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So you think you know the Tai-man huh?  This page highlights my past history and my current activities.  If we have something in common, lemme know!  =)

Before I write about my immediate family.  I want to give special thanks to my family in the Media Academy as well as the Summer Search Foundation.  I have to give props to my journalism advisor, Mr. O'Donoghue and all of my other teachers who've helped me like Thomas and Miller.  You guys rock! 
 
I especially want to thank the ladies from the Summer Search Foundation.  Linda, Catherine and Eden, I am so grateful for the opportunities that you've given me.  Thank you for opening up avenues for me and Hanh.  *HUG*  Please don't hesitate to ask if you need me to do anything.
 
Regarding my family info.  My parents and I migrated to the United States  from Da Nang, Vietnam in 1982.  I left the country when I was 1 month old!  We originally situated in Portland, Oregon but then moved to Oakland, California in 1983.  I'm the eldest and only boy in my family.  I have three younger sisters that I love dearly: Hanh (17), Phuoc (14), and Lilian (5).  I also have two parents that are simply awesome.
 
Well...!  All of my info are disclosed in this page.  If you want to know more, then you have to ask me personally.  =)
 
Thanks for viewing my webpage.
 
Peace.
 
-Tai

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Tai's Info

Height: 5'4
Weight: 135
Birthdate:
9/10/81
Sign: Virgo
Musical instrument:
Guitar
 
NFL team:
Oakland Raiders
MLB team:
Oakland Athletics
Favorite toy:
My Xbox &
remote control car
 

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Tai's Timeline since 1997

1997

  • Writer/Copy Editor for Fremont High's Green & Gold newspaper
  • Member of Varsity Tennis team
  • Member of Varsity Bowling team
  • Summer Search Foundation Student
  • Summer Internship with Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center
  • 3 Week Rockclimbing Expedition w/ Outward Bound

1998

  • Managing Editor for Fremont High's Green & Gold newspaper
  • Member of Varsity Tennis team
  • Member of Varsity Bowling team
  • Summer Search Foundation Student
  • Summer Internship w/ M.O.R.E. radio
  • Host of weekly hour long radio broadcast KDOL during summer
  • 2 month Southeast Asia trip w/ Where There Be Dragons program
  • Visited Thailand, China, Vietnam, Burma

1999

  • Editor in Chief for Fremont High's Green & Gold newspaper
  • Member of Varsity Tennis team
  • Summer Search Foundation student
  • Admitted to UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Occidental.
  • Chose UCLA.  Go Bruins!

2000-2002

  • Worked for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
  • IM Volleyball player for Hedrick 7N
  • Performed in VCN Musical, "Stranded Twilight"
  • Member of Vietnamese Student Union (VSU) staff
  • UNICAMP counselor (camp name: Yodabruin)
  • IM Volleyball player for VSU
  • Working as Course Reader for UCLA Vietnamese Professor