alright, to the girl who said the hell about "bigshots" here, an article to read. once again, something to read. and once again, well, gotta admit, from the same old source of that same old (fat) man, but once again, really worths your time reading:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-9k7SE3k9cqj0m.0QxO6qN_Q-?cq=1. Source: Tran Hai Linh's blog.
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If we don't then who will?
Thank you, my friends for sharing your opinions. So clear from your comments, we can see 2 significant schools of thoughts intertwinning.
The first one is Vietnam is such a poor/underdeveloped/corrupted country with bad people, bad traditions, and bad industries - and that is so disgusting. The second one is all of us love the country, it being our home, our family, our motherland, and our childhood too. Many of the so-called Vietabroaders, who want to come back to help develop the country, have been treated underservingly. That's why, my friends, some of you are turned off, disappointed, and sad.
Each of us has his or her own way of thinking. There is nothing right or wrong here. I guess, we all have to respect that. There are reasons beside every decision. But what I can share with you now, is a story which happend few years ago, maybe 6 years or so. Some friends of mine came back for summer vacation from their study in the State. Accompanying them was a reverend, who was one guy's host family. We had dinner an evening. The reverend was straight-talking. He never shied away from pointing out those huge areas that we still had to achieve. Yet he said so the country needed young people like you. You would learn and change the country for the better. If you Vietnamese don't change it, then who else will?
Yes, my friends. If we don't then who will?
True, the motherland still has huge room for improvement. But noted this, for the last 20 years the nation has developed a lot. Economically, pollitically, diplomatically, we are all better. Even in sports, at least now we can compete in regional level, or sometimes, even continental level. Of course, you can point out correctly, there are rampant corruption, there are unbelievable bureaucracy, there are crimes, and a thousand and one problems. But at least, those are good problems to have. Those are the kind of problems that a country on the way to development has to endure. In the past, people did not know they have options. Now we know we deserve better, and we ask for them, even fight for them.
Our compatriots in the fatherland, who have always been there, they are building a growing Vietnam, for better or worse. But at least, if not for those Truong Gia Binh, Doan Le Nguyen Vu, Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Truong Dinh Tuyen, Nguyen Van Hieu, Ho Anh Thai, and many more, Vietnam would be much less known abroad. About the abroaders, you can either jump in, or opt out. If you opt out, there will be another time. Next time you consider the option, you will be more mature, more experienced, more knowledgeable, and hopefully wealthier as well. If you jump in now, I think we are in for an interesting time. For all the powerful Korea, Japan, Germany, Singapore, or even US, I am sure, they all had to endure the bad bad times, when life was insufferable, people were tough to each others (as it was so tough just to survive). Yet, these days, we all look back to those time with great amazement, and respect. Let's recall Kim Woo-Joong's autobiography or Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs, we all respect their perserverence through the hardship. If these nations can, why can't we?
Can we just say because they are better people than us? Of course we won't, we can't, and we should never be allowed to. "No one can look down to you, unless you allow them to". If we don't think we are inferior, then we are not. I just recalled a line
"Bao giờ đất nước bằng tây
Tổ quốc không gọi em đây cũng về"
The time will definitely come.
