Ong Phan Boi Chau
A part of Vietnamese history that took me 26 years to learn. I never knew this till today when my uncle posted pictures of Vietnamese emperors on webshots. I was wiki-ing out who those ancient people were in the pictures and came across three words "Phan Boi Chau." Those words suddenly pulled me into a strong urge for curiosity. My maternal grandparents lived on this street in Vietnam. All this time I thought it was just like a name....that translated into something like "--- --- Pearl" when in fact it was actually named after someone famous, a nationalist leader: Phan Boi Chau. He seems like a name long lost in Vietnam history to me. You know that feeling that overcomes you when you discover something relative & profounding that makes you who you are today. Well, I felt that.......and I was proud to know somehow it's quite relative to my culture and past.
A part of Vietnamese history that took me 26 years to learn. I never knew this till today when my uncle posted pictures of Vietnamese emperors on webshots. I was wiki-ing out who those ancient people were in the pictures and came across three words "Phan Boi Chau." Those words suddenly pulled me into a strong urge for curiosity. My maternal grandparents lived on this street in Vietnam. All this time I thought it was just like a name....that translated into something like "--- --- Pearl" when in fact it was actually named after someone famous, a nationalist leader: Phan Boi Chau. He seems like a name long lost in Vietnam history to me. You know that feeling that overcomes you when you discover something relative & profounding that makes you who you are today. Well, I felt that.......and I was proud to know somehow it's quite relative to my culture and past.
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