i'm using this image just to share to you a little something about me.

Chí Phèo by Nam Cao is one of the literary works that has shaped me the most. It is one of those stories I never really outgrew, the kind that starts as a schoolbook lesson and slowly becomes part of how you understand people, loneliness, love, cruelty, class, humor, and the absurdity of being alive.

And partly because I have never trusted beauty that arrives too easily.
I like stories with friction.
Stories with awkwardness.
Stories with dirt under their nails.

In a world obsessed with polished surfaces, Chí Phèo and Thị Nở feel almost rebellious. They are not aspirational in the conventional sense. They are not "aesthetic." They are not here to flatter the eye.
But they are unforgettable.
And to me, that matters more.

Their story carries something I value deeply: the idea that what is rough, strange, imperfect, or socially dismissed can still hold enormous emotional truth. Maybe even more truth than things that are easy to admire.

That belief has shaped the way I see both life and creative work.