#vietnamlife

[bygonely]

Vintage Photos of Life in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War

[30sdiary]

Nov 20 2024

Cant’ believe I have not got even time to do any of my journaling in 2 weeks. It was really crazy time. Lots of things happen, both works, relationships, friends, passions, hobbies and my mental health.

I still have an offer to work in Hanoi for V and should be there on 9th Dec, based on the offer but somehow the manager thought that I’m going to be there on 26th Nov and she looked disappointed knowing that I can’t arrange to be there on 2nd Dec. I’m also trying to do it, but really want to stay more time in Sai Gon to see any other possibilities. I really felt better here and just thinking about moving back to Hanoi kind of make me sick. Few interviews are still on going and hold for a while, I don’t like the feeling of working for Vingroup at all to be honest. Moving back to Hanoi, renting new apartment, working like hell for the first period of time, being far away from Saigon’s friends who have just met, breathing the toxic environment out there again, all those things are so unattractive. But I know after all, my son is missing me a lot.

I really enjoy the salsa event hosted by O and I made some friends there. From the day I met both O and M, everything changed a lot. I enjoy that latin dance and would like to spend more time on it, I met Max who dances very well and we spent time practicing the dance together. He is a good friend, knowing the boundaries I set and respect it but still maintaining our dance. I met Jam, who dances also well but then got back to Hanoi and was also an interesting person. I love dancing so much and never in my life could experience that feeling of being full filled like this moment. I had one dinner with Max and figured out he is a very kind and keen on learning behind that face of a killers, however I believe he got trouble with emotions because he seemed annoyed after I canceled the dance 2nd time when I was in the hospital. We had a nice dinner in the D1 steakhouse decorated in Xmas season, talking about plan for the year end and both had no plan for the future, but both enjoyed every current moment of our lives. Max and I want to start creating some new event together and If I had more time here, I would be very happy doing it with passion. Getting away from Saigon is getting harder because I have just started loving this city, then it is time to go back to Hanoi. Also, O is going to stop the class because he seemed upset with the fact that people are not getting there seriously the way he expected, and guessed that people are not respecting it because he is giving out free of charge. I have that feeling about free of charge good thing already, but he is just too old to listen to me from the first time I told him. However, I felt he really appreciated me when he talked to his sister about me and how helpful I was to him.

My relationship with M was getting more serious than I thought. We were very close; it was amazing intimacy moment and we were both happy about it. From the moment I mentioned with him my plan to move back to Hanoi until now, he still made up his mind on continuing our relationship and we would manage to see each other. He made me good pancake late after his working hours, was honest about his inability to sleep with other, was there at the hospital with me late at night taking care of me when I need him the most. The moment we were at the coffee shop when he told me that “don’t find another tây đẹp train he”, I felt a mix of both sadness and happiness and my tears have fallen down on my face again. I don’t know how long I will be in Hanoi, but once I got back there I need to prepare for at least few months long distance relationship with him. I think he is also an avoidant like me, because when we were talking about feelings, he is kind of avoiding when it is getting too emotional. But now I know that being loved the right and healthy way would heal a people and work on that unhealthy attachment style so I’m kind of getting some sense of what I can do about it. We both like each other a lot and don’t want to see other people at all. However, we are still early dating, and I’m still seeing other persons and I felt guilty about not letting him know about it. At the same time O kept telling me that he will look at how I settle down in Hanoi then to move there with me if things with me is getting serious in Hanoi. I don’t know somehow I don’t have a trust in these new relationships. I should have the trust, O was right, I really have trust issue and even at this moment there are so many good things going on, I still believe that good things don’t belong to me and it is just going to end in some way. It is a horrible thought, and I’m not feeling good at all today. I’m going to swimming pool today to help me relax a little bit, my life has just turned from a empty hole to a mess within a very short time… I need to calm me down and relax.

I’m thankful for the way Saigon has treated me with many good connections recently, the happiness, fulfilment it brings. I had a chance to do whatever I want to do in those last moments in this city, dating, dancing, being close with someone, building something together. Through up and downs, I’m still having people to rely on and don’t have to be so independent the way I was in the past. Those memories would be warming my soul up in my first lonely new days in Hanoi. During my mess of people, career opportunities and connections, I still earn some random money from an online meeting and still have some potential interviews to process until my last day in this city. Maybe all the door to stay here are not yet close, I still keep some hope that life would treat me fairly and no matter what happens would be always the way it should. I hope that in my last days here, I can bring my best self to people here until I’m still around.

[ese-shinshi]

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[fairytale-studios]

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[munichasia]

Jade Emperor Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - where the U.S. President Barack Obama paid a visit. 💯📸🇻🇳🙏😊 The Jade Emperor Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Ngọc Hoàng) also known as the Phước Hải Tự is a Taoist pagoda located at 73 Mai Thi Luu Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was founded by Lưu Minh or Lưu Đạo Nguyên, a Cantonese, China. It is also known from 1984 by the new name Phước Hải Tự (福海寺, "Luck Sea Temple") Then U.S. President Barack Obama paid a visit to the pagoda during his state trip to Vietnam on 22 May 2016. . . . #sàigòn #saigoncity #hochiminhcity #hồchíminh #việtnam #vietnam🇻🇳 #vietnamcharm #vietnamtravels #vietnamnow #vietnamphotography #vietnamwonders #vietnamflashback #vietnamtourism #vietnamstreetphotography #vietnamtravel #vietnamtrip #vietnamstyle #vietnamlife #beautifulseasia #travelsoutheastasia #southeastasiatrip #discoverasia #visitasia #seasiatravel #southeastasiatravel #total_asia #amazingasia #asia_vacations #loveasia #cityshots (at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfkjrZuPS09/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[flyinginsane]

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[mysquiggles]

Don’t stand in the way of the vendors, you are disrupting their business. They don’t want you there, you are not the one who brings them money. They will push you aside if you are in their way. That’s more or less what Anna @annasartfoodculture told us as were were getting ready to board a boat at 5 am, which will bring us to a local fish market outside of Hou An that supplies the town with seafood.⁣ ⁣ I made sure I don’t block anything and tried to make myself disappear. Which is kind of difficult for a blond russian woman with A4 sketchbook, standing in the middle of a small but very busy market at 7 am. I gathered quite a sizeable happy crowd around me, too. They turn guessing who’s who in my sketch into a game, which was over pretty quickly, but that didn’t reduce their excitement.⁣ ⁣ #mysquiggles_vietnam #artfoodculture_mysquiggles⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #travelbook #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #sketchbookpage #sketchbook #archsketch #traveljournal #traveldiary #inspiration #sketching #sketchart #urbansketchers #watercolor #watercolorsketch #watercolorsketchbook #vietnamfishmarket #vietnamlife #uskvietnam #singaporeartist #travelartist #vietnamartist #carnetdevoyage #sketchartist (at Hội An) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9BgJ1wB8Aq/?igshid=ffjnqfpwhbge

[silkyrontheroad]

🇻🇳🌏VIETNAM TRAVEL TIP🌏🇻🇳 - Tam Coc was an incredible part of our Vietnam trip. We highly recommend staying in Tam Coc rather than Ninh Binh which is the main city (although we heard they had amazing avocado pizza... @katholloway91 ) 🥑 For those who love scooters like us you can rent one and drive to all of the main attractions or... 🛵 If you’re also like us and on a tight budget you can hitchhike on scooters everywhere! We did both and loved every minute. 🛵 - Have you ever been 3 people on one scooter? 🛵 . . . #tamcoc #muacaves #vietnamlife #vietnamtrip #scooterlife #cowsofinstagram #lakedays #blueskiesandsunshine #vietnamtravel #seasia #traveler #travelholic #traveltogether #amour #couplesgoals #passionpassport #lovers #happiness #backpacker #wonderfuldestinations #couplestravelgoals #backpackersintheworld #couplescollective #authenticlovemag #travellife #creativetravelcouples #travelerlife #travelobsessed #borntotravel #welivetotravel (at Mua Caves - Hang Múa Official) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0sTEhpCnK/?igshid=3wi0o8u8xlpf

[nunoxaviermoreira]

DSC02730.0511.Lý Sơn.Quảng Ngãi by hoanglongphoto https://flic.kr/p/2i7idzq

[taxaj]

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[bygonely]

What Mỹ Tho, Vietnam looked like in the 1960s

[30sdiary]

November 06 2024

What an crazy evening yesterday. I've finally got the offer from Hanoi, the only place that really wants me also the most generous offer I think a company in this country can give, yesterday afternoon. I was going to the social dance because of thinking that I might help people there moving better. Then it got weird because everyone was having a partner to dance and because I arrived very late, I'm the only one left. I was hanging for a while, seeing people doing, then trying to get comfortable being there on my own, then how lucky I was, the place got a pool table and I was there playing pool by myself. What a weird feeling being left out that way, but I was trying my best to be there and not to disappoint O by just leaving right away. Finally after almost an hour playing pool by myself, there came a guy getting to the place himself without a partner, he was not dancing and when I asked, he told me that he can't do the salsa, only bachata. How lucky I was, finally i have someone to dance with... Then everything got weird because the guy was sticking with me the whole evening and trying to keep me away from anyone else. So O got a little bit annoyed and stole me away from that guy. I felt like they are both competitive in trying to get me away from the other.... what a horrible atmosphere that I almost was about to leave. O also got annoyed because the guy got my number and he started talking about that guy... I'm too old for those kind of competition and just want peace for myself.

I'm already in a mess of M and O, now the new guy is creating more trouble and theoretically I will not be in this city so long if no job offer is coming to me from here. I don't know where life is bringing me to, back to my hometown with a dream high paying job, living a lonely life with full of money, or staying here unemployed but happy with new way i'm connecting to people here and trying to pursue another job which I'm not sure if it will exist and if this city wants me to get out. It is just so confusing. I need to response the offer tomorrow, and talk to M tomorrow about our relationship also. I can't believe that things have been crazily change that I can't even recognize. The moment i start loving Saigon is the moment the city does not want me anymore. That's tough for me.

I'm feeling grateful for all the love that I've received from surrounding people and new connections, the feeling I've never been experienced for a very long time. Although being confused of too many decisions need to be made, still I'm feeling thankful for so many options that life has opening up recently. It is overwhelmed, but also brought a sense of healing for my hopeless soul few weeks before. I hope things would get clearer after having a talk with M and O on our possible way to navigate future together so that I can make a good decision. I hope I will stay sound minded and calm enough to get over those difficult conversations with both people. I really hope that i can be noc nha of M the way we wanted, if we are that level of compatible, and these difficulties and tough conversations could uplift our relationship to a better future of understanding and support and love. I hope he would be that kind of person, the way i thought he is now. Otherwise, I still have a good career after all. Maybe life should be that way of trade off that I need to be master....

[ese-shinshi]

Hu Tieu Kho. #lunch #hcmc #hutieu #vietnamlife #noodles https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Fpp6xjH6R/?igshid=q1uo53ujryps

[fogstravel]

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[munichasia]

Imperial City of Huế - a UNESCO World Heritage Site 🇻🇳💯📸😊 The Imperial City (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành; Chữ Hán: 皇城) is a walled enclosure within the citadel (Kinh thành; 京城) of the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. In June 1802 Nguyễn Ánh ascended the throne of a unified Vietnam and proclaimed himself Emperor Gia Long with Hue, the ancestral seat of the Nguyễn Lords as the capital. Geomancers were consulted as to the propitious location site for the new city and construction began in 1804. Thousands of workers were ordered to build the walled citadel and ringing moat, measuring some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long. The original earthwork was later reinforced and faced with brick and stone resulting in 2 m (6 ft 7 in)-thick ramparts. . . . #unescoworldheritage #huế #huevietnam #việtnam #vietnam🇻🇳 #vietnamcharm #vietnamtravels #vietnamnow #vietnamphotography #vietnamwonders #vietnamflashback #vietnamtourism #vietnamstreetphotography #vietnamtravel #vietnamtrip #vietnamstyle #vietnamlife #beautifulseasia #travelsoutheastasia #southeastasiatrip #discoverasia #visitasia #seasia #seasiatravel #southeastasiatravel #total_asia #amazingasia #asia_vacations #imperialcityhue (at Imperial City, Hué, Vietnam) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgiq3awPhOt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=