7/4/2023 0 Comments Catfish and the mandala![]() ![]() He blames himself for his sister's untimely death. When his post-operated transsexual sister had committed suicide, Pham found it hard to have peace of mind. Just like Andrew Pham who had been a successful engineer in California, found nothing but emptiness alone even as, according to the norms of the society, he had been victorious against the battle of the foreign land he used to know twenty years ago. His identity as a Viet-kieu - a Vietnamese who now lives in a foreign land like the United States (Martin, 2000), had brought him as much challenge as he had ever thought of.At a certain point in someone else's life, there comes a point when, even if the situation tells you that you have been the luckiest man in the world, there is only emptiness felt. ![]()
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