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Vivi

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About Me

French-Vietnamese-American girlie who loves to live! That's me in a nutshell..
I can say I've experienced a little bit of everything in my 28 years - but I know there's still so much more to see and do! I've lived in France, US - east coast and west coast, Canada, but right now, the adventure is Swisstown - totally different world from SF, that's for sure! But taking it by the bull's horn, and going with it - it's the only way!
I'm a tomboy at heart - I will challenge anyone in any sport! Even if I'm not the best, I have a damn good time doing it - it's all that really matters! But don't be fooled - I still like the girlie things, ie. shopping, gossiping, gettin my nails and hair done... I'm undercover! lol
My motto is basically to live life to the fullest!

My Interests


GENERAL - cute frogs, eating anything and everything presented to me, stayin up til the sun comes up, watchin sunrise/set, going to the beach (well, lake - since Switz is landlocked), driving like a maniac - 250 on the Autobahn with the RS4!, sleeping til noon, partyin like a rock star, traveling the world, meeting all sorts of weird yet interesting people.

SPORTS - Formula 1 freak! Alonso is gonna rip it up again this year with Mercedes
Snowboarding, sledding, surfing, waterskiing, jetskiing, golf, tennis... you name it, I'll play it!
Been trying to get into soccer (I mean football), as it seems to be a requirement in Swisstown! lol BUT NO GO so far =( Boooooooring!!

I'd like to meet:

Friendly ENGLISH-speaking Swiss Folks =)

AND Alonso!! It's gonna be an interesting year in F1 with McLaren!!

Music:

Depending on my mood...
Chillen ~ always got the reggae and hawaiian jams on...
Excited ~ dancin' around to house music!
In the car ~ whatever has a nice beat, but usually girlie songs so I can sing along =P
Sleepy ~ rockin with the old school slow jamz...

Movies:

Haven't had time to go see any new releases lately.. Any recommendations?

Television:

All time best show is The OC!!
America's Next Top Model, Project Runway - I'm a reality show junkie!

Finally got the satellite hooked up - getting all my shows now!

Books:

I'm a book nerd - I read everything!
Romance, mystery, scary, crazy, girlie, classics...
Books: Count of Monte Cristo, Wicked, The Devil Wears Prada, In Her Shoes, The Wedding, East of Eden, Memoirs of Geisha, LIttle Women, A Beautiful Mind, Chronicles of Narnia, Les Miserables...
Writers: Dean Koontz, Alexander Dumas, C.S. Lewis, Victor Hugo, John Patterson, Nora Roberts.

Heroes:

Ma Famille =)Christmas in Paris

My Blog

Visit to the homeland

First time in Vietnam (yes, i kno - quite embarassing for a VIETNAMESE chica!) Awesome time, great weather, new year's party, beaches and sunburns, shopping galore - so much to see, so little time! O...
Posted by Vivi on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:59:00 PST

Xmas madness! *Pix with link that works, Thomas!* =P

As usual, Xmas was one crazy family reunion! One huge manor in the Normandy, filled with nothing but cousins, aunts, grandparents and parents - Good times!As we sit around the table for the xmas dinne...
Posted by Vivi on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:52:00 PST

Formula1 Fever! *pix*

What can I say about my first ever F1 race!?! Im totally going to sound like a Cali surfer dude, but one word: AWESOME!!  Watching it on TV doesn't do it justice.. The vibrations and noise coming...
Posted by Vivi on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:27:00 PST

New Pad in Allschwil *pix*

So off course, with our luck, we picked the greatest week to move... NOT! The biggest storm I've ever experienced! Nothin but snow snow snow! In the morning, went to check out the surroundings, and fe...
Posted by Vivi on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:43:00 PST

Weekend in Sedrun *pix*

Aaah, yet another wonderful weekend getaway... Sedrun is a little town up in the Alps, well-surrounded and well-preserved. The locals there have never been out of their little village and speak their ...
Posted by Vivi on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:16:00 PST

CATS.. in German!

I was so excited to see CATS at the Musikal Theater in Basel! Tickets were brought - very good aisle seats, so I didn't have any big heads blocking my view of the stage... Very important... Here's one...
Posted by Vivi on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:06:00 PST

Weekend in Paris 01.06 *pix*

It felt good to be "home" again.. Haven't played the tourist in a long time and it's been so long since I've been on the Eiffel Tower, walked the Champs Elysees and in the Louvre, I had to do it! Than...
Posted by Vivi on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:10:00 PST

Has it only been 2 weeks?

Seems like a longer time has passed since I boarded that Lufthansa plane to come to this part of the world. O, did I mention we got bumped up to First Class, cuz LH deleted his seat assignment? Aaah,...
Posted by Vivi on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:39:00 PST

Swiss Town Life

Things are definitely lookin up on this side of the world. I feel like I'm million miles away from where everything is the norm. After 15 years in the Bay, it was hard imagining living anywhere else -...
Posted by Vivi on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:38:00 PST