Tag Archives: Tet

Girls are tougher than boys

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Bolsavik

The Bolsavik was looking at pictures of the Lunar New Year’s Eve party at the Dieu Ngu Buddhist temple in Westminster (in Vietnamese: Chùa Điều Ngự), when something hit him. (Some people are making a big deal out of this … Continue reading →

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Viet Weekly supporter at Tet Parade

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Bolsavik

The Bolsavik was looking at the Bolsa Tet Parade photos on EthanNgoPhotography.com and saw this picture. The Bolsavik doesn’t remember seeing the gentleman at the parade but then again it wasn’t as if the Bolsavik was paying full attention to everyone passing by either. … Continue reading →

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UVSA Tet Festival. That was fun.

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Bolsavik

Above is Miss Vietnam of Southern California Valerie Pham Ngoc Quyen, crowned at a live pageant on closing night of UVSA’s Tet Festival, probably the biggest Viet event anywhere in the USA. (Photo from EthanNgoPhotography.com; go there for lots more … Continue reading →

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Tet is here, place your bets

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Bolsavik

A sure sign that Vietnamese New Year (or Tet, made notorious by the 1968 communist offensive) is on its way, is that all over Bolsa Avenue, people are breaking out games of chance and making money by the bags. Bau … Continue reading →

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Tet in jail

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Bolsavik

Thankfully that’s not the Bolsavik’s situation, but that is the situation for many of the Bolsavik’s friends, including the blogger Dieu Cay (pictured standing), and others. So it struck a very responsive chord with the Bolsavik when he got a … Continue reading →

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Where to go for Tet

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Bolsavik

Just got this list from Viet Art Center of all the events going on around the country in celebration of Vietnamese New Year (in Vietnamese: Tet – made notorious by the communist offensive known by that holiday name). The actual … Continue reading →

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