[Leica] Photo of a LUGer, from the past

[wharting at verizon.net (bill harting)]

Do it in words or pictures, Phong. Or both. You are the link.

bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:13 PM
Subject: [Leica] Photo of a LUGer, from the past


> Just stumbled on a web site dedicated to my old school, and
> saw this:
> http://www.cdad.com/tuan/mariecurie/classpics/jjr6970-5m4.jpg
> 
> Middle row, fifth from right.
> Third from right used to beat me up every so often.
> I had a big crush on front row, fourth from left.
> I am sure I was not alone.  Just look at her, the way
> she tilted her head, her smile, her hem line !
> It was a boys' school; the girls' school was running 
> out of space the year before, so they sent a contingency 
> to our school, and assigned six of them to my class.  
> Oh boy.
> 
> Old photos of my family (very rare, what with all the wars
> going on) was what got me interested in photography.
> Last week I found out a dear old friend from that time,
> who never left Vietnam just died.  I was very close to her.  
> Now all I have left from her is some letters written a long time 
> ago, and an old photo.  A friend asked me recently what and 
> how I tell my children of that time, of my own childhood.  
> I have been thinking about that.  Perhaps I will write a novel.
> 
> - Phong
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
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