From: duong@chestnut.chem.upenn.edu (Duc Duong)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: The IRC Lover, something for Valentine's Day
Date: 10 Jan 93 15:51:41 GMT
Organization: NMR Biochemistry Graduate Research Lab

>
>My story is not so much different from yours, which is why I feel
>sympathetic to your situation.  Actually, the encounter happened
>a long time before I IRC and meet her.  It all happened on that
>day of September, if I remember correctly, when I posted an article
>to make friends in SCV, something similar to "ti`m ba.n 4 fu+o+ng".
>The initial exchange was by email, and then through IRC where we
>entangled ourselves with all kinds of funs you can think of, ranging
>from kicking (an irc command), name calling (this is more fun than
>flaming in scv :)), and finally jealousy :))... To tell you the truth,
>I don't have the slightest idea on how love overcomed me or when it
>finally conquered my sentimental feeling, but I knew that I was in
>love when each day I can't work without logging on to IRC, typing
>a command to query her whereabout (sort of stalking her). The only
>problem that tortured me day after day was her refusal to be truthful
>about herself.  In my mind, she had become an enigma with an appealing
>power to attract men, and I am only one of her victims: a victim of
>unrequited love.  I was not aware of how abusive I became at work
>because my boss had caught me spending time chatting on network.  Only if
>she knew...yes, only if she knew I was a prisoner of romance in what
>was called "Internet Relay Chat" ...More and more I abandonned my
>obligations at work, my mind started to wander around and my colleagues
>began commenting about me as if I were a LSD addict.
>
>                    (3 months later)
>
>All my IRC files have been destroyed.  The only regret I had was
>that I still haven't known how she looks like.
>

haa haa la.i the^m mo^.t na.n nha^n cu?a IRC. To^i nho+' khi IRC vu+`a
mo+'i hi`nh tha`nh khoa?ng 4 na(m ve^` tru+o+'c, lu'c -do' kho^ng co'
mo^.t nguoi VN. Ro^`i da^`n da^`n co' mo^.t hai ngu+o+`i le^n. Nhu+~ng
ca^u chuye^.n tha^.t la` vui, good,quality conversation.. Ma^'y ngu+o+`i ma`
to^i quen ma^'y na(m tru+o+'c -da? tu+` tu+` to^'t nghie^.p, got lay
off, or get married..etc.Ba^y gio+` VNese users ra^'t la` -do^ng nhu+ng ma`
khoa?ng 99.999999999% la` looking for guys/gals -de^? ma` "ta'n" cho
-do+? buo^`n ne^n hmm..co' ra^'t nhie^`u ca' -de^? ca^u la('m...
Cho ne^n DO NOT believe what other says..Do not THINK, IMAGINE he/she
is good looking thi` ba.n se? an toa`n..kho^ng bi. la` na.n nha^n cu?a
IRC.
Ne^'u ba.n muo^'n fooling around, make up mo^.t te^n "sex" appeal like
Ca^?m Tie^'u, Tuye^'t Ha`, Da. Tha?o...etc.. thi` trong vo`ng 2 seconds, 20
messages se? gu+?I to+'i you, ro^`i then private E-mail, then E-talk,
then phone and the pictures..and then surprised...haa haa.. it's
really really funny to listen those stories..
 Guys, I still can't believe vietnamese guys ba^y gio+` desparately
-de^'n the^'... There are million vietnamese girls who are in VN
waiting for you so... lighten up....

Just a thought..
ALL flames > /dev/dump...


duc

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