From: kt385808@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Khoi Truong)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: [misc] C.N.M.T.'s trip report
Keywords: Seattle, Portland, food, fun, robbery ... ooopppsss :)
Date: 14 Aug 92 09:26:21 GMT
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

In article <1992Aug11.180231.160@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> jnle@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (C.N.M.T.) writes:
>
>C.N.M.T. mo+'i -di vacation ve^` bi. mo^.t mo+' emails va` project
>deadline cho^n vu`i o+? so+? :-)  ve^` nha` thi` bi. bills la`m ta'i
>ca? ma(.t ma`y :))  tsk tsk, I hope those vacation charges won't wipe

oh pls ppl ..... don't u have anything else to do ??? 
get a life !!!! I am sure a lot of ppl appreciate your report
of your wonderful trip ... what's the pt ??? try to post a 
poem, a comment, a song ..or something ... and u post a report
of your trip !! :-))))         
				u are funny CNMT 


>out my saving accounts :))
>
>OK, sau -da^y C.N.M.T. xin tu+o+`ng tri`nh cho qui' dzi. ba` con co^
>ba'c xa ga^`n ve^` cuo^.c du li.ch cu?a C.N.M.T.  ai muo^'n bie^'t
>the^m chi tie^'t thi` ... ra'ng ma` chi.u ... he^` he^` :)
>
>C.N.M.T. ro+`i Chicago to+'i Seattle -de^m khuya 7/15.  Khi phi co+
>to+'i ga^`n Seatac airport thi` traffic controller re'o la` pha?i
>-da'p cho le. kho^ng tho^i thi` pha?i -da'p o+? phi tru+o+`ng kha'c???
>Nghe ca'i chi ma` la. ru+'a ??  C.N.M.T. co`n -dang the'c me'c thi`
>o^ng captain pilot no'i la` Seatac -dang bi. co' power failure va`
>ca'i diesel-powered generator cu~ng bi. ... tru.c tra(.c luo^n ... chi?
>-du? generate enough power -de^? tha('p ma^'y ca'i -de`n o+? phi -da.o 
>tho^i ... phi co+ -da'p kho^ng le. ca'i backup generator -di -dong
>luo^n, kho^ng co' -de`n ro.i phi -da.o thi` ... ra'ng ma` chi.u ... :))
>O^ng pilot hoa?ng ho^`n qua' -da'p phi co+ le. ho+n la` bi. ma SCV
>-duo^?i  :)) he^` he^` he^` :)
>
>Nga`y ho^m sau, thu+' na(m 7/16, C.N.M.T. co' he.n a(n tru+a vo+'i
>anh John (Tua^'n) Sutherland (JFT%NCCIBM1.BITNET) o+? Pearl restaurant
>o+? Seattle .  C.N.M.T.  to+'i -du'ng gio+`, cho+` anh cha`ng na`y cu~ng
>khoa?ng nu+?a tie^'ng :))  Gee, C.N.M.T. tu+o+?ng mi't nha` ta mo+'i
>co' gio+` gia^y thun chu+' :))  Mo^.t ho^`i sau anh John Sutherland
>lo` to` to+'i -da^~n theo mo^.t -do^`ng nghie^.p VN tre? tuo^?i te^n
>Huy (?)  C.N.M.T. ta'n do'c mo^.t ho^`i thi` cho+.t tha^'y anh Tu`ng
>Nguye^~n (tungn@lsid.hp.com, HP in Everett) cu~ng lo` to` to+'i ... ca? 
>bo.n a(n uo^'ng xong thi` anh John va` Huy (?) pha?i quay la.i so+? 
>vi` ...  cu~ng ga^`n to+'i gio+` ... tan so+? (mo+'i co' ga^`n 3 gio+`
>chie^`u tho^i mo+`, -di a(n lunch ve^` so+'m the^'?? :-) )  Anh Tu`ng
>thi` "take the afternoon off" o+? la.i -de^? ta'n do'c vo+'i C.N.M.T. :)
>Anh Tu`ng no'i la` pha?i to+'i -de^? xem C.N.M.T. la` ai ma` tha^'y
>pha' qua' xa' tre^n SCV ... hi` hi` :))  C.N.M.T. va` anh Tu`ng toa`n
>no'i chuye^.n ve^` nhu+~ng nha^n va^.t no^?i tie^'ng tre^n vietnet/SCV ... 
>no'i hoa`i ma` va^~n chu+a he^'t chuye^.n SCV -de^? no'i :-)) :-))
>te' ra anh Tu`ng va` C.N.M.T. cu~ng cu`ng quen bie^'t nhie^`u ngu+o+`i
>tre^n vietnet/SCV ... qua? la` tra'i -da^'t tro`n va` nho? :)
>
>Anh Tu`ng no'i ra(`ng tie^'c la` message cu?a C.N.M.T. se~ to+'i Seattle
>kho^ng -du+o+.c loan tin ro? cho la('m ne^n anh Tu`ng kho^ng ki.p get
>Seattle-area netters together ... C.N.M.T. no'i la` se~ co`n o+? la.i
>Seattle 3 tua^`n nu+~a ne^n cha('c se~ co`n thi` gio+` ga(.p la.i
>anh Tu`ng -de^? co`n di.p ta'n do'c nu+~a va` se~ ga(.p ca'c netters
>kha'c sau ... gee ... 3 tua^`n tro^i qua mau qua' ... C.N.M.T. ba^.n
>-du? thu+' chuye^.n ... na`o la` -di cho+i ne` ... -di a(n ne` ...
>-di la`m video camera-man (ba^'t -da('c di~) cho -da'm cu+o+'i ng` quen
>ne` ... la`m audio-video technical consultant va` electrician for ng` 
>quen ne` ... va` ... -di ngu? nu+~a ne` ... :)) ro^`i cu~ng to+'i nga`y 
>C.N.M.T. la.i pha?i quay la.i ve^` Chicago ... C.N.M.T. cu~ng ho+i feel
>guilty ne^n -di.nh bu.ng se~ quay la.i Seattle (soon) -de^? da^?n anh
>Tu`ng -di nha^.u la.i ... How does that sound anh Tu`ng?? 
>
>Anyway, C.N.M.T. cu~ng xin ca'm o+n anh John Sutherland, Huy (?), anh
>Tu`ng -da~ cu`ng C.N.M.T. -da`m thoa.i trong mo^.t buo^?i a(n tru+a 
>tha^.t la` thoa?i ma'i :-))  
>
>Ho^m chu? nha^.t 7/19, C.N.M.T. ghe' tha(m nha` tho+` co^ng gia'o VN
>o+? Seattle vi` nghe no'i co' to^? chu+'c ho^.i cho+. ca ha't tu+ng
>bu+`ng o+? -do' ... nghe no'i la` co' food va` fun la` C.N.M.T. -de^'n
>lie^`n ... gee, co' ca? gian ha`ng cu?a University of Washington (UW)
>o+? -da^y nu+~a, C.N.M.T. cu~ng ta` ta` lu+o+.n qua lu+o+.n la.i tha(m
>vie^'ng ca'c gian ha`ng ... ro^`i cu~ng -du.ng -da^`u vo+'i anh Tu`ng
>cu~ng -dang ta` ta` -do`i checking out gian ha`ng cu?a UW ... I think
>Seattle is kind of small ha? anh Tu`ng ??  Nghe no'i anh Tu`ng cu~ng 
>muo^'n bie^'t ai la` Bie^?n Xanh (b.x.) ne^n mo+'i ta` ta` -di tha(m
>gian ha`ng UW -do' pha?i kho^ng anh Tu`ng ?? :-))  For sure, khi na`o
>C.N.M.T. quay la.i Seattle thi` anh Tu`ng nho+' mo+`i b.x. -di a(n
>chung cho C.N.M.T. cu~ng co' ha^n ha.nh bie^'t the^m mo^.t nha^n
>va^.t lu+`ng danh no+i bie^?n ca? :-))
>
>Chie^`u chu? nha^.t 7/19, C.N.M.T. cha.y ve^` Portland tha(m g/d ng`
>chi. (Vancouver, WA) va` bo^' me. C.N.M.T. cu~ng mo+'i tu+` LA le^n
>cho+i, vu+`a to+'i no+i thi` chi. cu?a C.N.M.T. nha('n la` co' nu+~ 
>tha^`n Hie^`n Trang ho?i tha(m la` C.N.M.T. -da~ -de^'n Portland chu+a ...
>Gee, How did miss HT know C.N.M.T. se~ ghe' Portland??  Tu+o+?ng chi. HT 
>-da~ ro+`i net -de^? cha(m so'c business rie^ng, de` -da^u chi. HT cu~ng
>bo? net kho^ng -du+o+.c sau khi ro+`i Sequent Computer Systems ne^n -da~
>obtain a public account va` -da~ monitor SCV activity mo^.t ca'ch tha^`m
>ki'n ... :-))  gee, chi. Hie^`n Trang, if you read this, could you let
>me know your email address??  C.N.M.T. va` chi. HT vo^'n -da~ bie^'t nhau
>la^u ne^n C.N.M.T. mo+`i chi. HT ghe' nha` chi. cu?a C.N.M.T. cho+i ho^m
>sau .  Chi. HT na`y tha^.t la` -die^.u ... to+'i nha` cho+i ma` -dem 
>ta(.ng chi.  cu?a C.N.M.T. a fresh flower basket tha^.t la` -de.p ma` 
>chi. HT tu+. ca('m la^'y ... ngo^`i cho+i no'i chuye^.n co' mo^.t ho^`i
>ma` chi. HT -da~ -do`i ve^` ... C.N.M.T. va` chi. C.N.M.T. giu+~ la.i 
>-de^? a(n co+m chie^`u ma` chi. HT la.i tu+` cho^'i khe'o qua' ... go+'m 
>... ga'i Ba('c Ky` co' kha'c ... :))
>
>Ho^m sau thu+' ba 7/21, chi. HT co' he.n vo+'i C.N.M.T. va` nho'm ba.n
>VN la`m o+? Sequent -di a(n tru+a chung o+? Chinese Restaurant o+?
>Beaverton, OR ... Gee, chi. HT la.i -die^.u la('m ... la.i -do`i
>-de^'n nha` cho+? C.N.M.T. -di vi` so+. C.N.M.T. -di la.c -du+o+`ng :))
>Chi. HT va` C.N.M.T. -de^'n tre^~ co' mo^.t tie^'ng a` (hi` hi` ... gio+` 
>cu?a mi't nha` ta chi'n hie^.u con nai va`ng mo+` li. :-)) )  O+? -da^y,
>C.N.M.T. -du+o+.c ha^n ha.nh bie^'t the^m va`i netters trong Sequent:
>Tua^'n Va(n (tuanv@sequent.com,)  Hoa`ng (juan@sequent.com) va` Du~ng
>(andrewn@dequent.com).  Ta'n do'c chu+a co' bao la^u thi` ca? nho'm
>Sequent la.i pha?i quay la.i so+? la`m vie^.c ... da.o ni` Sequent cu~ng
>-de do.a layoffs du+~ qua' ne^n nha^n co^ng la`m vie^.c co' ve? cha(m
>chi? ghe^ ??  :))
>
>Chie^`u ho^m -do', C.N.M.T. co' he.n vo+'i Tua^'n Va(n -di a(n dinner o+?
>nha` ha`ng VN o+? Beaverton ... C.N.M.T. show up a little bit early
>vi` so+. -di la.c -du+o+`ng :-) cha(?ng tha^'y ai o+? trong nha` ha`ng
>ca? ne^n C.N.M.T. ra ngoa`i hie^n cho+` ... va`i phu't sau thi` tha^'y
>Tua^'n cu`ng ng` ba.n la` Ba' Tu+o+'c (uunet!kentrox!ktxs1!barry) xua^'t
>hie^.n ... Tua^'n va` Ba' Tu+o+'c lie^n he^. nhau qua "anh tui la^'y chi.
>ha('n" :)  Anh cha`ng Ba' Tu+o+'c (te^n nghe cu~ng co' ve? va(n chu+o+ng
>qua' pha?i kho^ng ca'c ba.n??) bi. anh cha`ng Tua^'n to+'i ba('t co'c
>-de^? -di a(n dinner ho+i vo^.i ne^n la.i " cha^n mang vo+' va` -di
>de'p" ... good combination :-))  hi` hi` just kidding :-))  ... tu.i
>na`y ngo^`i ta` ta` cho+` the^m mo^.t ng` nu+~a ... mo^.t ho^`i sau anh
>Thu+o+.ng (thuongv@sequent.com) to+'i ... sau khi qua ma`n gio+'i thie^.u
>thi` -de^'n ma`n order food ... mo^~i ng` order mo^.t mo'n ro^`i a(n 
>chung ... ai a(n cha^.m he^'t ra'ng chi.u :-))  Ma^'y mo'n nha^.u cu~ng
>ha^'p da^~n du+~ ... a(n ngon mie^.ng la('m ... mo^.t ho^`i sau thi` ca'c
>mo'n nha^.u cu~ng vo+i thi` anh Thu+o+.ng bi. "co^ na`o" beep ca'i beeper
>cu?a anh qua' chu+`ng chu+`ng ... ho^?ng ro? la` ai ma` a?nh vu+`a go.i
>-die^.n thoa.i xong la` ca'o lo^~i ... do.t lie^`n ... hi` hi` hi` :-))
>Hey anh Thu+o+.ng ne`, C.N.M.T. tre^n -du+o+`ng quay la.i Seattle,
>tru+o+'c khi to+'i Tacoma, C.N.M.T. co' -de^? y' ti`m ma^'y ca'i ba?ng
>qua?ng ca'o -da^'m bo'p (massage parlors) ma` co' tha^'y ca'i na`o -da^u
>ca` ... va`o Tacoma exit na`o va^.y anh Thu+o+.ng ??!!?? ;^)) ;))
>
>A(n xong thi` Tua^'n, Ba' Tu+o+'c -du+a C.N.M.T. -di da.o pho^' -de^m
>Portland ... Ca? bo.n ghe' va`o Riverplace (waterfront shops) -di da.o
>bo+` so^ng.  Sa(~n tha^'y co' ca'i giftshop -do' ne^n C.N.M.T. do.t va`o
>-de^? mua va`i ca'i postcards go+?i cho ba.n be` lie^`n ... Ba' Tu+o+'c
>tha^.t la` -die^.u ... la.i co`n mua ta(.ng C.N.M.T. mo^.t souvernir o+?
>Portland nu+~a ... ca'm o+n Ba' Tu+o+'c tha^.t nhie^`u nhe'.  C.N.M.T.
>cu~ng kho^ng que^n ca'm o+n chi. Hie^`n Trang, Tua^'n Va(n, Hoa`ng, Du~ng,
>Ba' Tu+o+'c, anh Thu+o+.ng -da~ tie^'p C.N.M.T. khi C.N.M.T. ghe' Portland
>nhe' ... khi na`o ca'c ba.n co' di.p ghe' Chicago cho+i, cha('c cha('n la`
>C.N.M.T. se~ tra? le^~ la.i -do' ...
>
>C.N.M.T. o+? cho+i Portland area 4 nga`y thi` pha?i quay la.i Seattle
>-de^? chua^?n bi. -di du+. -da'm cu+o+'i va` la`m video camera-man
>ba^'t -da('c di~ cho -da'm ho?i cu?a ng` quen :)) ... gee, ca'i 8mm 
>camcorder bi`nh thu+o+`ng nhe. la('m co+ ma` ... sao ca^`m mo^.t ho^`i
>la` na(.ng nhu+ bao ga.o mo^.t ta. , tay run nhu+ a(n pha?i ... cha^n 
>ga`??  ... mo^` ho^i ho^.t ro+i nhu+ mu+a :-))  Seattle na(m nay no'ng
>ghe^ -di ba` con o+i ... trong ba tua^`n C.N.M.T. o+? -da^'y chi? co'
>mu+a ra^m ra^m mo^.t hai la^`n, ha^`u he^'t tro+`i -de.p, na('ng nhie^`u
>va` no'ng ... cha? gio^'ng Seattle ti' na`o :-))  but who's complaining?? :)
>
>Nhu+~ng nga`y co`n la.i C.N.M.T. pha?i -di tha(m vie^'ng ba.n be`,
>ho. ha`ng.  C.N.M.T. co' -di cho+i vo+'i ng` ba.n quen la^u na(m,
>a(n uo^'ng o+? ca.nh bo+` ho^`, khu Yuppy o+? Kirkland, -di da.o tour 
>boat lake Washington -de^? nga('m ma(.t tro+`i la(.n khi chie^`u ta`n.
>Nhu+~ng ca(n nha` vi~ -da.i do.c theo bo+` ho^` tha^.t -de.p va` hu+~u 
>ti`nh ...  kho^ng bie^'t -de^'n chu+`ng na`o C.N.M.T. mo+'i co' -du?
>at least ... va`i trie^.u -de^? mua mo^.t ca(n nha` no+i bo+` ho^` nhu+
>va^`y kho^ng nhi? ??  Dream on!!  :-))  Ve^` -de^m thi` C.N.M.T. thu+o+`ng
>ghe' VN restaurants hoa(.c cafe' 49 -de^? nha^m nhi cafe' su+~a -da' va`
>nghe thie^n ha. ca he't karaoke um su`m :))  C.N.M.T. cu~ng la` vua a(n
>ha`ng ne^n tie^.m na`o cu~ng thu+? ca? ... -do+'p pho+? ba bo^'n nga`y
>lie^n tie^'p ma` cu~ng chu+a tha^'y cha'n ... hmmm, pho+? Seattle kho^ng
>ngon ba(`ng pho+? Cali ... but ... co' co`n ho+n kho^ng ;^))
>
>No'i to'm la.i la` 3 tua^`n vacation  ... nga('n qua' ... kho^ng -du?
>-de^? thu+o+?ng thu+'c, relax sau ca? na(m -di la`m me^.t nho.c ...
>Chuye^'n -di na`y C.N.M.T. chu+a co' co+ ho^.i ra bie^?n -da`o clams va`
>oysters nhu+ -da~ du+. -di.nh :( tie^'c qua' -di ma^'t ... mu`i tho+m 
>phu+'c cu?a oysters -dang nu+o+'ng tre^n lo` cu?i va^~n co`n hu+o+ng
>thoa?ng -da^u -da^y ??  La^'y mo^.t con vu+`a ha' mie^.ng ra kho?i lo`,
>la^'y dao na^.y ra .... hmmm, tho+m qua' la` tho+m ... va('t chanh tu+o+i
>va`o ... la^'y ni~a cha^m no' ra ... cha^'m va`o muo^'i tie^u ... tu+` 
>tu+` bo? va`o mie^.ng .... yum yum yum yum ... best oysters in the world
>are right here in Seattle ... gotta come back for this ... :-) :-)
>
>C.N.M.T. co' mo^.t ky? nie^.m kho' que^n na(m nay o+? Seattle :)  Mo^.t
>ho^m -de.p tro+`i, C.N.M.T. la'i xe xuo^'ng downtown da.o pho^' ... bi`nh
>thu+o+`ng downtown tha`nh pho^' lo+'n na`o cu~ng kho' ti`m ra cho^? -da^.u
>xe ... nhu+ng ... look at that ... an empty spot at the meter parking ...
>this must be C.N.M.T.'s lucky day ??!!??  Nha?y va`o -da^.u lie^`n kho^ng
>tho^i ng` kha'c da`nh la`m sao ... C.N.M.T. khoa'i chi' va` bo? tie^`n
>ca('c va`o meter cho 2 tie^'ng -do^`ng ho^` ro^`i bo? -di cho+i ... chie^`u
>ve^` ti`m ma~i ca'i xe kho^ng ra ... nhi`n la.i ba?ng tre^n -du+o+`ng thi`
>tha^'y -de^` ra(`ng "No stops between 3-6pm"  C.N.M.T. co`n -dang the'c
>me'c vi` C.N.M.T. -da^u co' "stop" -da^u ... C.N.M.T. "park" mo+` :-))
>cha('c la` xe bi. ca^u ro^`i ... -da`nh pha?i ke^u police central ma`
>ho?i va^.y ... Yup!!  xe C.N.M.T. bi. ca^u ro^`i ... hic hic ... buo^`n
>na(m phu't ... C.N.M.T. kho^ng nhu+~ng to^'n $40 for towing fee ma` la.i
>co`n bi. de^'n cho $23 parking ticket nu+~a chu+' ... tu+'c o+i la` tu+'c ... 
>
>-Do' la` cuo^.c du li.ch he` cu?a C.N.M.T. na(m nay ... mo+`i ca'c ba.n
>-do'n -do.c cuo^.c ha`nh tri`nh cu?a C.N.M.T. na(m sau se~ -de^'n vo+'i
>ma`n a?nh quen thuo^.c ... na(m sau .. he^` he^` he^` :^))
>
>Cha`o ta'i ngo^. ...
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