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About Me

Hmm...I'm genuine...seriously, no BS, what you see is for once what you get...good or bad.My journal: http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx?user=quoc425 ..

My Interests

Banking, Fixed Income trading, Portfolio management, Investments, Realestate construction, Meeting new people, Traveling, Dining out, Steakhouses, Poker, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, music, karoake, movies...etc.

I'd like to meet:

Semi-intelligent, quasi-interesting and intrinsically nice people. A renaissance woman who likes to root for her favorite sports team. Someone who can fill my life with a few laughs, whose not hung up on the artificial. Someone who looks at the bigger picture and lives life with purpose and meaning. Someone who can challenge me mentally...it isn't that hard to do. ;-)

Music:

R&B, Hip Hop, Slow Jamz, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Easy Listening, Jazz, pretty much everything.

Movies:

Big Trouble in Little China, Coming to America, God Father, Star Wars, The Red Violin, Menace to Society, Kill Bill Vol 1, Braveheart, Zatoichi, The Last Samurai, Grease, Requiem For a Dream, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A Beautiful Life, Office Space, The Terminator, Aliens, The Breakfast Club, Sin City, too many to list!

Television:

WPT TOUR, Sonics, Discover, Food Channel, Familyguy, Simpsons, King of the hill, ESPN, MTV, BET, TNT, Yugi, History, World Series, NFL, NBA...

Books:

Lately, nothing that stirs the soul. Recommendations?

Heroes:

My Mom+Dad - Their wisdom transcends time

My Blog

What a relief

The remodeling project is nearing an end...thank God...I am burned out. Pictures will be posted soon.
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:13:00 PST

How do you know when two people really love each other?

So how do you know when two people really love each other? Take my parents for example-the other day when my parents were staying over at my place, I asked my dad if he wanted to go ...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:07:00 PST

I'm outta here!

As you're aware, I'm not keeping any more photos of myelf on this page. Not that I don't want to show my face or anything, just wanted to start anew. Remember the Quoc you once knew, picture him...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:29:00 PST

I wish I were a college dropout

Did you know that 3 of the top 5 richest people in the world are college dropouts? Maybe it means they were too good for college or maybe they were just damn lucky. I like to beli...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:36:00 PST

The 5 Year Plan (draft)

I've decided...five years from now if I'm not married I'm gonna sell all my assets and move to a beach in SE Asia, probablly Thailand or Vietnam. I'm gonna find me a nice little hut and acquire ...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:11:00 PST

Homeowner

So I've set in motion plans to purchase my second residence and this time it's a house not a condo. Buyer remorse is already setting in! Anyone want to come over and help me with interior d...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:32:00 PST

Missing you

Lately, all I really seem to miss are the simple things, lazy, humid summer days, a late evening walk, barefoot, on a sandy beach, the smell of fresh winter air in the morning. &nb...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:58:00 PST

Chicken Congi

So I was at home with my folks eating some of my mom's famous congi (rice porridge) on Christmas when I got a text from someone I thought I would never here from again. I guess maybe I wasn't wr...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:33:00 PST

The Grind

Reflecting on roughly 4 & somthin years at the current company and with my recently acquired role I feel somewhat relaxed, worried and humbled all at the same time. It ha...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:01:00 PST

Be yourself!

Why do some peeps post blogs that seem all hard and shit!? I mean if you're really that strong and secure about yourself why even post it? Am I the only one feeling this? Can't people read between the...
Posted by Not Another Nguyen! on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:14:00 PST