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25 years of Cross Culture Work: It's time to go home
The cry of my heart has long been, "Here am I, send me!" That call to serve the brokenhearted first stirred in 1982 when I was only 12. It gained clarity during my years at the National University of Singapore in 1992. Finally the call became a physical reality on Valentine's Day's 2001. That day, Jacqueline and I, together with our two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Grace, relocated to Hanoi. Today, 14/12/26, we reached our quarter of a century mark. We arrived in Hanoi with
Michael Ong
Feb 144 min read


Simple Things
A reflection by “A Transient Star”, an originative 18 years old. In a sense, everyone has some kind of visual frame or “essence” of each...
Michael Ong
Jun 26, 20253 min read


He Will Carry You
What do you see? I asked one of my clients. A “xích lô”, she replied. “Xích lô” was invented by a French gentleman from Charente in...
Michael Ong
Oct 28, 20232 min read


Light Touches
21st November, 2022. Monday. Cool winter morning in Hanoi. I was awake at 6am and decided to paint something big and bold. I have...
Michael Ong
Aug 2, 20236 min read
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