Other things that is there, we did, we saw and etc.
Lots of shops such as this sells coffee powder, freshly ground. Vic's mom bought us a packet of the famous Weasel Coffee (which is made from coffee berries which have been regurgitated by local weasels. In actuality the "weasel" is just the local version of the Asian Palm Civet)
And the interesting little vietnam coffee dripper
Buying cloth at Ben Thanh Market. Vic's mom wanted me to choose 2 materials to have the Ao Dai (Vietnamese Long Dress) made. Here, the girls who sell the cloth will stand on a high chair and display the cloth in the way the finished dress will look like for your considerations. You can look through as many fabrics as you want and if you don't like it, you may just walk away.
Vic's mom brought us to this seamstress whom she knows of good workmanship. She took my measurement and apparently, the 2 ao dai can be done in 2 days, just paying a bit more.
In 2 days' time, my 2 Ao Dai are done! It's really light and nice :)
This is how most of the houses look like in HCMC. You can have your own designs, no rules on anyone.
Wedding Cakes for sale
Whether it's a small shop or in the bigger shopping complex, trying on shoes make you feel like Cinderella. Even at the market, low stools are everywhere near the shoe stall. You just need to sit down, point at the shoes you'd like to try and they serve you like what good service should be.
Spotted this at the supermarket - Preserved Prawns in Papaya - in a jar. Looks interesting.
This is Vic's house, the white and peach building. You can put advertisement outside residential areas.
Driving among the motorbikes on a friday night
See the little boy at the front of the bike. A whole family can fit onto a bike.
Hotel Continental, another hotel choice of ours. The lady with the baskets on her shoulders, you see many of them carrying such load on their shoulders and walked around the town under the hot sun. She is selling fruits.
We saw the donut and banana on the street. Think they are promoting some shops. Pretty funny.
School students outside the school for PE lesson. According to Vic, most schools in HCMC has no field or basketball courts like Spore schools. Their PE lesson is merely swinging of arms, stretching.
The cooked food section in Ben Thanh Market.
Walking along the street shops. Look at those wirings! Usually, the more popular shops will have many motorbikes parked just outside. That is how poeple shop. They ride their bikes and stopped at the front of the shop (it's small enough to fit in many bikes), do their shopping and ride the bike to another. Even cinemas too. Sometimes by the time we came out of a shop, it's packed with motorbikes and you can't get out.
Ladies eating noodles and having manicure done, while watching the traffic. What a life!
reader k | 12/16/2008 04:00:00 PM |
