#23: Queen of my heart

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Gang tay do on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 1:37 am

Tóc mai xinh đẹp!

kjss_l0v3 ^_^ on Mon, 13th Apr 2009 10:55 pm

ajvay chj Kjn?

Hue Do on Fri, 22nd May 2009 9:06 pm

She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Love your pics!

Trang on Mon, 24th Aug 2009 4:48 am

She’s so beautiful. I dun knoe why?I knoe she’s Vietnamese but I think she has Latin’s beauty. ^^

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#23: Queen of my heart

Posted: April 2, 2009
Filed under: Children, People
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Phuong – my aunt’s daughter, which means she is my cousin. She is living in Hai phong city now, 100 kms away from Hanoi where I was living. She is the most beautiful living creature I have ever met in my life. Years before she was born, my aunt gave birth to a pretty girl, Thao, who would be Phuong’s older sister. I loved that little baby so much because she was so cute and pretty, then as Thao is getting grown up, she is loosing her beautiful cutie childhood features. So then I wished my aunt would give me another beautiful cousin (hehe, I am bad, huh?). And she satisfied me! Some years later, this beautiful baby was born. The first time I saw her and held her in my arm, my heart melted, because she was so beautiful, just like I was holding a fragile crystal thing in my arm, I wanted to look at her whole day, touching and kissing her extreme small lip, seeing myself in her big – shining black eyes. The surprising thing is, as she is growing up, she keeps her beauty. Once I came to her house and tried to look for her photos, but there were none there. I asked my aunt if I could have a photo of Phuong and bring it back to Hanoi with me. My aunt said all the pictures were stolen or given away. There was one time my aunt brought some of her daughter’s pictures to the market and the sellers there were begging her to have the photos. The girl was just too cute to look at (something like a great amusement). Others came to visit her and stole all the photos. So, it ended up that my aunt could not keep any photos of her beautiful daughter for herself. I did not have a good camera at the time, but I was telling myself, I would take pictures of her later after I purchase a good camera, and that would be thoudsands of pictures, and time by time. I want to keep every moment of her life, all the moments are so beautiful. Because she is beautiful!

She was one of the major reasons for me to buy this expensive camera! I spent the last dime for it!

I am temporarily away from her now, but I will be back soon. I want to take pictures of her some day, in “ao dai”, the Vietnamese traditional dress.

When I was about to go far away, she told me: “Hey, I am going to miss you so much, will you be back soon to take pictures for me? I miss you, please don’t go!”. And she gave me a present: a bottle of sparkle paper stars she made with my other beloved cousin, Giang. And they wrote me a note saying: “Hey, we love you, and hey, get marry soon, we want a brother in law!”

I am never tired of looking at her, thinking about her, loving her, and of course, pointing my camera at her. Thinking of her….that releases all of my stresses!

I Have A Dream – Connie Talbot

The Lucky One – Alison Krauss & Union Station

I took this picture with a Fuji Easy Shot 3.2. She was 5 at that time and was so shy or may be she hated when I tried to take a picture of her all the time. And the Fuji one was damn slowly, as I pressed the button, like 10 years later it flashed, by that time she had already gone. And all the photos were just her back, a piece of her hair, or just....my grandfather sitting on his bed watching TV. Then I had to beg her, please, please, and this is the best one of her I could take with my Fuji camera!

So, now, she is 11, and I had my 5D. This picture was taken when I took her shopping for Mid Autumn festival, on my childhood street, where my grandparents are living. Look at her, can you tell how pretty she is?

So, now, she is 11, and I had my 5D. This picture was taken when I took her out shopping for Mid Autumn festival, on my childhood street, where our grandparents are living. Look at her, can you tell how pretty she is?

I said: Hey, put this thing on, she said: Nah, it looks weird! But she did!

Most of my visit time to my grandparent’s house was very limited, just like one or two days, and she had to go to school, so I tried every free moments to take pictures of her. It was a hot summer day, she was off and I took her out everywhere, just let her playing with another cousin (who never wanted to show her face to my camera), I was running after them. They were eating, talking, laughing, running, making jokes. And whatever positions or acts she did, she was still so attractive and beautiful!

Pretty, this left side....

Pretty, this right side....

Or in front side

Even when she is eating....

She was singing something I think, how I miss her now...

And still, she is beautiful with that squeezing face because of the hard sun light!!!

And still, she is beautiful as she grimaced her face because of the hard exposed sun light!!!

This one and those below were taken at a house of my grandfather's brother who is such a wonderful lovely old man. He talked about me every time he met me or my grandparents ; he talked about my job, my career, my achievement.... Phuong was listening to him as he pointed at me and said: "Hey, I am so proud you, Ha!"

Oh an angel is looking at me....

Yeah, whatever changes, even the picture's color, she is still amazing!

Yet there is one sad thing about her that I can not deny, SHE IS TOO SKINNY!

This photo was taken on the Astronomy Hill. My grandparents house is located at the foot hill. The Hill is not so high, everyday, hundreds of people are running or walking up here as their daily exercises, the temperature is getting cooler as we walk up higher. It is so beautiful and romantic along the way with wild flowers, old trees, pagodas, sunshines....And as you reach the top of the hill, you can see an overall image of my grandfathers village. You can even see the ocean somewhere faraway!

This photo was taken on the Astronomy Hill. My grandparents' house is located at this foot hill. The Hill is not so high, everyday, hundreds of people are running or walking up here as their daily exercises, the temperature is getting cooler as we walk up higher. It is so beautiful and romantic along the way with wild flowers, old trees, pagodas, sunshine....And as you reach to the top of the hill, you can see an overall image of my grandfather's village. You can even see the ocean somewhere faraway!

This set of photos I took on the day I came back to my grandparents house to say goodbye to them as I would have to leave for New York soon. The day before, I saw her coming home with a very pretty school dress, but it was too late to take pictures, like 6PM already. So I told her I would take pictures of her in this school dress the next day. I would wait for her at school to take her home. But then she disspointed me a bit as she said: But I am only wearing this dress on Monday, I wear causual clothes the other days. But the I said OK, as long as I could take her school photos, because she looks so wonderful with her school bag and that red scarf on her neck!

This set of photos I took on the day I came back to my grandparent's village to say goodbye to them as I would have to leave for New York soon. The day before, I saw her coming home with a very pretty school dress, but it was too late to take pictures, like 6PM already. So I told her I would take pictures of her in this school dress the next day. I would wait for her at school to take her home. But then she disappointed me a bit as she said: "But I only wear this dress on Monday, I wear casual clothes the other days". Then I said OK somehow, as long as I could take her school photos, because she looks so wonderful with her school bag and that red scarf on her neck!She is expected to leave class at 5 but I was at her school at 4h30, I was so excited that I wanted to make sure I could capture the initial moments she comes out from her class. I was waiting there with my huge camera, as other parents were coming to pick up their children, they saw me and whispered to each other: "Hey, that's the reporter, maybe something is wrong in there..."

I told her: "Hey, run, smile, do whatever you want, ignore me!" And she was running, smiling to people on the way, she is such a natural born model. Honestly, I could not recogize if she was acting for real, or just her natural behaviors? I was having no hard time trying to make the pictures look natural! Click! Oops, it's just like that!

We were back at my grandparents house. The night is fading in, she leaned her hand on the motorcyle and looked out the street lights, the air was breezing softly. I was thinking to myself: Hey, tomorrow, Im gonna leave you and our beloved grandpa, I wanted to keep these moments forever. And yes, I kept it! Thats how I love my camera!

We were back at my grandparent's house. The night is fading in, she leaned her hand on the motorcycle and looked out the street lights, the air was breezing softly. I was thinking to myself: "Hey, tomorrow, I'm gonna leave you and our beloved grandpa for a couple of years, I wanted to keep these moments forever". And yes, I kept it!

Absolutely no acting! It is a real great moment! She stood up, looked up to the darkening sky, and closed her eyes for two seconds, she thought I was not there anymore, but I was still there!

We had a farewell party that night with my relatives, she finished her meal and rushed for a TV series, now, she really ignored me for real!

A gift for me from her and Giang, my another cousin, hey, what's in there?

Ah, theres a note in there then: We wish you good luck, we love you, and please get marry soon, we want a brother in law!

Ah, there's a note in there then, something like : "We hope you will write more books, success in your life, we love you, and please get marry soon, we want to attend the wedding!"

And the gift, is a bottle of sparkling stars, it is with me now, as my lucky bless!

And the gift, is a bottle of sparkling stars they made by themself. It is with me now, as my lucky bless!

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#23: Queen of my heart

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