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Bạn đọc Nguyễn Thế Dương vừa hoàn thành chùm ảnh "10 khoảnh khắc Sài Gòn chạng vạng. Đây là một hạng mục trong dự án: "I-LOVE-SAIGON" của Dương, nhằm quảng bá một Sài Gòn phát triển rất nhanh và càng ngày càng đẹp hơn, chia sẻ cùng độc giả.

Khoảng khắc chạng vạng (trực trạng, twilight, after sunset) thường trôi qua rất nhanh, dường như sau mỗi phút ánh sáng lại đổi khác & rất biến hóa: từ mây trời, nhiệt độ màu và độ sáng, cho nên bầu trời luôn có những màu sắc kỳ lạ & huyền bí.

Góc chụp: Q.Thủ Thiêm, gần bến phà, thời gian chụp: 18h15

Tòa nhà Vincom Center (sân thượng) nhìn về phía Nam, thời gian chụp: 18h4

Tòa nhà BFT (tầng 45) nhìn về phía Tây, lúc 18h36

Tòa nhà BFT (tầng 45) nhìn về phía Tây Nam, lúc 18h30

Tòa nhà Vincom Center (sân thượng) nhìn về phía Bắc, lúc 17h54

Tòa nhà HAVANA (sân thượng) nhìn về phía Đông, lúc 17h55

Cầu Thủ Thiêm nhìn về Tây Nam, lúc 18h8

Chân tháp BFT, lúc 17h41

Tầng 13 Diamond Plz, chụp tòa nhà sailing Tower, lúc 17h41

Trên cầu Thủ Thiêm, lúc 18h20

Mình đang tìm một bạn nữ chia phòng ở city, cách ga Central, Chinatown chỉ 5 phút đi bộ, 10 phút qua UTS, TAFE Ultimo. Nhà mình ngay đường Elizabeth gần trạm bus và Convenience store luôn. Khu vực an toàn đông đúc. Giá phòng hợp lý $130/wk có tủ bàn giường riêng cho mỗi người.

Bạn nào có nhu cầu tìm chỗ tốt để học hành thì liên hệ mình qua minhanh_th4@yahoo.com hoặc 0421596146 gặp Minh Anh.

When writing a comment or an essay, you should always try to connect your sentences in such a way that the readers know in what way the two sentences, or two parts of one sentence, are related to each other. This makes it easier for the readers to follow your train of thought because they are either constantly sent back to what they already know or they are, in advance, given the information on how to understand the sentence they are about to read.

The following list of so-called sentence connectives is divided into groups of meaning.

First(ly),…; Second(ly),…; Third(ly),…;

In the first place,…; In the second place,…; In the last place,…;

First of all,…; Second of all,…; Last of all,…/Last, but not least,…;

To start with/To begin with,…; Besides,…/Then,…/In addition,…/Moreover,...; Lastly,…;

Initially,…; Then,…; Next,…; Finally,…;

At the beginning,…; After that,…/Later on,…/Afterwards,…; Eventually,…/In the end,…;

Originally,…/Formerly,…/Previously,…; Subsequently,…/At a later stage,…/In the course

of…; Recently,…/Lately,…; Now,…/Currently,…;

For one thing,…; For another thing,…;

(1) High/Higher importance

What is very important is the fact that…; A crucial factor lies in…;

More important is (the fact that)…; Still better seems (that)…;

…; and what is even better/more important,…;

…, but a higher degree of relevance lies in…;

(2) Highest importance

The most important/most relevant factor/advantage/reason/consequence etc. is…;

…, and/but what is most important is the fact that…;

…, and above all there is/are…;

…, because…;                                                             …, the reason for this being that…;

…, for…;                                                                    …, on the grounds that…;

…, as…;                                                                      …, on account of (the fact that)…;

…, since…;                                                                 …, given that…;

ing-Form:       (1) Being well prepared, he passed the test.

(2) She passed the test, her knowledge being far above the required standard.

…, but…;                                                                    In spite of that,…;

…, yet…;                                                                    Despite that,…;

…, however,…;                                                          Except for…;

…, and yet…;                                                             Unlike…;

…, and still…;                                                             Contrary to…;

…, whereas…;                                                                        …, on the contrary,…;

In (sharp) contrast to…;                                            …, as opposed to…;

In opposition to…;

Although…;                                                                On the one hand,…; but on the other hand,.

Though…;                                                                   It is true that…, but then again…;

Even if…;                                                                    For all his wealth/efforts etc., he could not...

Even though…;                                                           After all,…

In spite of…;                                                               All the same,…;

Despite…;                                                                   Nevertheless/Nonetheless,…;

Certainly,…, but it must not be forgotten that…;     Anyhow/Anyway,…;

At any rate,…;

If…;                                                                            Suppose that…;

Unless...;                                                                     In case that…;

Otherwise,…;                                                             Provided that…;

…or else…;                                                                 On the condition that…;

In that case,…;

In consequence,…;                                                     Thus,…;

As a consequence,…;                                                  It follows that…;

As a result,…                                                              So,…;

Consequently,…;                                                        Therefore,…

Accordingly,…;                                                          For that reason,…;

…so as to…

…in order to…

…so that…

Moreover,…;                                                              In addition to this,…;

Furthermore,…;                                                         On top of this,…;

Indeed,…;                                                                   Similarly,…;

Likewise,…;                                                                Besides,…;

With regard to…;                                                       Regarding…;

As far as…is concerned,…;                                       Concerning…;

As regards…;                                                             Talking of…;

In other words,…;                                                      A better way of putting it would be…;

This means…;                                                             It would be better to say…;

In short,…/In a nutshell,…;                                       All in all,…;

To sum up,…;                                                             In conclusion,…;

To cut a long story short,…;                                      As a result,…;

In a/one word,…;                                                       Taking everything into account/consideration,…;

Briefly,…/Consequently,…;         

(theo Wikiz)                          

Nhà mình ở Bankstown, gần ga & shops.

Nhà gạch, phòng rộng rãi, có tủ ấm, bao điện nước, internet. Nhà hiện có 3 phòng trống.

Giá thuê: 130/ week (for single)

Liên hệ: linhhoang06@gmail.com

Vì 2 vợ chồng mình ở chung ba ma, 2 đứa đi làm cả ngày, còn ba má thì lớn tuổi nên nhà rất yên tĩnh, nên mình mong gặp được các bạn sinh viên hiền lành, sạch sẽ, và không ồn ào.

Tôi sống ở Sydney, giờ đang là mùa hè. Tết đến khu chợ Việt cũng có đủ mọi thứ nhưng thiếu không khí Tết, thiếu cái se lạnh cùng mưa phùn lất phất của miền bắc. (Loan Dương, Australia)

Chào các bạn,

Food vocabulary

Things related to Tết

Vietnamese Horoscopes

Customs and taboos
 

Dos

• One should give people lucky presents to enhance the relationship between themselves and others:
• One should give lucky Dong Ho Paintings  such as: "Gà đàn" (wishing for having many children), or "Vinh hoa", but should not give unlucky Dong Ho paintings like "Đánh ghen" related to legal proceedings.
• One should return all things borrowed, and pay debts before Tết.
• One should try to do good things during Tet holiday

Don'ts

• One shouldn't say or do bad things during New Year.
• One shouldn't hurt or kill animals or plants but should set them free 
• One shouldn't sweep the house or empty out the rubbish to avoid luck and benefits going with it, especially on the first day of the new year.
• One shouldn't give these presents to others: clock or watch (the recipient's time is going to pass), cats, medicine (the receiver will get ill), cuttle fish (its ink is black, an unlucky colour), writing ink (for the same reason), scissors or knives (they bring incompatibility).
• One shouldn't have duck meat because it brings unluckiness.
• One shouldn't have shrimp in case one would move backwards like shrimp, in other words, one would not succeed.
• One shouldn't buy or wear white clothes because white is the colour of funerals in Vietnam.
• One shouldn't let the rice-hulling mill go empty because it symbolizes failed crops.
• One shouldn't refuse anything others give or wish you during Tết.

Common Adjectives

Common Verbs

(thingsasian, wikipedia)