I flew in to John Wayne (SNA) airport in the heart of Orange County Friday morning. Had lunch with Ysa, Kim, Jenny and Tung at Coffee Factory before picked up Hoang at the same airport and headed up I-405 to UCLA for the second day of ViFF. We were out for late night supper and I ran into Phuc, a highschool buddy of mine back in Vietnam 13 years ago who is now a biochem student at UCLA. He was in his third year of university in Vietnam but he started his undergrad all over when he came here.

Saturday, ViFF third day, was on UC Irvine campus.

I never realized there are that many Vietnamese out there who are writing, directing, producing films. Some very talented casts too. Films from full feature to short to animation; from New York to Minnesota to Australia to France ....

Went to the English worship at the Vietnamese Alliance Church right in the heart of little Saigon this morning. Rev. Van Dai preached at the service this morning.

I almost missed my flight out of Long Beach (LGB) because I tried to fill up the tank but couldn't get the door to the gas tank open. Got angry talking to the Hertz customer rep. because the guy was more concerned with the car than the fact that I may be missing my flight. I told him I was at an ARCO on the corner of Brookhurst and Slater in OC and told him to send a cab for me but he seemed to have a problem locating me, and keep me on the line for almost ten minutes until he slipped later said that he can send a cab but I will be held liable for the car. I took the risk and got back on I-405 and was able to get to Long Beach with close to a completely empty tank. The flight was packed.

United left a recorded message on Hoang's cell phone this morning told him they cancelled his flight. He had a hard time getting to an agent to rebook a flight back to Dallas. He ended spending another night tonight in OC and catch the first flight out of OC tomorrow at noon. I never like United and this only confirmed how bad they are treating their customers.