POST 737 29Nov2025 Bai DAU VIET -Various items and Pictures

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POST 737 29Nov2025 

Bai DAU VIET 

Various items and Pictures

 LEARNING FOR THIS WEEK: Vietnamese  Five Accents form

 

		POST    2025                                    Linda’s Thursday Quotation
		"The reasonable man adapts to the world around him. The unreasonable man tries to change the world. Therefore, all progress is the result of unreasonable men" George Bernard Shaw   ====================== Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Sometimes it is one foot which is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both. Robert Andrews Millikan

 

 

STORY: The Tall Monk  

	Extract from VISION and ACTION  / The Sacred Seal Story By Charles Phan Hoang (Amazon Publishing, ISBN   9798338428948)
	POST 737   18 – THE TALL MONK
	POST 737 18 – THE TALL MONK After being attacked by the thug who had snatched his bag upon his arrival in Saigon, Lam-Tieu managed to stand and pursue the thief. Unexpectedly, a tall monk wearing a saffron robe stopped the thief running in the opposite direction by using the handle of his umbrella to hook onto the bag. The thug did not release his prey and tried to pull it toward him without success, although he appeared to be young and muscular. He decided to attack the monk. Suddenly, the tall monk shouted a powerful ki-ai (khi-tet) and the thief collapsed. Affected by the deafening sound from the monk, the thief let go of the bag; he got up terror-stricken and quickly disappeared into the crowd. Without saying a word, the monk handed the bag to Lam-Tieu and walked away. Holding the bag in his hands, Lam-Tieu wanted to thank his benefactor. He was astonished about how a person could possess such an incredible power. Soon, he realized that the monk was already far away, so he started to rush towards him. Surprisingly, the more Lam-Tieu accelerated his pace the further the distance between him and the monk would be. Thanks to the saffron-coloured robe of the monk, Lam-Tieu did not lose sight of him in spite of the street being very crowded. Finally, Lam-Tieu had to run and, in the end, he managed to reach the monk. He thanked him profusely, and invited him to drink a cup of tea. The tall monk nodded and said: "I know a Zen tea-room not far from here. The place is very peaceful." Lam-Tieu followed the monk. Entering the tea-room, he immediately felt immersed into the tranquility of the location. This was not the kind of place he usually frequented. The host who greeted them bowed to the monk and invited them to sit at a table facing a Zen garden with some small and delicate bamboo trees. When the tea was served, slowly the monk raised the cup close to his face. With his eyes half closed and his face reflecting quietness, he enjoyed the fragrance of the tea. Lam-Tieu awkwardly tried to imitate the monk and discovered the pleasure of savouring the well-known perfumed lotus tea. He did not dare to speak for fear of breaking that magical moment. Gently, the monk put his tea cup back on the table and slowly opened his eyes. His penetrating eyes came to rest on Lam-Tieu, and from his mind power he knew immediately that Lam-Tieu was going through a troubled and uncertain phase in his life. Without asking any questions, the monk invited Lam-Tieu to follow him to the Long-Hoi pagoda.  (to be continued)

 

 

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POST 736 22Nov.2025 Exercise DAI TRUONG - The Village Schoolmaster

 

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POST 736   2025                                  The cold has settled in, the days are shorter… The sun is still shining, even behind the clouds.

 

POST 736 22Nov.2025

 Exercise DAI TRUONG -

 The Village Schoolmaster 

Various items and pictures 

TRAINING FOR THIS WEEK: DAI TRUONG 

 

		POST 736   2025                                    Linda’s Thursday Quotation
		Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce

 

 

	Extract from VISION and ACTION  / The Sacred Seal Story By Charles Phan Hoang (Amazon Publishing, ISBN   9798338428948)
	POST 736  (continued)
	POST 736 … The next evening, while the train from Hanoi was entering the station in Saigon, two well-built men, standing on the platform wearing dark glasses and holding cellphones with Lam-Tieu’s photo on the screen, were ready to scrutinize all the passengers coming off the trains. Another man was stationed at the taxi stand. After all passengers had come out, Lam-Tieu was not among them. The three men gathered outside, the biggest and oldest one, who appeared to be the chief, said to the other two: "Continue to look around in case he escaped or be on the next train. We will meet again here fifteen minutes before the next arrival.” The two men left and the chief took out his cellphone to send a text message. The next morning, a bus packed with people from a neighbouring town arrived in Saigon. Among the passengers who were slowly stepping down the bus, was Lam-Tieu, carrying his bag. He had sensed the danger and had applied a tactic to avoid arriving in Saigon by train. From his gait, he looked tired. He had a very hectic journey and had spent many hours without sleep. He pulled the brim of his hat onto his eyes and began to walk away without paying attention to which direction he was taking. Suddenly, he fell to the ground after receiving a crisp side-kick in the back of his right knee. Quick as a flash, the thug who attacked him ran away with his bag containing the two kilograms of gold. Bad luck continued to follow Lam-Tieu. (to be continued)

 

 

 

POST 736   2025                                  (Received from Conleth and Linda.) ================= The Village Schoolmaster by Oliver Goldsmith   Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The days disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he: Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd: Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too: Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics rang'd around; And still they gaz'd and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot. Oliver Goldsmith https://internetpoem.com/oliver-goldsmith/the-village-schoolmaster-poem/

 

 

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