Greetings from Saigon !

Hinh chup tai Kem Bach Dang tu trai sang phai:
Hoang Anh, Tuyet Mai, San Ha, Chi Tam, Ngoc Tran, Kim Thuy, Kieu Hanh va Lien Huong (courtesy of Kieu Hanh)

Were those Christmas lights dancing out the windows?

Loi chuch Giang Sinh cua Thanh Thu, Saigon

GỬI CÁC BẠN COUVENTINES

THANH THƯ GỬI LỜI CHÚC GIÁNG SINH TỪ SAIGON ĐẾN TẤT CÁ CÁC BẠN GẦN – XA

KHÔNG KHÍ NOEL Ở BÊN NÀY CŨNG RỘN RÀNG, NHÔN NHỊP
TRỜI HƠI SE SE LẠNH, NẮNG ÍT VÀ ẤM ÁP CHỨ KHÔNG GAY GẮT NỮA
THÁNH LỄ ĐÊM CŨNG SẼ ĐÔNG Ở TẤT CẢ CÁC NHÀ THỜ
LỄ ĐÊM TẠI NHÀ NGUYỆN COUVENT CỦA TỤI MÌNH NGÀY XƯA CŨNG SẼ RẤT ĐÔNG NHƯ MỌI NĂM
CÁC BẠN CÒN NHỚ NHÀ NGUYÊN MÌNH KHÔNG?

NGUYỆN CHÚC BÌNH AN GIÁNG SINH NHÉ TẤT CẢ CÁC NÀNG CHIM TIỂU THƯ

Joyeux Noël de Kieu Hanh

Cung tat ca cac ban couventines promo 79 -

Kieu Hanh (Saigon) than chuc tat ca ca ban promo 79 mot Noel that An Lanh va Nam 2007 se dem den cho tat ca dan chim promo 79 nhieu niem vui hon nam cu. Kieu Hanh cung that cau mong cho tat ca chi em minh va gia dinh cua cac ban that la Hanh Phuc.

JOYEUX NOEL ET BONNE ANNEE. GROS BISOUS.

Kieu Hanh


Kieu Hanh va Lien Huong o Beauty Salon Thao Nguyen, 120 Ham Nghi (gan Pasteur), Ben Nghé, Q. 1, Saigon

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Viewing And Posting Couventines Photos

Dear All,

MP just added more pictures to our Snapfish photo album. Feel free to upload all our new and old pictures to the following albums: Couventines in Paris, Couventines in Virginia, Couventines in Canada, Couventines in California, Couventines in VN, Couventines Reunion 2005, Classes de Photos, or Miscellaneous…

Follow the instructions below to view our Couventines photo album:
Click on Couventines ’79 Photo Album link under Photo Album on the right.
Snapfish page will be displayed.
Select United States from Sites Snapfish drop-down list.
Snapfish Login page will be displayed.
Enter email address and password.

Note: If you forget the Snapfish login info, contact either Giang or My-Phuong.

Thanks,
MP

Que pensez-vous de ces propos?

Pour moi, je pense que AIME a tout à fait raison de nous avoir rappellé le principe du Temps. Cliquer ici pour écouter.

Joyeuse NOEL 2006 et BONNE ANNEE 2007 a Toutes!!!

Affectueuses pensées,

Minh-Chau Pham
Virginia, USA

Joyeux Noel 2006 (by Kim Thu)

Cac ban chim hai ngoai va VN tha^n me^n,

Thuong chu'c ca da`n chim ta mo^t mu`a le^ Noel that vui tuoi va dam am. Thu came across ca'i viet na`y cua Helen Keller, mo^t nguoi mu` va` die^'c, va` ba` a^y da~ viet ve^` Noel nhu sau. Thu xin lo^~i ca'c ban na`o kho^ng doc tieng Anh tho^ng thao vi` Thu kho^ng co' kha nang dich qua tieng Viet hoac tieng Phap.

"The legend tells that when Jesus was born the sun danced in the sky, and the aged trees straightened themselves and put on leaves and sent forth the fragrance of blossoms once more. These are the symbols of what takes place in our hearts when the Christ child is born anew each year. Blessed by the Christmas sunshine, our natures, perhaps long leafless, bring new love, new kindness, new mercy, new compassion."- Helen Keller

Our tangible gifts fade and rust but we can extend our love, kindness, mercy and compassion to others. Thu treasure my memories of you.

Love,
Kim Thu

Destinations for 2006 Reunion

So far day la vacation suggestions cua cac chi chim:

1. 7 night Celebrity cruise
2. Montreal
3. Boston
4. Las Vegas
5. Virginia (Washington DC, S. Carolina & New York)
6. California
7. Paris

MP

Restaurants in Paris

(from Giang to My)

My oi,

Ve van de restaurant, neu M. thich cai ambiance Buddha Bar, thi G. de nghi M. check out cai link nay, day du info ve nhung similar night spots in Paris

G. nghi la Barrio Latino va China Club o gan nha G. (Bastille) kha rong de co the accommodate family + kids. Nhat la neu tui nho nay la adolescents, thi chac chan khong co van de gi het.

Hotel Costes cung rat chic, nhung uong rieu thi duoc, chu G. thay bua an thi rat mac. Harry's bar is also OK for drinks.

Mot cho nua co ambiance rat chic la Café Marly, o ngay trong san cua Louvre, nhin ra cai pyramide. Nhung den day thi de thuong thuc cai khong khi, chu con do an thi cung khong phai la the best ...

Neu M. muon an ngon do Phap, thi check out cai brasserie La Coupole, o ngay tre Boulevard Montparnasse. Con neu khong thi cung co rat nhieu bistrots o gan nha G. noi tieng kha ngon:
- Chez Paul (rue de Charonne au niveau de la rue de Lappe)
- Vin des Pyrénées (25 rue Beautreillis, 4è)
- Le Trou Millou (quai Louis Philippe, 4è)
- Brasserie Ile St. Louis (ile St. Louis, 1er)

If you want Italian, I would recommend Gli Angelli (5, rue St. Gilles, 3è), and Swan et Vincent (rue St. Nicolas, 12è)

Pleins de bisous à toi et à Jos. Have fun you guys!

Love,
G xxxx

New Couventines Pictures

Here are some recent additions to our Couventines Photo Album:

- Couventines '79 Reunion 2005
- Mini Reunion Paris, Summer 2006
- Mini Reunion, VA
- Mini Reunion, Orange County, CA, 2005
- Mini Reunion, San Diego, CA, 2005
- Resto Paris, Nov 4, 2006

Remembrance of things past

1969 Tuoi tho au:


1975 Tuoi day thi:


2005 Tuoi xon xon:

Soirée Couventines Paris

La ghe! G. tuy tinh ting hoi chong chong, thich gi thi thich rat nhanh, nhung chan gi thi cung chan rat gon. Nhung chi co nhung cuoc hop couventines thi hinh nhu se chang bao gio chan duoc. Luc vua moi den restaurant minh buc minh bao nhieu, thi khi ve minh phon pho yeu doi bay nhieu.

Mot phan la ruu vao loi ra, nhung mot phan nua la duoc nhin lai nhung khuon mat than yeu, va tro truyen thoai mai, that tinh cam, lam minh thay yeu doi han len. Dac biet la G. con duoc thuong thuc nhay lambada voi MC, va rock voi Nam. Chua len troi, ma da duoc nhay voi tien roi :-P

Lan sau ai se dung ra to chuc day?

Mini Reunion in Paris (by Kim Thu)

Ca'c ban chim tha^n me^'n,

Da^`u than'g 7 vua` qua mo^.t so^' Couventines '79 da~ hop mat o Paris. Thanh My tu` Amsterdam, Kim Thao va` My Hanh tu` Frankfurt, Kim Phuong tu` London, va` Kim Thu tu` California da~ de^'n tu hop o nha` cua Huong Giang cu`ng vo'i ca'c chim Parisiennes kha'c. Ca'c chim Parisiennes go^`m co' HG, Ngoc My, 2 Thuy Tien, Xuan Dung, Nam, Diem Thu, Ba Dung, Minh Chau, va` Hoang Anh. Ra^'t tiec la` Phuong Mai, Phuong Lan, va` Lien Huong di vacances xa kho^ng de^'n gop mat duoc.



We had a great great time and really bonded - it was as if we had been in touch all these years! It was also amazing that our spouses and significant others got along so so well. Ca'm on Giang va` Chris ra^'t nhie^`u da~ welcome all of us into your charming home va` cho an uong linh di`nh (all home-prepared dishes!). To^'i ho^m a^'y Giang va` Chris don dep me^.t lam do'. Ca'i mo'n pate chaud cua co^ Nam nha` mi`nh thi` ngon nha^'t Paris va` Xuan Dung's ba'nh cuo^'n surpassed banh cuon Bolsa by far! Thu kho^ng biet ban na`o dem tartes de^'n. Thu la` ngu`oi ve't sach he^t nhung mie^'ng co`n la.i do'. Xin lo^i Minh Chau, Thu da~ da'nh be^ chai vin blanc cua ban. Ca'm on Vu~ (cho^`ng cua KPhuong) da~ chup ra^'t nhieu hi`nh cho tui na`y. The icing on the cake la` to^'i ho^m do' Les Bleus (the French soccer team to those of us in the US) da~ da'nh ba.i do^i banh Brazil. The French (including chim an nam mit' mi`nh) went CRAZY celebrating their victory!

With Kim Phuong's permission Thu would like to share her photo album of that reunion night. Mo^t la^`n nua ca'm on ta^'t ca ca'c ban chim europeennes da~ cho Thu une soiree inoubliable! Thu se~ nho de^'n ky niem na`y ma~i ma~i.

Chu'c ta^'t ca ca'c ban mo^t mua` he` tha^t vui ve va` bi`nh an.

Love,
Kim Thu

Dinner with Friends in Saigon Mar'06

A hot night in Saigon at Quan an Nhu Y with Thuy Tien, Kim Thuy, Ngoc Tran, Giang, Kieu Hanh and San Ha. The most memorable dish was fried fish balls, rolled in green rice. Lucky NT, she got to drink red Saigon beer! I was too sick and on antibiotics to boot to join in the revelling ...

Corona Del Mar with Thu and Linh

Co Chau (much later ...)

With some of the gals in Saigon - Dec 2005

With some of the gals in Saigon - Dec 2005