Hello there,

Thank you for visiting About Me page. I call it “Why?”, because it’s the question we all ask ourselves before we do something – in this case, it’s your decision to begin our conversation.

I’m Khuyen, a twenty-to-be twenty-already twenty-one twenty-two  twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine year & old friend who loves to think and share with everyone about everything. Sometimes some of my friends tell me that I think too much, like an old man (I actually like that description). I used to name this blog as “The talky armchair”. The armchair is often the comfy place to sit down and just think, but I like to talk too, so  it seems like a decent metaphor. 

The question that is most alive for me now is “What is life asking of me now?”  It used to be “Who am I?”, but now I’ve come to accept that I haven’t figured out who I am yet, but I’m sure as hell I’m having a lot of fun figuring it out . I don’t try as hard figuring out who I am anymore; now I’m just enjoying inventing myself along the way.   Dynamic, ceaseless growth, in playful pursuit of unknowable, ever-changing truth. My favorite question that I subconsciously ask all the time: “What is really happening here?”.

To steal my friend Natasha’s brilliant line: Aren’t you so glad to found me? 😊

Here is how I describe myself now.

I grew up in the lovely city of  Hanoi, Vietnam and spent 4 years of high school to study in Singapore under a scholarship  by the Singapore government – one of the best decisions in my life. Right now I’m really excited to go to US for college this fall to be a freshman to be a sophomore to be a junior to finish my last year in Tufts near Boston, Massachussette  to be in Ho Chi Minh city to continue my journey to learn more about myself, about the world and  how to live it best better, by showing up everyday.

This blog is the published part of my journal – about 2% of what I write. Why journaling? Because once I sit down and talk to myself through words I could realize so many thoughts and ideas I would never have otherwise (I wrote an answer in Quora here). Not surprisingly, two of the many things that changed my life are English and the Internet.

I care about learning and people. As part of the growing up, I got to meet many different wonderful people from all around the world. Some share my thoughts and values; many challenge the way I think and view the world, and everyone teaches me something. You too, my dear readers, will help me grow with your thought, support and criticism,  and I hope to share the learning with others. This blog is a place where I share and listen to everyone’s stories, about the uniqueness as well as the commonalities of our experiences. I believe humans are born to be connected with others (not only from Facebook, of course). That’s why I endeavor to find good and trusted friends and to form a  community of people who want to be larger than themselves, to contribute to the lives around us. I love making things happen with people. The only thing that excites me more than the potential of another being is the potential of a group, of a community, of the future. Through shared experiences and reflection together, we all hold the power to transform ourselves. That capacity to grow, to me, is the most wonderful gift of life.

What you would find in this blog:

• A constantly evolving perspective about everything.
• Stories I’ve encountered and interwoven with my own.
• More questions to be answered.
• That elusive Me, seeking its own identity in its own experiences as well as in those of other living creatures in the world. It’s called Ubuntu – “I am; because of you”

If this sounds too old… maybe it really is. I don’t know. (^_^)

Or you can try looking a bit differently and find that I’m a Computer Science student who enjoys hanging out with folks who like to do cool stuff too. Thinking is fun, and so is doing, feeling, learning, writing, meditating, training, talking, listening, programming, producing crap (literally and metaphorically), working with people, being with people, loving people etc… Basically, living is fun. It is also very hard, so I have to practice everyday.

By the way, please feel free to contact me through my email g.khuyen@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your thoughts.