Given Name:

Nguyễn Ngọc Bích Ngân

Baptized Names:
Nickname/Informal Name:

Martha, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus
Little, Baby Seventh.

Religion:
Hometown:

Roman Catholic 
Mỹ-Tho, Ðịnh-Tường, VN.

Birthday:

September 16

Educational & Professional Credentials:

Literary Certificate of Linguistics
BA in Accounting Management
Worked with Munich Re-insurance, The Bay (central accounting), Law Society of Upper Canada, contracts ...

Literary Activities

Associated with worldwide Vietnamese News and Literary Media:

(Recent)
In the early Summer 2010, Ngoc Bich Ngan founded the The Trilingual Magazine: Đặc-San Vòm Trời (Vault of Ether Magazine) www.VomtroiMagazine.com ;  www.VaultEtherMagazine.com  she is also its Editor in Chief (Montreal).

(In The Near Past)
Assistant Editor of Pho Viet and Viet Online Edition, where her talents in writing, prose & poem, text editing,... were highly appreciated.

(In The Past)
Thời Báo - Canada – with the following columns: Knowledge - Aesthetics - Music - Living – Society, Woman’s Corner; Poetry & Short Story
Thời Mới - Toronto with the following columns : Western Entertainment Media
Ca Dao - Texas  with the following columns : Do You Know?/ Knowledge – Aesthetics & Poetry

Has worked with monthly Aesthetic Design and Entertainment magazines in the Montréal area.

Everyday’s Colors:

- Clothing: White (light fabric), violet
- Flower: Rose, lavender

Favorite Food:

Shrimp dumpling, Spring roll, rice noodle soup. Vietnamese food..
Actually...French, Italian, Japanese, etc., ... familiar with all because  grew up here in Canada and have experienced them all.

Most Loved Flowers:

- Freesia & single-petal flowers.
Freesia is similar to Vietnamese Lily, looks very delicate and pure but has unbelievable strength (… very lovely …sorrowful). 
The flower is long lasting. just as a fine lady but  with strong mind.

- Cosmos - looking at the soft comos flowers can make you shed tears... for their fragility and purity ...

Most Frequented Places:


Most Loved Weather:                                 

Lakeside, Riverside, Mountain & Velley, Library & Bookstore, Monastery (because of the quiet and peaceful setting and protective shades of  large, timeless  trees around the abbey)

Overcast, cloudy skies …
... light misty rain, drizzle, shower, torrential rain … any kind of rain

Most Listened to Music:

Symphony #40, Symphony #5, The Requiem of Amadeus Mozart, Fantaisie-Impromptu of Frédéric Chopin, Compositions of Giovanni, (all melodious musics)...

Hobbies:

Instrument Played:

Closest Friends: 
All Times dearest intimate Friend:
 
Present Status:

Places Most Wanted to Visit:
Places Most Wished to Return:
 

Reading, writing prose, poetry, music.  Always love … thirsty for … need peace and quiet! (Also love to paint!! Wish to have more time for the Passion of Painting)
Piano (and a little bit of guitar)

Art! The fine- Arts and  Literature
The Nature...The Pure & Natural Scenery. The four lovely cold and warm, snowy, rainy, windy and foggy seasons...

(still ... awaiting,)

Côte D'azur, small towns & villages of France, London, Ðà-Lạt,
Mont-Tremblant, Florida-Indialantic,

Favorite Movie Stars:

Robert de Niro, Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage.
Catherine Zeta Jones, Sharon Stone, Sophie Marceau (in Anna Karenina) , ...

 
Most Respected Poets:

Bùi-Giáng (because He has done the one thing that no one can – truly did not take life & living seriously)
Chế-lan-Viên (because He empathized and was moved by the destruction of a small race of people)

Favorite Writers:

Dutiful Writers:

Quỳnh Dao (4 novels), Guy de Maupassant, Lamartine ...

Leo Tolstoy (for his wise Phylosophy), Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn (for his decent Personality)

Beloved Singers:

Ngọc Lan, Khánh Ly, Thanh Hà, Thiên Kim, Elvis Phuong, Elvis Presley. 

Personal Wishes:

- Has more time during the night to write.
- The next Vietnamese generation to be fluent in Vietnamese …