Party Alert!!!

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Kien Pham

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Jan 14, 2026, 2:12:22 PMJan 14
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All:

Please read my fresh message posting on the above subject in our Whatsapp group.  It is mission critical!

If you have not join that Whatsapp group, please do so now.  We are about two weeks away and I will keep you informed via that Whatsapp group where you get the latest daily updates or sudden changes and you can upload your photos during the trip to share with everyone.

Your friend, kp

Kien Pham
Imperfect Servant of the People
VN Mobile and WhatsApp: +84-98-5656-566
"You make a living by what you get and a life by what you give"
Sorry if you see typos.  This email comes from a blind man on mobile device!

Steve Krausz

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Jan 14, 2026, 2:25:17 PMJan 14
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Kien and support team,

Can you send an invite to WhatsApp group to my skra...@gmail.com WhatsApp address?

steve


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Chris Cramer

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Jan 14, 2026, 3:05:39 PMJan 14
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Dumb question I guess, but how do we join the WhatsApp group?  I never received an invitation to join and don’t know how to locate and join it.  Please let me know.  Thanks!   

 

Cheers!

Chris

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From: gsbvi...@googlegroups.com <gsbvi...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kien Pham
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 11:12 AM
To: GSB Vietnam 3 <gsbvi...@googlegroups.com>
Cc: KP Support Team <kpsupp...@vnfoundation.org>
Subject: Party Alert!!!

 

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EGreenwall

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Jan 14, 2026, 3:56:15 PMJan 14
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All of us, including Kien and Walt, were accepted from a pool of 10,000.  Basically 7% acceptance rate.

Can anyone tie their shoes by themselves?  Who is travellng on this excursion w a private nanny?

Btw same question as Chris.

From: 'Chris Cramer' via GSB Vietnam 3 <gsbvi...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 12:05:30 PM
To: Kien Pham <kien...@neverchange.com>; GSB Vietnam 3 <gsbvi...@googlegroups.com>

Cc: KP Support Team <kpsupp...@vnfoundation.org>
Subject: RE: Party Alert!!!
 

Kien Pham

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Jan 14, 2026, 4:28:27 PMJan 14
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You guys kill me.  :-)

You are the reason why Steve Jobs created the McIntosh while we were students.  The wise man knew we were hopeless with technology.

BTW, GSB alum Knight knew that, too.  And he created the slip-on sport shoes so we would not have to struggle with shoe laces.

You guys are keeping me up all night in Saigon with your incoming emails.  It's past 4am already.  Walt, save us!  Get their cell numbers and invite them into the Whatsapp group, please.  I might have to sell Meta shares given this evidence of market failure.

Good night or morning, kp

Kien Pham
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VN Mobile and WhatsApp: +84-98-5656-566

"You make a living by what you get and a life by what you give"

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Walt Spevak

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Jan 14, 2026, 5:06:05 PMJan 14
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The GSB 3 Vietnam WhatsApp URL is below:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/LYMQ1VSQcTA5X9YVY6vN0z

I'm already a member so when I click on the link I go straight into the group.

Hopefully when people that aren't in the group click on the link you'll be taken to a page with info about joining the group.  There are currently 19 members so when I see that number increasing I'll know the link work.

And...if someone has success, or failure, and wants to email about either, please do.

Walt



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BRET HEWITT

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Jan 14, 2026, 5:09:46 PMJan 14
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OK, I’m in. Thanks Walt.

Bret


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Walt Spevak

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Jan 14, 2026, 5:27:06 PMJan 14
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Thanks Bret.  Good news.   I see we're at 21 members now so the linking is working.

This will be our primary tool for digital communication (e.g. updates, reminders...) on the trip so thanks for joining.

Hugh Mackworth

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Jan 14, 2026, 5:47:03 PMJan 14
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For those who weren’t in the chat already, here’s Kien’s post:

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Party Alert!!!  My capitalist friends:  Do not recoil or be alarmed by the thousands of red communist hammer and sickle glags you will see everywhere when you come.  That is not for you.  That is to celebrate the surely successful outcome of the 14th Party Convention that will occur on January 19th to 26th where no one stole an election and the vote count would be more reliable than in Georgia.  Come see the real-time exercise of the republic socialist system and you could see the future of New York City. :-)  Come see why the Vietnamese don't hate each other and all 20 million school kids return home each day without any gunshot wound.  I think it is so cool that you guys can come here at this pivotal time for Vietnam as its people are so redy to ignite their next liftoff.  Ten years from now, you would be able to say "I was there when they started that revolution."  (And please add your travelmate to this Whatsapp group.  You don't want them to miss the sudden change of the bus pickup location.)

And a previous one:

CASH IN VIETNAM --  No need for you to obtain VND cash from banks or ATMs.  Bring your $100 bills to Vietnam and Ms. TA will give you VND cash at the best exchange rate and no fee.  The custom limit is $5,000 so bring all you want for shopping since using credit cards incur a transaction fee by merchants.  My recommendation is to bring $500 and if you need more, the Bank of Kien will give you a short-term inerest-free consumer loan that you can pay off in the US.



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Steve Krausz

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Jan 14, 2026, 6:01:26 PMJan 14
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done


Chris Cramer

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Jan 14, 2026, 6:05:25 PMJan 14
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For those of us who just joined the WhatsApp group, we cannot see the previous messages.  Can someone who has been in the group please repost the “fresh message" posting to which Kien referred in his message below?  THANKS!!!

 

 

All:

Please read my fresh message posting on the above subject in our Whatsapp group.  It is mission critical!

 

 

Cheers!

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