Lê Hồng Nhung
(Nhung vịt)
Điều hành viên
When thinking of writing a very first article about an international student for Friends Around the World (Who’s Who, E-HAO), I right away think of my best friend here, Elizabeth Freeman.
Reporter: Hello^^. First of all, we want to say that we really appreciate your presence here today and are even more grateful for your acceptance of this interview.
Elizabeth: It's my pleasure.
Reporter: We are reporters of E-HAO, which is the English version of HAO (Hanoi-Amsterdam Organization). HAO is a student organization of Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, Hanoi, Vietnam. Its initial aim was to establish a common virtual playground for students on the World Wide Web. H-A-O has received much enthusiastic support and encouragement from students near and far; from not only those learning at Hanoi-Amsterdam but also students from other schools. Owing to many contributions and great expectations of its members, HAO did not satisfy with itself merely as a "virtual playground”, but strived to develop into an active association of current students as well as alumni(*). Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself?
Elizabeth: My name is Elizabeth Freeman. I'm from Omaha, Nebraska, I'm eighteen years old, I come from a big family (my mom is a full-time senior pastor and my dad is a doctor). I am attending at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter, about a one-hour drive from the twin cities, Minnesota, US. I am majoring in Japanese studies and Scandinavian studies.
Reporter: What did you think about Vietnam before and after you meet Nhung?
Elizabeth : Before I met Nhung, I really didn't know much about Vietnam. I sort of held it in the back of my mind as a country somewhere in Asia that America went to war with a long time ago. I'm starting to realize that it's a nation very rich in its own cultural identity.
Nhung tells me all sorts of stories about her family in Vietnam, saying things like "That's pretty unusual at that time, so that's kind of cool" but then turning around and saying "I like to think I'm kind of traditional." It's very interesting to me to see a culture (if secondhand) that is both totally in touch with its past and still very modern.
Reporter: Have you ever had any Vietnamese food? What did you think?
I had never had Vietnamese food before just last week, so I didn't really know what I was in for when Nhung volunteered to cook a meal for me. I was expecting it to be something like Chinese food, you know, sweet and sour chicken and steamed rice, or something like that. I was right about the rice, at least. EVERY dish she made had eggs in it. I don't usually like eggs, but it was really good. It was totally different than anything else I've ever tasted.
Reporter: Do u have any stereotype of Vietnamese students?
Do you think it's true? If yes, in what way?
If no, why not?
Elizabeth: I don't really have a very strong stereotype of Vietnamese students... not like I have of Japanese students. It seems to me that Vietnamese students are more hard-working on the whole than American students, and probably smarter too.
I've only met three Vietnamese students: one is very smart and really sweet, one is very hard-working and quiet, and one was really pretty lazy, so it's hard for me to build a stereotype off of that. It seems to me you're all very different people, just like anyone else.
Reporter: Thank you so much for taking time for this interview. We really appreciate that, and wish you all the best. Hope we can see you again sometimes soon in our forum here.
Elizabeth: Yes, you are very welcome. I am so glad to know you guys, as well as the HAO website. And I hope to join HAO sometime soon.
“ We are so much different from each other. I am listening to old country music, she is listening to modern stylish music. She loves cheeses, cheeses make me sick all day. I can eat eggs every single meal, she doesn't like eggs much at all...... Just different, but the only thing I really care about is that how much she loves me. And absolutely, so does she ”. (Nhung)
(*) : Mai Thanh Hà (http://www.hn-ams.org/en/hao/0.1.1.14.html).
Interviewers: Lê Hồng Nhung - Trần Thiên Phước - Vũ Đàm Linh :x
(Thank you so much, Elizabeth. And I O U :x)
Reporter: Hello^^. First of all, we want to say that we really appreciate your presence here today and are even more grateful for your acceptance of this interview.
Elizabeth: It's my pleasure.
Reporter: We are reporters of E-HAO, which is the English version of HAO (Hanoi-Amsterdam Organization). HAO is a student organization of Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, Hanoi, Vietnam. Its initial aim was to establish a common virtual playground for students on the World Wide Web. H-A-O has received much enthusiastic support and encouragement from students near and far; from not only those learning at Hanoi-Amsterdam but also students from other schools. Owing to many contributions and great expectations of its members, HAO did not satisfy with itself merely as a "virtual playground”, but strived to develop into an active association of current students as well as alumni(*). Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself?
Elizabeth: My name is Elizabeth Freeman. I'm from Omaha, Nebraska, I'm eighteen years old, I come from a big family (my mom is a full-time senior pastor and my dad is a doctor). I am attending at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter, about a one-hour drive from the twin cities, Minnesota, US. I am majoring in Japanese studies and Scandinavian studies.
Reporter: What did you think about Vietnam before and after you meet Nhung?
Elizabeth : Before I met Nhung, I really didn't know much about Vietnam. I sort of held it in the back of my mind as a country somewhere in Asia that America went to war with a long time ago. I'm starting to realize that it's a nation very rich in its own cultural identity.
Nhung tells me all sorts of stories about her family in Vietnam, saying things like "That's pretty unusual at that time, so that's kind of cool" but then turning around and saying "I like to think I'm kind of traditional." It's very interesting to me to see a culture (if secondhand) that is both totally in touch with its past and still very modern.
Reporter: Have you ever had any Vietnamese food? What did you think?
I had never had Vietnamese food before just last week, so I didn't really know what I was in for when Nhung volunteered to cook a meal for me. I was expecting it to be something like Chinese food, you know, sweet and sour chicken and steamed rice, or something like that. I was right about the rice, at least. EVERY dish she made had eggs in it. I don't usually like eggs, but it was really good. It was totally different than anything else I've ever tasted.
Reporter: Do u have any stereotype of Vietnamese students?
Do you think it's true? If yes, in what way?
If no, why not?
Elizabeth: I don't really have a very strong stereotype of Vietnamese students... not like I have of Japanese students. It seems to me that Vietnamese students are more hard-working on the whole than American students, and probably smarter too.
I've only met three Vietnamese students: one is very smart and really sweet, one is very hard-working and quiet, and one was really pretty lazy, so it's hard for me to build a stereotype off of that. It seems to me you're all very different people, just like anyone else.
Reporter: Thank you so much for taking time for this interview. We really appreciate that, and wish you all the best. Hope we can see you again sometimes soon in our forum here.
Elizabeth: Yes, you are very welcome. I am so glad to know you guys, as well as the HAO website. And I hope to join HAO sometime soon.
“ We are so much different from each other. I am listening to old country music, she is listening to modern stylish music. She loves cheeses, cheeses make me sick all day. I can eat eggs every single meal, she doesn't like eggs much at all...... Just different, but the only thing I really care about is that how much she loves me. And absolutely, so does she ”. (Nhung)
(*) : Mai Thanh Hà (http://www.hn-ams.org/en/hao/0.1.1.14.html).
Interviewers: Lê Hồng Nhung - Trần Thiên Phước - Vũ Đàm Linh :x
(Thank you so much, Elizabeth. And I O U :x)
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