chao.

whoohoo. am home. as in vietnam, ho chi minh city. oh i miss this place so much. more later. :)

edit: 9.7.2006, somewhere in substation.

finally decided to update about this trip. well for one, it was a really short trip. reached there on friday back on the sunday morning flight to singapore. basically a work trip for our new venture in vietnam and to scout the ground and see whether it was worth setting up an outpost in ho chi minh. am so gonna envy whoever we send there for the permanent posting if this venture goes through. becoz whoever it is, it can't be me! :( damn.

ho chi minh is messy. everybody who goes there will take their hat to the traffic. it was crazy ten years ago, crazy in my post army days in 2000 and still still crazy today. i have pictures somewhere in my phone. i love the craziness though. something about being born and bred in orderly singapore probably instilled this longing for a little chaos. the rest confess they can't take the weaving madness, i on the other was just getting used to it. thank god i dun drive though. the horn isnt used so much as a frustrated fist-waving tool but more as a "hey i am here" announcement speaker. everybody adjusts instantly, without checking mirrors and such. traffic there is a daily miracle.

the people are friendly. not in your face, smile because you are a tourist friendly but a genuine interest in being a nice friendly person. its not fake. that kind of friendliness is really hard to find.

i know i could so live there.

sigh. miss it so much.

oh, spied a beautiful side table i might wanna buy... hmmm...