Vietnam

I promised an entry about Vietnam...

We did most of the important sights of HCMC in November...it was nice but hectic...went to the War Museum, the Cathedral, the Post office, Binh Tahn market, some local food, etc. What was most special about it was to have my dear nephew, Ti-Jin, who had flown to HCMC from Singapore to spend some time with us. What i admire most about this young boy is that he is patient. He spent 3 hours roaming a little market because his aunt (myself) and her friends wanted to do some shopping when the rain started pouring and they were stranded there...and while they were happily doing more shopping, he was pretty much left to fend for himself. Such patience...

Ti-Jin and I

The Cathedral

Walking around the Streets of HCMC

The famous post-office

Not-to-be-missed Vietnamese coffee, the Vietnamese way!

Elyssa and Ti-Jin also did the Cu Chi Tunnels and a special temple on the outskirts of HCMC. In the mean time, Fay and a few friends wanted to start Ruhi Book 5, in English, so I spent a few hours in the mornings and afternoon to do tutor them.

One of the days was Baha'u'llah's Birthday and we had a nice celebration at the Baha'i centre before spending a day out at the theme park, many of us...which included Fay che and EL koko, Guat Looi che-che, Kaixuan, Kai En, Ti-Jin, my mom, Elyssa, Lydia and Sophie and I. We walked around the lake, did silly poses for photo-taking, ice-castle, paddling in the swan-boat on the lake, the haunted house, and ate some food here and there. ;)

Oh, and of course, we hung out around the house, went to the pool, and here's Uncle Ganesan trying to ride a bicycle with my mom on the back..hahahha...classic!

The day before Elyssa and I were gonna return to Battambang, there was a youth gathering at Fay's house. It was nice to meet so many lovely people, mostly new to me, who are actively serving the Faith in whatever way they can. And here i was gonna 'inspire' them to become junior youth animators..hehehe. The Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program hadn't taken of yet in Vietnam and so, December was when they had planned to have an Intensive Ruhi 5 campaign to start. After the morning and and afternoon of ice-breakers and some other activities, we had a barbeque by the riverside, where we also had some games and singing!

An added note to this: During my recent trip to HCMC, i found out that there are now 4 junior youth groups there...Qudos to the animators!