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	<title>Days of The Dragon &#187; Vietnam</title>
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	<description>This blog is a record of my adoption journey and small slice of my and my son&#039;s day-to-day life.</description>
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		<title>Visiting MI In The SPRING</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2010/03/22/visiting-mi-in-the-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather has been so nice the last week or two. It’s like winter ended on a Friday and by Monday it was full force spring! It is so nice. We can have the windows open, play outside, think about the garden, etc, etc. A couple of weeks ago we made a trek up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just a tidbit</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2010/02/23/just-a-tidbit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a couple of little things I thought were neat that I wanted to remember. Whale regarded as near royalty in Viet Nam Thousands of Vietnamese fishermen are giving a royal send-off to a 15-ton dead whale, gathering at a southern Vietnamese village to pay homage at a funeral for the creature they call &#34;Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Winter Is Dragging</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2010/01/25/the-winter-is-dragging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have obviously been terrible about updating my blog, and I’m blaming it on winter, and still not having sold my house (which now I’m just plain sick of), and being busier than ever with a very active just-3 year old. So, I’ll try to do a little update now while I’m feeling ever-so-slightly inclined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This and That</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/11/26/this-and-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations and Holidays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long overdue post with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Parker An will be three at the end of next month – he’s been exclusively using the toilet and wearing only underwear for the last two weeks – not a single accident! He’s very proud of himself, and I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Vietnamese Adoption Law</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/11/14/new-vietnamese-adoption-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the new adoption specific law has or will soon pass in Viet Nam. I haven’t been able to get the text yet (in Vietnamese or English), so it’s impossible to say what has or will change. The enactment of the new Adoption Law will help orphans find responsible and caring adoptive parents, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Time</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/10/14/video-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[guitar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been a while since I posted a video, so here&#8217;s a little one with Parker playing on his new guitar (he&#8217;s in love with guitar right now) and some Vietnamese practice (please excuse my less-than-stellar Vietnamese), etc&#8230; flowplayer("player", "/flowplayer-3.1.4.swf");]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese Classifiers</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/10/13/vietnamese-classifiers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/10/13/vietnamese-classifiers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need some help from my Vietnamese readers. I am trying to get together a list of classifiers in Vietnamese. Below is what i have so far, am I missing any common ones? I’m gonna have a couple more posts like this as time goes on and I try to hone some parts of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emotions, Emotions</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/07/27/emotions-emotions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/07/27/emotions-emotions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little Mr. Parker An is really starting to have an emotional awakening of sorts. Recently, he’s become very interested in peoples’ emotions and expressing his own much more. Like, yesterday, when I got a piece of glass in my foot – he wanted to make it better – got me a Band-Aid and everything. Kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Update</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/07/13/a-little-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know…I’m blogging less often…that will probably continue. There’s just too much to life with a 2 1/2 year old to allow blogging much more often. This past weekend was busy, as usual. Friday we stopped by the Vietnamese grocery and got dinner – yum! Saturday, I helped my cousin move in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Way Overdue Post</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/06/03/way-overdue-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/06/03/way-overdue-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With nicer weather here I’m paying less attention to the web. I meant to post Memorial Day weekend about our trip to Columbus, but never got around to it…so, now I’ll have a longer catch-up post. Memorial Day weekend we went down to Columbus to the yearly Asian Festival. It’s great – there is food, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mmmmm … Bo Kho</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/01/30/mmmmm-bo-kho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/01/30/mmmmm-bo-kho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I made another adventure into the world of Vietnamese food. I saw an entry for Bò Kho (Vietnamese Beef Stew) on my favorite Vietnamese-inclusive food blog, Wandering Chopsticks (WC). Bò Kho is pronounced similar to “baw kaw” in English, with a descending tone on the first word and a bit of a throaty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Tet</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2009/01/27/happy-tet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations and Holidays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parker and I had a great time at a local Tết celebration. There was singing, playing with other kids, Lì Xì, and lots of delicious Vietnamese food. Sức khoẻ dồi dào và tiền vô như nước! Here is a picture of Parker An in his áo dài, before we left for the celebration…]]></description>
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		<title>Mi Quang</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2008/11/17/mi-quang/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2008/11/17/mi-quang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mì Quảng – this is a dish from the central province of Quảng Nam, Viet Nam. Parker An is from a town in Quế Sơn, Quảng Nam and so I’d like to find a recipe and instructions to make this dish. My tutor told me a little bit about it, but she hadn’t actually ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bun Rieu Cua</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2008/11/13/bun-rieu-cua/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2008/11/13/bun-rieu-cua/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need help from my Vietnamese readers! I’m not sure exactly what this dish is mainly because I’m not sure if the first word is “bùn” or “bún”. They mean “muddy” and “noodles”, respectively. The dish doesn’t appear to have any noodles and some of the ingredients do kind of look like soupy mud. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viet Nam Adoption Update</title>
		<link>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2008/10/16/viet-nam-adoption-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cobaltdragon.com/index.php/2008/10/16/viet-nam-adoption-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, now it’s official. Nothing new, really…but, now the official position of the governments. Hopefully the negotiations go well and new, stronger safeguards are put in place so that the program can reopen.]]></description>
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