Ado ngoc lan biography

I was born on December 28.
Maria Le Thanh Lan, known to her fans as Ngoc Lan, was born on December 28, 1956 in Nha Trang, Vietnam as the fifth child in a family of eight children.
Maria Le Thanh Lan, known to her fans as Ngoc Lan, was born on December 28, 1956 in Nha Trang, Vietnam as the fifth child in a family of eight children.

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Ngoc Lan Biography Part 1

Maria Le Thanh Lan, known to her fans as Ngoc Lan, was born on December 28, 1956 in Nha Trang, Vietnam as the fifth child in a family of eight children. As a young girl, Ngoc Lan was an avid listener of music, particularly French music and dreamed of growing up and becoming a professional singer. From her early childhood years up until her adolescence, Ngoc Lan as a young girl incessantly sang and hummed for hours on most days. This habit of hers as a young girl at times became somewhat of an annoyance to her parents and siblings. Whenever relatives and family friends would pay visits to the Le household, little Lan would take delight in entertaining them in song as if they were her audience. She would delight these visitors who were in complete amazement of how this little child was so eager to entertain and how she possessed a singing voice with such maturity wa

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Books for Boys During the French Colonial Period in Vietnam: A Case Study of Huu Ngoc’s Reading Experiences

Dang-Thanh Nguyen

Abstract

This paper examines the reading experiences of Huu Ngoc (1918–) during his formative years, spanning from six to twenty years old, as a case study of the conscious and rigorous intellectual training of Vietnamese boys during the French colonial period. Adopting a first-person perspective, the analysis explores the books Huu Ngoc encountered during his primary and secondary socialization. These texts are categorized following Pierre Bayard’s framework, encompassing “obligatory” and “screen books,” as well as those he chose to read voluntarily. His reading experiences are interpreted within the broader social context that shaped his exposure to, engagement with, and exclusion from certain books. By focusing on Huu Ngoc’s interaction with specific texts, this study highlights the arduous intellectual training undergone by young Vietnamese boys aspiring to become intellectuals during the colonial era.

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Memory Lane

Giòng Kỷ Niệm

My Beloved Fans,

I am truly overwhelmed that you have created this website for me, and given me this whole page to have a heart-to-heart chat with you.

Hmmm…. How does one start? You know, it’s only been after my earthly death that I came to realize how many lives I had touched. Notice the word “earthly”, for I am living in the place of my Lord, so please, do not mourn for me. Instead, it would make me very happy if you could find complete Joie de Vivre, being considerate to your neighbors, loving to your parents and siblings, and doting to your children; in short, celebrating Life and savoring each surprise it gives you along the way, until we meet again…

Now I will tell the story of Ngoc Lan… This is not so much an autobiography as it is recollections, a walk down Memory Lane, if you will…

I was born on December 28. 1956 in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, Viet Nam. My parents named me Thanh Lan, and Maria was my patron saint’s name, two names they had lovingly picked out months before my birth. From what I know, it was a joyous time f