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	<description>Visualgui is a web design portfolio and a personal playground of Donny Truong. This site gives Donny the creative freedom to be innovative, to experiment with design, to apply his web development skills, to improve his writing, and most importantly, to have fun; therefore, VisualGUI not only showcases Donny&#039;s works but also serves as a medium for Donny to explore his thoughts and share his inspirations.</description>
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		<title>By: wackywinter</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-84418</link>
		<dc:creator>wackywinter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe in equality and generosity goes along way.  Being frugal is smart and I don&#039;t consider that cheap.  But when I feel you&#039;re taking advantage of my friends and family then I will consider you cheap.  So be considerate and fair to others because you don&#039;t benefit in any relationship by being that selfish.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe in equality and generosity goes along way.  Being frugal is smart and I don&#8217;t consider that cheap.  But when I feel you&#8217;re taking advantage of my friends and family then I will consider you cheap.  So be considerate and fair to others because you don&#8217;t benefit in any relationship by being that selfish.</p>
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		<title>By: Thu Hoai</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-82071</link>
		<dc:creator>Thu Hoai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aww Lam Dien you are just too too nice.  Would love to get together for a drink sometimes  :)
Heck get together for an awesome night of music and booze LOL  :)
My husband did said I sang TVMT
&quot;khong co giong NhuQuynh gi het&quot; :)
NhuQuynh is an awesome singer and a really nice person.  I sang with her with a local band years back before she join Asia.  That night I sang &quot;Unchained Melody&quot; after the song, a beautiful young girl walked over and said &quot;chi oi, chi hat bai do hay qua, chi hoc hat o dau vay?&quot; I was very impressed by the young woman&#039;s sweet face and her polite manners. I said thank you and after that this young woman &#039;s turn to sing and she sang like a bolero song which was good but like any local singer, she didn&#039;t receive much applauds LOL !  Two years after that Asia success, NQ came back for a big show, then she still recognizes me and gave me a big hug:).  Of course, now that the whole Viet community knows NQ, they wouldn&#039;t leave her alone. I congratulates her and she was very gracious although I heard rumors that she wasn&#039;t very nice to others.  
Talking about Bao Yen, I love her voice because she is from Hue and I was born in QuangTri so I really feel alot of emotions when I listen to BaoYen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aww Lam Dien you are just too too nice.  Would love to get together for a drink sometimes  :)<br />
Heck get together for an awesome night of music and booze LOL  :)<br />
My husband did said I sang TVMT<br />
&#8220;khong co giong NhuQuynh gi het&#8221; :)<br />
NhuQuynh is an awesome singer and a really nice person.  I sang with her with a local band years back before she join Asia.  That night I sang &#8220;Unchained Melody&#8221; after the song, a beautiful young girl walked over and said &#8220;chi oi, chi hat bai do hay qua, chi hoc hat o dau vay?&#8221; I was very impressed by the young woman&#8217;s sweet face and her polite manners. I said thank you and after that this young woman &#8217;s turn to sing and she sang like a bolero song which was good but like any local singer, she didn&#8217;t receive much applauds LOL !  Two years after that Asia success, NQ came back for a big show, then she still recognizes me and gave me a big hug:).  Of course, now that the whole Viet community knows NQ, they wouldn&#8217;t leave her alone. I congratulates her and she was very gracious although I heard rumors that she wasn&#8217;t very nice to others.<br />
Talking about Bao Yen, I love her voice because she is from Hue and I was born in QuangTri so I really feel alot of emotions when I listen to BaoYen.</p>
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		<title>By: Lam Dien</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-82060</link>
		<dc:creator>Lam Dien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Hoang, Donny and Thu Hoai.
You guys are great...Imagine us going out for a drink one day! So much to talk about. BTW i&#039;m from Australia-Sydney. Great to know Thu Hoai is a singer. I&#039;m sure you did enough justice to the song Thuong ve Mien Trung. You might make a &quot;que huong&quot; song sound a bit more &quot;sang&quot;, which i think is good. Like Thanh Thuy and Bao Yen can do when they sing &quot; Dem Tan Ben Ngu &quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Hoang, Donny and Thu Hoai.<br />
You guys are great&#8230;Imagine us going out for a drink one day! So much to talk about. BTW i&#8217;m from Australia-Sydney. Great to know Thu Hoai is a singer. I&#8217;m sure you did enough justice to the song Thuong ve Mien Trung. You might make a &#8220;que huong&#8221; song sound a bit more &#8220;sang&#8221;, which i think is good. Like Thanh Thuy and Bao Yen can do when they sing &#8221; Dem Tan Ben Ngu &#8220;.</p>
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		<title>By: ThuHoai</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-81714</link>
		<dc:creator>ThuHoai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Donny 
I met and spoke to your mom briefly at Flanders Valley.
She did tell me about working really hard years back and 
sometimes she would dance and 
sing while working just to make
time pass quicker.  She was a delight! Say hi to your sister and your niece for me.  Your little nice is a cutey and she really enjoys music and dancing.
BTW, &quot;thuong ve mien Trung&quot; I sang
this past show was a bit rough. I really should stick with what I do best.  My hats off to Quang Le, a fantastic live performer and a sweet person.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donny<br />
I met and spoke to your mom briefly at Flanders Valley.<br />
She did tell me about working really hard years back and<br />
sometimes she would dance and<br />
sing while working just to make<br />
time pass quicker.  She was a delight! Say hi to your sister and your niece for me.  Your little nice is a cutey and she really enjoys music and dancing.<br />
BTW, &#8220;thuong ve mien Trung&#8221; I sang<br />
this past show was a bit rough. I really should stick with what I do best.  My hats off to Quang Le, a fantastic live performer and a sweet person.</p>
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		<title>By: Hoang</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hoang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thu Hoai, that&#039;s great! I like your husband already :). When I first look at a guy I look at how he treat his woman and/or his mom. It doesn&#039;t matter how smart/generous or whatever else he appear to be if he showed no respect for his woman then to me he can&#039;t be trusted.

Lam Dien, you can never write too much about yourself :). You seem to be a pretty straight up guy which is a good thing. I was raised by my mom to be generous. I am a pretty low maintenance guy so I don&#039;t need to spend a lot on myself. However I am not afraid to spend money on the top of the line item if I need it. The way I see it is that I would rather get something worth while than spending a little money here and there on stuffs that I end up having to get rid of. Anyway I usually don&#039;t label people for their spending habit as long as they spend their own money.

I am also believe in being nice. Mommy taught me that too. But she is a lot nicer than me. I certainly don&#039;t believe in being nice to the point of being taking advantage of. When hanging out in a big group we usually see one or two people being &quot;free loader&quot;. I don&#039;t mind if it happen a few times but if it become a regular thing I am usually the guy that play the devil advocate and I&#039;ll call them out.

Same thing with taking your shoes off when coming to somebody house. I don&#039;t mind either way really but if I went to somebody else home and they expect me to take my shoes off and they don&#039;t when they come to someone else place then I&#039;ll call them out. Can&#039;t have &#039;em double standard ya know :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thu Hoai, that&#8217;s great! I like your husband already :). When I first look at a guy I look at how he treat his woman and/or his mom. It doesn&#8217;t matter how smart/generous or whatever else he appear to be if he showed no respect for his woman then to me he can&#8217;t be trusted.</p>
<p>Lam Dien, you can never write too much about yourself :). You seem to be a pretty straight up guy which is a good thing. I was raised by my mom to be generous. I am a pretty low maintenance guy so I don&#8217;t need to spend a lot on myself. However I am not afraid to spend money on the top of the line item if I need it. The way I see it is that I would rather get something worth while than spending a little money here and there on stuffs that I end up having to get rid of. Anyway I usually don&#8217;t label people for their spending habit as long as they spend their own money.</p>
<p>I am also believe in being nice. Mommy taught me that too. But she is a lot nicer than me. I certainly don&#8217;t believe in being nice to the point of being taking advantage of. When hanging out in a big group we usually see one or two people being &#8220;free loader&#8221;. I don&#8217;t mind if it happen a few times but if it become a regular thing I am usually the guy that play the devil advocate and I&#8217;ll call them out.</p>
<p>Same thing with taking your shoes off when coming to somebody house. I don&#8217;t mind either way really but if I went to somebody else home and they expect me to take my shoes off and they don&#8217;t when they come to someone else place then I&#8217;ll call them out. Can&#8217;t have &#8216;em double standard ya know :)</p>
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		<title>By: donny</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-80831</link>
		<dc:creator>donny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lam Dien, you&#039;re lucky. Thu Hoai got some hot girls tagging along her band ;)

Marriage is so good so far. Can&#039;t complaint. When I hear a hot beat, I groove to it. If you call that practice :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lam Dien, you&#8217;re lucky. Thu Hoai got some hot girls tagging along her band ;)</p>
<p>Marriage is so good so far. Can&#8217;t complaint. When I hear a hot beat, I groove to it. If you call that practice :)</p>
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		<title>By: Thu Hoai</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-80771</link>
		<dc:creator>Thu Hoai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok LamDien I will keep a lookout
for single girls! :)  You can always hang out with a band cause the girls love to hang out with the band.  One of my band mate found a beautiful nice girl as a result of tagging a long with us.

Ok, so Donny I am off to another beautiful wedding gig.  This is at Golden City for a young sweet couple.  I am looking forward to 
giving the guets a great time.
I will miss your singing and dancing.

Tonight I will sing alot of classic Vietnamese oldies such 
as &quot;Huong ve Hanoi&quot; , &quot;ngam ngui&quot;
&quot;HoaiCam&quot;  and &quot;Huong Xua&quot;.

I cann&#039;t believe it.  I got a list of 25 requested songs from the bride&#039;s family.  I cann&#039;t wait to sing &quot;Thuong ve mien Trung&quot;  I have never dare to sing this song before.  BTW, anh Hinh said you are looking really fit when he saw you last Sat Donny.  Marriage is a good thing for you. .. plus you seem really smooth with your dance moves compared to before marriage.  You must been practicing at home alot huh ..LOL. 

Have a great weekend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok LamDien I will keep a lookout<br />
for single girls! :)  You can always hang out with a band cause the girls love to hang out with the band.  One of my band mate found a beautiful nice girl as a result of tagging a long with us.</p>
<p>Ok, so Donny I am off to another beautiful wedding gig.  This is at Golden City for a young sweet couple.  I am looking forward to<br />
giving the guets a great time.<br />
I will miss your singing and dancing.</p>
<p>Tonight I will sing alot of classic Vietnamese oldies such<br />
as &#8220;Huong ve Hanoi&#8221; , &#8220;ngam ngui&#8221;<br />
&#8220;HoaiCam&#8221;  and &#8220;Huong Xua&#8221;.</p>
<p>I cann&#8217;t believe it.  I got a list of 25 requested songs from the bride&#8217;s family.  I cann&#8217;t wait to sing &#8220;Thuong ve mien Trung&#8221;  I have never dare to sing this song before.  BTW, anh Hinh said you are looking really fit when he saw you last Sat Donny.  Marriage is a good thing for you. .. plus you seem really smooth with your dance moves compared to before marriage.  You must been practicing at home alot huh ..LOL. </p>
<p>Have a great weekend.</p>
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		<title>By: Lam Dien</title>
		<link>http://www.visualgui.com/2008/07/30/cheap-spending-habit/comment-page-1/#comment-80546</link>
		<dc:creator>Lam Dien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m the last single guy here...I&#039;m not cheap...(just getting desperate)...make a move on me please..he he..

Well everyone has their own ways of spending..Some may agree some may not with how others spend. Some people prefer to spend on clothes, cars, investments and getting rich, some spends on leisure activities, electronics, gadgets, sport gears and cds. My sister think i spend too much on cds and going out. And i think she spends too much on clothes..he he... But one thing is that we never really spend too much.. and we make sure it&#039;s something worthwhile to buy.We still have it well under control. And we do contribute to charities, sponsored child, and relatives who are in needs. And we make sure we r not taking advantages of any one else..so basically sensible. I make sure that i don&#039;t end up being a cheap guy. When we split the bill i&#039;m often make sure i&#039;d give at least the right amount. I&#039;d hate to have a tag of cheap behind my back, as often u know people talk behind the back of the cheap ones. And also when i go out with a girl,a relative or someone who is unemployed, or when i feel generous, i don&#039;t mind to pay for the bill. But even then, most of the time people don&#039;t want u to shout them, and at first i didn&#039;t know why they refuse the gesture. But when i put my self in their positions i understand that i wouldn&#039;t want someone to pay my bill for me as well..

I&#039;m not very good at explaining my points of view, and i think ur blog allow me to practice my expression Donny.

Yeah, back to the cheap guy, i had a friend who i gave a lift home once, and a couple of weeks later i gave him another lift, and he asked me if i found a 2 dollars coin he thought he dropped in my car. I said no, and he searched around and below the seat for it..he he

However i have no problems with people who want to split the bill exactly..I think they have the right to pay for what they eat and if that&#039;[s what they want then i&#039;d let them do the calculations. If they want to round off it&#039;s fine too. But i&#039;d hate to owe any one money, i rather be the one who pay out a bit extra. 

I think it&#039;s not too bad when we go out one on one, but when it&#039;s a group and there&#039;s a calculating one, it&#039;s often more difficult as everyone else try to keep it simple and keep the mood happy.

In summary, i wrote too much about myself here. I&#039;m the only single guy here.. and i&#039;m not too cheap. So Donny u have to find  me a nice girl...he he</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m the last single guy here&#8230;I&#8217;m not cheap&#8230;(just getting desperate)&#8230;make a move on me please..he he..</p>
<p>Well everyone has their own ways of spending..Some may agree some may not with how others spend. Some people prefer to spend on clothes, cars, investments and getting rich, some spends on leisure activities, electronics, gadgets, sport gears and cds. My sister think i spend too much on cds and going out. And i think she spends too much on clothes..he he&#8230; But one thing is that we never really spend too much.. and we make sure it&#8217;s something worthwhile to buy.We still have it well under control. And we do contribute to charities, sponsored child, and relatives who are in needs. And we make sure we r not taking advantages of any one else..so basically sensible. I make sure that i don&#8217;t end up being a cheap guy. When we split the bill i&#8217;m often make sure i&#8217;d give at least the right amount. I&#8217;d hate to have a tag of cheap behind my back, as often u know people talk behind the back of the cheap ones. And also when i go out with a girl,a relative or someone who is unemployed, or when i feel generous, i don&#8217;t mind to pay for the bill. But even then, most of the time people don&#8217;t want u to shout them, and at first i didn&#8217;t know why they refuse the gesture. But when i put my self in their positions i understand that i wouldn&#8217;t want someone to pay my bill for me as well..</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not very good at explaining my points of view, and i think ur blog allow me to practice my expression Donny.</p>
<p>Yeah, back to the cheap guy, i had a friend who i gave a lift home once, and a couple of weeks later i gave him another lift, and he asked me if i found a 2 dollars coin he thought he dropped in my car. I said no, and he searched around and below the seat for it..he he</p>
<p>However i have no problems with people who want to split the bill exactly..I think they have the right to pay for what they eat and if that&#8217;[s what they want then i&#8217;d let them do the calculations. If they want to round off it&#8217;s fine too. But i&#8217;d hate to owe any one money, i rather be the one who pay out a bit extra. </p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s not too bad when we go out one on one, but when it&#8217;s a group and there&#8217;s a calculating one, it&#8217;s often more difficult as everyone else try to keep it simple and keep the mood happy.</p>
<p>In summary, i wrote too much about myself here. I&#8217;m the only single guy here.. and i&#8217;m not too cheap. So Donny u have to find  me a nice girl&#8230;he he</p>
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		<title>By: donny</title>
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		<dc:creator>donny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re pimping too much, man. I can&#039;t keep up with ya :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re pimping too much, man. I can&#8217;t keep up with ya :)</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>dude... you betrayed the single&#039;s club.

i understand though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>dude&#8230; you betrayed the single&#8217;s club.</p>
<p>i understand though.</p>
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