15 January, Midnight
The night market. Walking along the streets. Actually, it feels something similar to Taiwan Night Market though. Just that it is not so crowded and not so many stalls.
It is already 12am. But look – it is still so crowded! In Ho Chi Minh, the night is still young even though it is already midnight. This is the place where we had our supper.
We ate all the Shells for supper. LOL. This is Zhu Zhu. I ate this in Singapore before and it is not very nice because the meat is very small. But this one taste good. The meat is fresh and big!
This is Finger Snail. I love this. The meat is very Q.
Not sure what is this. But you have to use a toothpick to pull the meat out from the shell. I find this nicer than Zhu Zhu. Hehe.
Mussels! The way they barbeque it with garlic make the mussels very yummy and smells really good!
The scary duck egg. I have seen this on TV and it is the first time I am seeing it in real. I tried abit of it. Actually, it taste good and something like our salted egg. Not as scary as how the TV programmes always protray it to be. It is just the thought that it is a duck yet to hatch that makes it scary. haha.
Look at the Duck Head! Ewwww….. But Dinh Minh says this is the nicest part of the egg.
It looks like a normal glass of Sugar Cane Juice. But you are wrong. It is the best sugar cane juice that I drank so far. If you think that adding a piece of lemon into the juice is nice, then next time try squeezing lime juice into the sugar cane juice. Fantastic!
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15 January, Late Night
Chilling at Rex Hotel Rooftop Cafe with a nice band and comfortable ambience. Enjoying a bottle of Saigon Beer, chatting, listening to the band and enjoying the night breeze. It is really relaxing!
The bar. The band sang my favourite English Song ‘Hotel California’ and it is really very nice. I enjoyed myself here. ;)
They provide free peanuts as well. Hehe. Me and Amanda in purple lightings. Lol. I really really love this cafe.
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15th January 2010, Night
Ho Chi Minh night view is actually quite pretty because they have alot of lightings. Dinh Minh drives us around and stop by for us to take photo. This place is the palace where the president stays. I hope I did not remember wrongly. Hehe
Mr HCM statue behind. The lighting is really very beautiful as contrast to the night skyline. 3 of us trying to be funny in our pose. Haha. Kicking legs and Peace Sign fingers.
Behind us is the shopping centre. I thought that the lightings are not so bright in Orchard Road also lo. As in, the whole buidling light up in colour as if on fire. LOL.
This place is something like the shopping street in Orchard Road. Walk pass this Louis Vuitton Shop and find it looking good. We didnt get a chance to go in and see but I wonder if it is cheaper than Singapore. Hehe.
This is how the street look like. Feel good to just walk in the night breeze and looking at all the shops, the people and enjoying the feeling of being in another place that I have never been before.
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15th January 2010, Evening
The traffic there is really terrible and scary. The motorbikes can just come out from no where and in any direction that they want. Also, the car can u-turn in the middle of the road. LOL. When there is traffic jam, it can take you 3 times the original time that you need to reach a place.
In Dinh Minh’s car. Stuck in a traffic jam. Hehe. Dinh Minh plays Jay Chou’s song in his car and the volume is damn loud. Shiok. Since nothing to do, we started to take photo again. LOL. BTW, the jam is so serious that the taxi uncle in front can come out of his taxi for a smoke.
At restaurant – Tu My. Reach this place around 8pm. We were traumatized by how people cross the road over here. The motorbikes and cars don’t stop for you. You just have to cross with courage and the vehicles will automatically avoid you.
Yummy Spring Roll. There is this Peppermint Leave wrap in it. Although I am afraid of the very strong Peppermint Leave smell, a little of it actually does make the spring roll very delicious. They also have this Peanut Butter sauce that taste like Chee Chong Fan sauce for us to dip. Nice. I like this dish. :)
Hui Ping’s favourite. The skin is very crispy and got this very nice egg fragrance. Inside of it, there are prawn, pork, bean sprouts etc wrap in it. We have to break the skin and mix with the ingredient in it. Wrap it in fresh vegetable and dip into their famous fish sauce before eating. Delicious. I really feel very healthy over there. Hehe.
I ordered mixed fruit juice. I thought it is the safest drink. But I am wrong! The drinks that Amanda and Hui Ping ordered are so much nicer even though we have not seen such drinks before. Haha. See my facial expression and you know the mixed fruit juice does not taste good.
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15th January 2010
@ City Hall MRT Station. Waiting for Amanda before boarding the train to Changi Airport to meet Dinh Minh. Excited for our trip to Ho Chi Minh. :)
Check-in and waiting to board the plane. Walk around the budget terminal and saw this 3 for $10 super blink ribbon shape ring. We decided to buy it and wear for the trip. LOL. Our similar rings.
On Tiger Airway. The plane is landing in another 20-30 minutes. The seats are actually quite comfy and spacious despite it is budgeted. I had quite a nice experience on the plane. It is my first time on Tiger and I guess there will be more times to come. Can see that we are real happy to be able to getaway from Singapore over the weekends. Hee~
Check in to Hotel Binh Minh. (Dinh Minh’s hotel / house). This is our room key. And we have to lock our room door from inside out. Interesting. Hehe.
It is 5.15pm vietnam time. We are meeting Dinh Minh downstairs at 6pm. Hence, we still have 45 minutes to nuah and rot around. So of cos, we started another round of photo-taking.
Not trying to act cute. We are just trying to show of our ring. Yes. It is the theme of our trip. You will see it appear many times in our photos. Haha. The bed is so comfy! We are hungry.
This is the view of Ho Chi Minh from our room. It is very greyish. And everyone travel by motorbike. It is really a place that is old and more lay back. Good experience for us. Esp the traffic there. :)
Sometimes I wonder if she loves me or am I just a back tyre. Someone she can rely on when there is no one for her to rely on? My brothers are useless. Not fillial. Not concern about their parents. Do not care a heck of what happens at home. I am not super fillial too. But I tried to be responsible and I am concern about what happens at home.
Of cos, I am still young. I love to play. I want to enjoy life. I like to go out with the guy that I like. Thus, I might not be at home most of the time, but I will try to. For instance, I had friends who asked me out today. However, I have rejected cos my mum said I do not have time for her as last weekend I was off in Ho Chi Minh. I tried to ya?
The thing is, when I tried to, please don’t take it for granted and still think that this is not enough. When I tried too, please make my effort worth while. Don’t let me quarrel with her over a small matter such as housework when I am home to accompany her. It seems that I rather be out with friends and I can be happier. Isn’t it? I know many people thinks that she pampers me. I agree. But is it because my brothers are useless?
She always tell me how my brothers are useless, don’t even want to come home and don’t even bother to call and talk to her. I am tired of listening to all this. It is not the first day that my brothers are like that. They have always been like that. So what is the point of saying the same thing again and again when it is not the first time? No matter how many times she said the same thing, the fact won’t change.
I always told her – why keep repeating? You know they are like that. They are like that. So what is the point? Just don’t care about them. Not like you are depending on them. Not like you hope that they will change as they won’t. Hence, be happy and just let them be.
Get what I mean? When things don’t change, when people don’t change for the better, when nothing can be done, then you just have to change yourself. Change your mindset. If not, you will not be happy. One sad day is also one day. One happy day is also one day. It depends on how you want to choose your day to be like.
Whenever she nags like this, I felt hurt and sad. Is it I am not doing enough for her? Is it because I am not doing enough and hence she talks about my brothers? Or is it, down in her deepest heart, she loves my brothers more? Sometimes I wonder, yes, I wonder, if my brothers are fillial, are nice to her, will I still be the one that she will pamper? Because I am the only one beside her now, that is why she pamper me? If my brothers are with her now, will she continue to do so?
I know this question can never be answered even though I had wonder about it for a million times. Sigh. I think I miss him when I am feeling down. I wish I can talk to him right now. Somehow, my feelings for him came back. It totally hit me and shock me. I thought I have gotten over. I really thought so. But no. I am back to the past when I wish I could talk to him everyday. MSN him everyday. SMS him everyday.
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近未来叙述了伤痛，低弱和一种不知明的力量一直在拉扯住某些回忆与看不开. 但在叙述这些的同时也加入了疗伤，安慰的语句. 就像在阅读一篇故事，让很多人，让我能够感受到这首歌开始的痛到后面的解脱与安慰. 但是，歌词却不是很露骨的痛，很明确的痛，也不是很直接的安慰与疗伤. 要了解它，就必须细细的品尝，把自己关到这首歌的旋律里，意境里. 这也是我很爱苏打绿的歌的原因.
同张脸同时间换个地点
或是同地点同时间速食陌生的脸
在渴望的梦中寻欢几遍
已经将现在都变成未来的旧照片
爱追求到最后只剩零碎
我们也只能选择跟幸福擦肩
交替的身边的不同气味
沉淀出所有残缺的不可或缺
夏日已老我已熟悉黑夜
像盲目的鱼群渴望海水
爱情是叹息燃烧起的一阵暴风烟
就像没有路的森林绕了几回
热情是刺激欲望必然的反射行为
爱追求到最后只剩零碎
我们也只能选择跟幸福擦肩
交替的身边的不同气味
沉淀出所有残缺的不可或缺
寂寞已老我已属於黑夜
像拉链般走过街拉开回忆的情节
当然死去的范围包括你的某一面
虽然先不论多傻
你也曾幻想
在无花果树里寻花
放弃未来的渴盼告别昨日的狂野
明天在什麽世界身边还会有个谁
失去感情的能力无论要求或给予
曾有的爱还在不在
多少次宁愿都重新开始
过去一直去未来一直来
只有现在……
同地点同时间同样的脸
同样的一个我一颗心忽然已明白
梦中的浮士德迷路几遍
说不定就捡到遗失很久的那一块
像盲目的季节来来回回
不管黑夜怎麽长白昼总会到来
就像没有路的森林冲破了天
终於了解生命必须有裂缝
阳光才照得进来
还未到来
将要未来
就快未来
世界上最容易得到的幸福，却是世界上最难得到的奢侈. 不知道有多少人能够体会这句话的意境呢？我非常能够体会. 比例 – 如果能够天天做自己爱做的事，不被勉强地做着不爱做的事，这其实是一件很简单的幸福，因为，只要不做不爱的事就行了，超容易. 但又有几位能做到？
He deleted all the history, cookies etc after using my PC yesterday. Thus, I have to re-key in all my passwords and website again. Oh well. This is not a big deal. But I am just wondering, what secrets does he has? Why does he needs to be so secretive? I don’t like people to touch my things. And if they touch my things, I would prefer it to be put back to its original state. So if he needs to use my PC, I don’t like it when he deleted away all the history and I have to re-key in everything.
Seriously, I am not those KPO, too much time or too free person to go and check his history, the website he went before or anything to find out his secrets. I always believe that if the person trust you to let you know, he will let you know. If not, I will respect his privacy. So I really don’t see the point in him hiding something which I will never even bother to find out in the first place. I thought I should be more worried of him checking my secrets, my blog to read my stuffs. But I don’t even care if he will do so.
Just a little complain cos I find it irritating and I don’t like it when he touch my stuffs to hide his secrets. And I find it irritating that he does not know me at all given the relationship I had with him. Yes. He is my Dad.
