Updates (Jan 27, 2026)

So I have been talking to Vietnamese born in Canada for a bit now. What did I notice???

The Vietnamese born here are really laxed, depressed, walk unhappy and accept the negative stereotypes that the bigger groups throw at them.

Like we don’t accept it the negative stereotypes but we kind of take it in so things are at ease between groups.

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So for 6 years of talking to Vietnamese born in Canada, I realize we are also a weak people kind of because of the opposite culture to mainstream, opposite frequency and opposite climate and daily stereotyping.

Am I wrong??? for the ones born here?

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The stereotypes since the 1960s during the Vietnam War still exists and has been internalized a bit because the American culture overrides everything. It is either the American Melting Pot or nothing kind of.

As Vietnamese born in Canada we have to act in a way since birth that allows us to coexist and be secondary when necessary.

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This does havoc on your brain and mindset and health.

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If you don’t study and do the things you love 1000% all day you succumb to the stereotyping by others.

You must literally just keep busy most of the time.

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Does this work for Vietnamese? Yes and no.

I gained a bit of weight trying to go full throttle on external.

It has made me almost impossible to bother though.

But I guess being knowledgeable is everything though, especially if it is logics (maths).

My health is good really.

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Basically the old culture of Vietnamese Boat People has given away.

Back in the 1970s and 1980s Vietnamese Boat People strived very much for academic success and became accomplished scholars.

The next generation after that laxed a bit … ???

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The clear thing I realized when coming back to the university back in 2021 was the lack of understanding how maths and logic was the most important underlying factor in determining everything.

Literally, people needed to study math/logic for 20 years straight to have a foundation of health, kindness and self-worth in this external world.

The culture of your grandparents and parents are drastically math based.

The new generation is ‘xyz’-pop music blaring all day???

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The export of other people’s soft power culture is alright … but when it comes down to your core beliefs what do you say about maintaining your health, mindset, grow your wisdom and knowledge?

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What is culture and Western culture?

What is Canadian culture?

Then you realize it might come to a point where you just need to do stuff to express yourself.

Pay and build things to express how you think and feel currently.

Regardless of what happens or what you say and do, expression of the present is necessary to make money too.

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Another thing I realize with my father and mother is this …

They interact and view Vietnamese content on YouTube or talk to other Vietnamese residing across the world.

What does this do?

It creates a community and connection with other Vietnamese that goes beyond comparisons and competition.

At 70+ years old, what my parents are doing is creating networks that benefit one another instead of bringing out crab mentality about living in this present world.

Usually people post good stuff online on Social Media and YouTube.

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How stressful is that? 1000000000000000000000000000000000000x stressful.

Life is hard only because you post it in image format/video format.

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If you somehow have a group/team helping each other out, you won’t be stressed.

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If you post a picture and video of your face and body then you are messed up totally as now looks come into the equation.

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The greatest life I was told to follow was the traditional way of life of ‘study’.

I would live somewhere Northern+Eastern, live in a medium to small area, do my own hobbies and research with the team for projects 10 – 30 years in length.

All of this away from social media. No YouTube, no posting reels, no positing pictures of my food entree.

But all this is after the fact … I did try YouTube and social media in the past … so living better and the greatest health possibly until I am 150 years old is drinking some coffee and tea in the study while working on hobbies and team projects.

Maybe go out once in awhile.

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But the way I think and process currently does and does not work. Depending on the location of the person, what I do might disturb people.

I think 2nd generation kids are always trying to fight a battle to either become more Canadians/Western or just themselves.

At the end of the day, it is about expression of ideas and feelings.

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But I really think is after … might be better to see what happens when I go back to the Old World after everything.

Somethings are so polarizing that the limits are so far off that it is better for only 1st generation immigrants to work as the different views clash so hard that the immigrant has the right of way as it makes purely money and is most efficient.

2nd generation kids might have at least saved a bit of money to open an cafe in Vietnam or work as an accountant in Vietnam.

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But we need immigrants and natives to work and fight each other to make commerce too.

What what does it do for 2nd generation though who are caught in the middle?

Sit at home hobbying away all day until when?

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Suddenly, there are people from close and afar making fun of my brother’s work.

So 1st world developed people are mocking developing people’s work?

Aren’t they supposed to help? But we are 2nd generation??? We just voicing our feelings like everyone else in the world.

And that makes some commerce?

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The funny thing about life is the comparisons between people from the dates 1800s to present.

With 8 gbps Fibre Internet, 5G, Web 3.0, AI, 64-multicore CPUs, 32GB GPU cards, people still treat each other based on 1800s stereotypes.

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The connection and everlasting bond network …

Vietnamese born in the GTA all share this sadness and bond of being different from other Asians (South and East).

Like we can play with other Asians but because we are a junction country that is labelled so poorly backwards we feel Vietnamese born in Canada are all the same and are quite sad.

But the thing is it is because we are a junction country in SEA we have to be backwards and ‘waiting around’ for the other polar super countries to decide our fate to avoid getting into trouble. We don’t want to be head strong and too independent. And there is no such thing as independent at the end of the day. We all balance each other out.

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Anyways I found that the sadness we are born into as Vietnamese born in Canada bond us and solidify our values and belief systems.

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Because of the huge difference and opposites, it is better to be an English teacher overseas than compete as a 2nd generation immigrant. High speed internet makes up for most inadequacies in modern life.

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Seriously what do we do as a 2nd generation immigrant at 41 years old?

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Big families should also marry into big families.

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Your personal life, at least work, must be more complicated than your family life and personal life to have good meaning.

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God and life …

Since 2018 I kept well.

God given me good things to work for and care for.

Is that life?

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I played a lot of video games in the past …

The reason was that I did not know how to use up my time …

To use time efficiently and right was to get friends on the same frequency and do projects together.

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So a 2nd generation Vietnamese born in Canada did stuff and recognizes hard work.

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