and SMEs in seven key markets across ASEAN and China, reveals these insights. The study included 525…

[hellkeepers-if]

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Set in an alternate version of Singapore, you're a fresh university graduate bumbling through life as you desperately look for a job.

...Or that's what your mother thinks. In a world where occult ceremonies are as common as an existential crisis, there's no way you were ever going to be a perfectly average office worker. Just like your twin brother, you work for the International Society Of Exorcists (ISOE) which deals with supernatural occurrences, demonic rituals, and the like.

When a tragic event befalls your older sister, it uproots your entire life and everything you ever knew about the supernatural. With it, comes a forced need to come to terms with a family history straight out of the movies. 

After all, how the hell did it take twenty years to find out that you're descended from the freaking king of the underworld?

"I have a duty to myself, but more importantly, my family."

——————

Inspired by Supernatural, Fullmetal Alchemist, Noragami, and the Percy Jackson series, Hellkeepers is a +18 urban fantasy/paranormal interactive fiction, involving elements of Chinese and Southeast-Asian mythology. In every playthrough, you will...

• Play as a female, male, or non-binary Chinese demigod/ess.

• Determine the relationships between you and your family members. After all, they will play a big part in your story...

• Peel apart the full truth behind you and your siblings' birthright. Your parents can't hide it forever.

• Learn more about Chinese and Southeast Asian mythology as you warp into different dimensions, unlike anything you've seen before.

• Learn more about who you were in your past life.

| Nishimura Kazuo (he/him)

Age: 26

Ethnicity: Japanese

With a penchant for mischief and a charm that woos even the most stubborn of grandmas, Kazu is the wildcard of your organization. You think he's an anarchist, and the only reason he's tied down to the ISOE is so that he has an excuse for whatever havoc he wreaks on the supernatural. 

The A-ranked exorcist is your colleague and your brother's mentor, though you rarely ever see him in his office. But if you ever need him for demon fighting, he'll be there. Most of the time.

"Mind taking that pesky thing out for me while I take a quick nap?"

| Quentin Khanh (Quan) (he/him)

Age: 25

Ethnicity: Vietnamese

Quentin, more affectionately known as Quan, was your childhood friend. After he moved overseas, the weekly texts you sent him fizzled into nothing but a lost friendship.

Since then, he's returned to Singapore as a forensics pathologist and researcher under your organisation. Whether you like it or not, you have to no choice but to work with him for most of your investigations.

"If your bribe doesn't involve a penthouse worth of money, don't talk to me."

| Reyna Aliyah Santos (she/her)

Age: 23

Ethnicity: Mixed (Filipino-Chinese)

You've never quite met someone like Reyna. A halfling with a demon mother and a human father. Being raised in Singapore all her life with little knowledge of her parents, it's natural that Reyna would come to the ISOE for help at the mere instance of a fox tail and white fur.

You've been tasked to help her mask and get comfortable with her supernatural powers, but she won't make it easy for you. After all, foxes do bite. 

"Technically, I'm not stealing anything if they don't notice."

| Song Huayun (she/her)

Age: ????

Ethnicity: "Uhh...from Hell?" Chinese

| You don't know too much about Huayun, except for the fact that she lives in Diyu, the Chinese Underworld. As Diyu's gatekeeper, Huayun has seen countless depravities committed by humans before their deaths. That alone has made it hard for her to like them, and the contempt she shows you is no different than what she shows everyone else.

But with time, maybe she'll finally learn what it is like to feel human…and what a smile is.

"If it isn't the star of tonight's show. Welcome to Diyu."

| The Arbiter of Fate (m/f)

Theyre a stranger, or so you say. But this deity knows everyone...especially you.

[sinful-lanterns]

absjfwchniw, the art look so pretty and I want to comission but I never bought a comission (or anything oversea tbh) and I'm coming from the place where ppl don't used USD (I'm from Vietnam), do u know how I can transferred money oversea? (sorry for my bad english)

Hello fellow Viet! I am Vietnamese myself but live in America lol! I personally use PayPal to pay the artists and since I’ve bought art from international artists before, PayPal has an option where you can convert your country’s currency to the currency of the artist’s region.

However Anon, I should warn you! USD currency is very high in comparison to the currency of SEA countries. I have a friend who is Malaysian who doesn’t want to buy from U.S artists, as the conversion rate is too high and therefore too expensive. I recommend perhaps looking for artists in other SEA countries if you’re looking to save money, otherwise you might end up paying way more than expected if you buy U.S comms.

However, that is just my advice from witnessing things firsthand! I recommend downloading PayPal and using that as a payment option as it automatically converts your currency to other country’s! I hope you have a fun time commissioning, artists are so fun to work with <3

[slashthrashandcrash]

Give us the dad thoughts please!

HERE ARE MY DADDY JOHNSON SR THOUGHTS..................

So it's heavily implied enough that Daddy Johnson was a war vet, and most likely the war he would have served in was Nam. If we assume Danny is like 30 in 1993, he would have been born 1963-ish, which would have been smack in the middle of all that. We don't know when his dad enlisted or was discharged or how long he served though, but clearly not all the way through. Could have been honorably discharged after 10 yrs, could have gotten a purple heart after a year, who knows--

But I'm also thinking about Mama Johnson. Danny did not spawn into existence as we all might like to believe. Daddy Johnson had to have met a girl long enough to get a kid out of her and keep him, but also Danny never seems to harbor any resentment towards women or mommy issues or anything of the sort, which leads me to believe she was out of his life completely when he was still a baby. Did she willingly leave? Did she die? Did Daddy Johnson have a say/hand in her abandonment? Because also think about that fact that he kept his son and raised him as a single father, in the 60s no less. Not unheard of but definitely uncommon, and Danny clearly had a level of respect for him even if he thought his dad was crazy and made him his first victim.

A theory I read on Reddit that I really like is that Daddy Johnson wasn't actually training his son to be a ruthless serial killer, he was just a war vet telling overly graphic stories with enthusiasm to his young child, hoping to turn him into a "real man", maybe steer him into the same path of enlisting in the military to get a taste of the violent action. Yes, he was still psychopathic and got way too much enjoyment out of his time during active duty, but he only killed when he had a license to do so overseas, and he yearns for the freedom of those glory days again. But Danny was the one that took those life lessons too literally. He was a child raised on his father's PTSD, of course he's going to idolize this way of life his old man seemed to thrive in. He made those foreign stories a reality. He wasn't meant to take those lessons to heart unless he had a gun in another warzone on the government's dime.

And then a bonus idea...we know Danny has white skin by virtue of a few sleeveless cosmetics, but we can't say for certain he's 100% Caucasian, especially without a face model. There could be a very real chance Danny is half Vietnamese, curtesy of his father's rampant debauchery during his enlistment that earned him his own personal war trophy to take home. But the fact again that Daddy Johnson kept the baby and raised him alone without any outward hostility (abusive, yes, but not because Danny was unwanted) tells me he was willing to be a father, maybe simply because it was a son.

[darkmaga-returns]

Many South Vietnamese families with property sent their sons to school in France, Switzerland, or the U.S. to get them out of harm’s way in Vietnam. This was the equivalent of privileged American men of fighting age getting college deferment from the draft. I was reminded of this when I read a report in the French paper Le Monde that many wealthy Ukrainians have left the country are are now living in their villas in the south of France.

In a 2017 Op-Ed in the New York Times, military historian Kevin Boylan wrote the following:

But Johnson … knew that he faced a paradox. As long as the war in Vietnam didn’t demand too much of them and they believed that victory was just around the corner, most Americans would support it. But if Johnson admitted publicly that South Vietnam could not survive without a full commitment by the United States, he knew that support would crumble. And so, like other presidents before and after him, Johnson tried to conceal the bleak realities of Vietnam from the American people and deliberately misled them about the war’s likely duration and cost. Perhaps the key lesson of Vietnam is that if the reasons for going to war are not compelling enough for our leaders to demand that all Americans make sacrifices in pursuit of victory, then perhaps we should not go to war at all. Sacrifice should not be demanded solely of those who risk life and limb for their country in combat theaters overseas.

[catmaid-san]

Reading Daomu Biji as a non mainland Chinese would make you feel like, "Why so racist?"

But actually, NPSS might not be as racist or eccentric but in fact, truly a good writer who understood the way his characters and their setting would think.

The somehow racist part of Daomu Biji, perhaps is the subtle prejudice about their own Ethnic Minorities and the subtle Han Chinese supremacy, and unsavory comments about their bordering countries.

But If you're looking at it from the characters' POV, meaning, from a (somewhat average) mainland Chinese dude, it's actually quite natural. That's what they get from their history and the information from their media.

The way Daomu Biji put any extreme culture, such as sacrifices etc, to Ethnic minorities is actually quite justified, since in other countries too, that's what happened. And it's also quite logical or accurate, historically. Even today, some ethnic minorities are still continuing their "strange" customs. So it's not entirely racist.

In fact, Daomu Biji also wasn't merciful to their own Han Chinese ancestor's past incident. For example, by telling that King Mu of Zhou was fabricating history. Instead of being warmly welcomed by XiWangMu, he's actually there to invade but failed. In embarrassment, he fabricated history about him being entertained in XiWangMu's territory.

Next, the beef with other countries.

But in reality, it's not just Chinese, but other countries' citizens too, in Asia, particularly, would have beef with their bordering countries. And some (rather uncultured) people would also call them using nicknames. For example, in JP media, we often see how the Yakuza are always either connected or having dispute with Chinese Mafia. In SK media, we often see their Mafia connected or in a hostile relationship with Yakuza. In China too, their Mafia/other underground forces would often either connected or have enmity with Vietnamese Gangster.

In Daomu Biji, we can see that Wu Xie 's perspectives would always go neutral. Either citing the history or telling the informaiton that was told in China to general public like Wu Xie.

Pangzi or Pan Zi, on the other hand, are characters who aren't as "cultured" as Wu Xie. So their POV would often be quite racist. And that's actually rather in character and accurate, considering their background and character setting.

This, also applied to XiaoGe or Men You Ping. We can see that someone like him who cares a shit about the world, will turn out to never give zealous Han Chinese supremacy or racist comment about anything or anyone.

Surprisingly, Daomu Biji actually also isn't subtle to the actions of their Han Chinese or the past action of their government. For example, whenever the book was discussing about various people who smuggled Tombs goods overseas, the book didn't try to gloss that even among Han Chinese there were people like that. There's also when the book was describing the cruel reality during the purge of Superstitious and Religious forces in China, to strengthen their government's influence. At that time, people didn't even dare to say they know a little about Chinese ancient divination technique (Qimen Dunjia) for fear of being arrested or worse, eliminated. But most of all, Daomu Biji too, isn't merciful when it came to the protagonist's perspectives. The book isn't trying to beutify or justify Wu Xie's actions as a grave robber throughout.

But what I want to say is that, Daomu Biji is a series written from the perspective of (quite) average Chinese citizens, who aren't Overseas returnee (to be able to see more perspectives from the global history or information other than their government propaganda). While some topics were probably quite sensitive, but if you stop for a second and consider where they're taken at, you will understand why the Author wrote it that way.

[lboogie1906]

On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his speech at Riverside Church condemning the Vietnam War. Declaring “my conscience leaves me no other choice,” he described the war’s effects on both America’s poor and Vietnamese peasants and insisted that it was morally imperative for the US to take radical steps to halt the war.

He declared that “millions of dollars can be spent every day to hold troops in South Vietnam and our country cannot protect the rights of Negroes in Selma”. He told reporters on Face the Nation he had “a prophetic function” and as “one greatly concerned about the need for peace and the survival of mankind, I must continue to take a stand on this issue”. In the “Transformed Nonconformist” sermon given in January 1966, he voiced his opposition to the Vietnam War, describing American aggression as a violation of the 1954 Geneva Accord.

He stepped up his anti-war proclamations, giving speeches in Los Angeles and Chicago. The Los Angeles speech, “The Casualties of the War in Vietnam,” stressed the history of the conflict and argued that American power should be “harnessed to the service of peace and human beings, not an inhumane power against defenseless people”.

His address emphasized his responsibility to the American people and explained that conversations with young African American men reinforced his commitment to nonviolence.

He noted, “We are on the side of the wealthy, and the secure, while we create a hell for the poor”. He suggested a five-point outline for stopping the war, which included a call for a unilateral ceasefire. The Vietnam War was the most pressing symptom of American colonialism. He claimed that America made “peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and the pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investments”.

The Washington Post and New York Times published editorials criticizing the speech, the Post noting that his speech had “diminished his usefulness to his cause, to his country, and his people” through a simplistic and flawed view of the situation. The NAACP and Ralph Bunche accused him of linking two disparate issues. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

[carelessflower]

sunday recap 🥓😽

so many things today but more importantly SO MANY CATS LET GET THIS THROUGH SO WE GET TO CATS

fit check, i changed like 5-6 times wanna lean into a coquette style but sadly this the shirt with the closest match I could find

seafood buffet because we didnt have any breakfast so this kinda our brunch. this just opened in the mall near where I lived lmaoo, basically they served seafood in any kind, and also there bbq and hotpot too but we didn't take the hotpot. all seafoods are very fresh (look at that tank!!!) again ranking

grilled shrimp and oyster with cheese: 8/10, the cheese is like too sweet and fatty

grilled snail with scallion: 8/10, good but nothing special

sashimi: 9.2/10, very solid!!! and u can get as many as u want

sushi: 7.8/10, idk I dont grab those much there not much variation also it can make u full quick

grilled abalone (not pictured): 9/10, for the price we can get as much as we want and I think its neat! also it got run out so quick lmaoo

seafood soup: 9/10, phenomenal, like I had two bowl of these

grilled everything (had pork chest, pork, beef, octopus, grouper fish, okra, eggplant and cheese fish ball): 9.5/10, I love the way they marinated the meat!!

durian ice cream: 7.5/10, nothing special also it all durian which I dont like and they run out of chocolate ice cream :((

flan with coffee sauce: 9.2/10, smooth, creamy with that bitter sauce like it just top notch flan, literally one of the best I've ever eat

also on the way down i saw they're having this cat contest thing like there so many booths it looked so fun (pictures later cuz I took like A LOT)

first tried a bunch of stuff at uniqlo, obsessed with these snoopy shirts and these cutest zip up, like the zip up are clothes for children but there big size and I can fit in there too

trying on, the shirts is from the male section and the zip up and hoddies are from children section biggest size they look so cute tho icant think of the way I would wear the white zip up a lot and the green shirt is xs so I def need a size bigger

next is cotton-on, they're having this collab with polly pocket which is sawr cute if only they're not like fucking expensive, like why is that shirt 30$ and that tiny MICRO purse 28$ like I dont get it, it not even real leather! also oversea website having XL size but vietnamese store doesn't is criminal

tried on a bunch of stuff the sale associate was looking at me like crazy also the price there has only gotten more ridiculous with time. the black shirt was giving sabrina carpenter and there another one with blue background and red font just like short n sweet aesthetic lmeow. the cardigan looked so close like that coloring the cutest but it looked wear on my body. the mentioned polly pocket shirt, I mean idk it fit but it expensive and also I dont like too much figure hugging in my clothes. same with the other shirt who I think the color pretty nice

can you guess which one i got hehe

[hoperasa-digitalresearchproject]

Catherine Leroy (1945-2006)

Catherine Leroy before participating in parachuting with the 173rd Airborne Brigade during Operation Junction City. (AP, 1967).

The most well-known female Vietnam War photographer, Catherine Leroy came to Saigon as a freelance photojournalist in 1966. Only 21 at the time, the French native had no formal experience in photography.

Leroy was born in Paris, France, and attended a Catholic boarding school growing up. She had a parachutist's license by age 18. At age 22, Leroy was the first professional journalist to join in on a combat parachute jump with the U.S. Military.

Leroy was the only woman to produce boots-on-the-ground coverage of the Vietnam War between 1966-1968.

Life, Look, Time, Paris Match and several other publications published Leroy's photos of the Vietnam War.

In 1967, Leroy became the first woman to win the George Polk Award for her photographic coverage of the Battle of Hill 881. Leroy's award-winning photos were published in Life. The photos showed a U.S. Navy Corpsman attending to a fatally wounded Marine.

Leroy was captured by the People's Army of Vietnam troops on the first day of the Tet Offensive on Jan. 30, 1968. Leroy was captured during the Battle of Hue and held for several days before she could talk her way out. Leroy became the first to photograph PAVN troops in their territory. These pictures appeared on the Feb. 16, 1968, cover of Life.

Catherine Leroy's photo, North Vietnamese soldiers with Chinese AK-47 automatic rifles guard captured strongpoint in Hue, on the cover of Life on Feb. 16, 1968. (Catherine Leroy/Life, 1968).

Later, from Feb. 15-20, 1968, Leroy returned to Hue to photograph the fighting there mostly in color, an unconventional choice for a breaking story. Photos from this trip were featured in a ten-page spread in Look magazine on May. 14, 1968. Look's editors used this piece to publicly showcase their opposition to the war for the first time.

The title page, final page and one spread from This is that war in the May 14, 1968 issue of Look magazine. (Look/oriondt01 on Ebay, 1968).

Leroy's mostly chose living subjects. In war photography, it's easy to photograph a corpse. By focusing on the living, Leroy showcased active human suffering rather than death.

Leroy returned to Vietnam in 1975 to cover the Fall of Saigon.

Leroy visited Vietnam for the final time in 1980 to document the country five years after the war ended.

In addition to Vietnam, Leroy photographed Woodstock in 1969, the Lebanese Civil War from 1975-1982 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1979.

Leroy's coverage of the Lebanese Civil War received the 1976 Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club of America for best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise.

In 1990, Leroy concluded her career in combat photography and began publishing books (Under Fire: Great Photographers and Writers in Vietnam) and delivering lectures on her work.

Leroy died in Santa Monica, California on July 8, 2006, from lung cancer at age 60.

[cherrypikkins]

for lunch i cooked some Spam fried rice!

and while some of you may be tempted to @ me for using Spam, i'd like to instead invite you to read up on some of interesting history surrounding Spam and its significance in various cuisines and food cultures in asia - vietnamese included, which is my background.

you might be surprised to learn that Spam is considered a commonplace ingredient in dishes from such places as south korea, japan, china, hong kong, the philippines, and vietnam! It's popularity surged during a time of heightened american military occupation in the east, when spam was being used to bolster the food supplies the military bases overseas. Inevitably, its consumption made its way to the local populations as a relatively cheap and readily available source of food during a time of nutritional and economic scarcity - which was a result of World War II food rationing and all of the occupations that followed. So yes, sadly, the popularity of spam in asia is a result of western colonialism.

To this day, you can still find spam options for onigiri and burgers in Japan. Spam is regularly added to stir fries. South Korea is infact the largest world wide consumer of spam to this date. Mainland China has developed its own 'luncheon meat' products inspired by the original Spam, catered to local tastes and preferences. And so to this day, as far as food staples in east and southeast asia are concerned, Spam is here to stay! It is even considered a treat during Lunar New Year.

So I guess my point is, whatever feelings or opinions you may have towards spam, you may find its history and significance in non-American cuisines interesting to look up! For myself, I've been privileged to have grown up in a place where food is readily available and in large supply. My parents, on the other hand, lived through warfare, poverty, and displacement - so they took the time to educate me on some of the foods they have had to rely on during times of nutritional scarcity. Like Spam!

Also, the spam fried rice was pretty good, if I do say so myself.

[shuilongyinleo]

Breaking News: Huace in charge of Shui Long Yin overseas distribution

Shui Long Yin at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The drama will be distributed by Huace.

This is excellent news as they have distributed content to more than 180-200 countries worldwide and have a reputation for good subtitling.

(See below for more information)

Who is Huace?

》China Huace Film & TV Co., Ltd, commonly known as Huace Group in China. Their diverse business ecosystem includes TV series, films, animation, music, celebrity management, industrial parks, and professional education in film and television. With the mission "Better Content, Better World," Huace Group has distributed over 150,000 hours of content to more than 180-200 countries worldwide.

•Huace-Partnering with global streaming platforms with Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Viki, iQIYI International, WeTV, YouTube.

•Huace-Licensing to international TV networks in North America & Europe, South Korea (KBS, MBC, and SBS), Japan (U-NEXT), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines)...

•Huace - Expanding through film festivals & industry events at Cannes, Berlin, Busan, and Tokyo Film Festivals. They were hosting exclusive promotional events in key overseas markets.

•Huace- Co-productions and international investments with foreign companies example South Korean studios for projects featuring Korean actors. Investing in foreign productions, including Hollywood.

•Huace - Multilingual subtitles & dubbing in English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Dubbing in key markets (Japan, Thailand, and Latin America.)

•Huace - Leveraging social media & engages international fandoms x, Facebook, Ins, tt.

Shui Long Yin & Leo team

[thekhoei]

The Beatles and Vietnam (part 1/?)

My Roman empire is whenever my favourite bands have songs in my mother tongue. Today's case is the most influential band of all time, The Beatles (now why im sounding like a freaking interviewer). I wanna share yall a 1987 record by an overseas singer named Kiều Nga (overseas artists are conservative due to the complications behind USA's most infamous war crime - Indochina/Vietnam war). It will take me long to explain the whole thing, so i will break it short while writing about that record. You can find it here on Spotify (im so grateful to still get chances to listen to it, bc the real tape costs quite a lot in my currency, but i can link you where to buy. it's around 32$ in foreign currency. and the fact that it still exists tho i thought it would become a lost media 😭)

This is not the only songs that were covered in Vietnamese, as there was this version of Something by Don Hồ (1992), or You won't see me by Thúy-Hà-Tú (a pre-1975 girl band (?)). You can find some other different and later covers besides the 1987 record on a local channel here. The Beatles and Beatlemania became a worldwide phenomenon during the 60s, and in Vietnam it was no exception. There were so many young bands inspired by them, and even one of our big song-writers Phạm Duy was a fan of them. The Beatles left a foot print in our flow of music during the war. And iirc, there was a commotion (?) relating to the rock n roll wave and The Beatles in the late 60s - early 70s. In old magazines, image of The Fab Four were on almost every pages! It shouldn't be a surprise to me but i'm still so shocked to learn about how the 4 guys brought love to my beautiful homeland, and so many early fans who were, and still are in love with them, like me, a youngster in 21st century. I mean, who am i even kidding, not my country being an inspiration behind those well-known songs.

The 1987 tape was produced by Dạ Lan Productions (originally Mây Productions), and it was numbered the 46th.

Some fyi/disclaimer ig: I did mentioned of why this is a conservative topic. I am a nothern Vietnamese. And Dạ Lan Productions was a product by the overseas singers who followed the lead of RVN/South Vietnam. But i have been growing up with many kind of music without bothering to care whether it is against the government's ideal. And i'm not the only one who has that thought. Most Vietnamese are working class/peasants, and not much gain access to higher education. Music is the beauty of life, and the heart of the composer. Whether it's bad or good deed, it's only love that matters. Not like all of us understand the true nature of communism or capitalism, we only want peace and love, and that war is over. Our current government is no longer against most RVN artists and it's legal for this kind of music to be spreading now.

Dạ Lan tape 46 is a cassette tape featured 10 translated Beatles songs by various artists, with Yesterday/Mới hôm qua, And i love her/Và tôi yêu nàng, Here comes the sun/Vầng dương sáng ngời, Michelle/Michelle yêu dấu, Strawberry fields forever/Tình yêu cuối trời on side A; and I want to hold your hand/Đôi tay thiên thần, Let it be/Chớ âu lo, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da/Cuộc tình Desmond Molly, The long and winding road/Dấu đường tình, If i fell/Một mai nếu yêu anh on side B. Most of them stay accurate to the og, except the Vietnamese version of SFF has a whole new name and meaning (roughly translated as Love in the end of the world??). Mind you that when western music arrived to this land as a result of the first colonization by French, there started a trend named "nhạc ngoại lời Việt", which means creating a whole new lyrics on the original foreign song. I mean it's obvious that not many understand about copyright back then, and the music was only circulated in the country. That era was called "Tân nhạc Việt Nam" (Vietnamese modern age music), along with the modern changes of literature and many forms of art. The overseas singers who moved to a new land during the war mostly were against VietCong, so this kind of music was banned in the northern. Except it broke the wall and bridge that held the grudge.

I will make this a long series to break down the history of The Beatles and Vietnam's connection (will have tag as well if anyone's interested and want to follow) and compare the difference between both versions, as well as finding more information on this topic bc im so invested. There are still concerts and shows running by this generation fan of The Beatles, and im so grateful to be a part of it. I mean, isn't it wonderful that The Fab are still listened by 21st children, like what Brian once predicted?

Thanks for coming to my Ted yap (i'm a professional yapper)

[brokenbecquerel]

tbh I think that deserves a post

if Ted would get drafted, how do you think that would affect him? would it have made him worse? or would his some kind of thirst get ease? or he's too much of a pussy for that

inch resting question i've often wondered myself... in this alternate universe where Ted's not able to dodge the draft because of being in college or being a conscientious objector... and then we'd have to assume He doesn't flee the country or anything. if He REALLY ends up going to vietnam i think He's going to be one of those soldiers who shoots Himself in the foot after a couple weeks.

if we're talking about His bloodlust easing upon engaging in active combat and/or war crimes, i don't think that would be the case either. Ted preferred to be very comfortably in control during His rapes and murders. engaging fire with a man across a jungle valley is likely not a fantasy Ted indulged in too much. you have to remember murder was incredibly sensual and spiritual to Him. a random man could not fulfill the role of His victim.

then if we move onto the widespread rape of vietnamese civilian women by american troops (and others!), i don't think Ted would've got much sexual satisfaction from that either. Ted was attracted to east asian women and various east asian cultures for sure, but there is a racial component to His murders that does often get overlooked.

when Ted describes His victims He describes them as possessions, but specifically possessions of value, something that people would miss and want back. the reason Ted generally attacked smart, beautiful, young, happy, well-to-do white women who were loved by their families was because they were of more value to the larger racist classist american society He found Himself in. i think through His crimes He yearned to teach that world a lesson of sorts.

in that way, i don't think raping and murdering vietnamese women would have really satiated Ted. i think it probably would've repulsed Him hearing news of soldiers doing that sort of thing overseas. Ted's anger laid with people who had everything they could ever want, things He could never have, not the poor and oppressed.

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