Things I love about Ho Chi Minh

Although I can't say that Ho Chi Minh City is my home right now, but I have to admit that I have develop some feelings towards it after staying here for almost a month now. Undeniably its not Malaysia and it will never be as great as Malaysia because yeah.. I'm biased and everything but.. It does have its plus points too and I'm gonna definitely miss it when I leave.

Its weird right? To develop feelings for a country. I keep saying I want to travel around the world and all and if possible, stay in a country long enough for me to get to know its culture and lifestyle but with me having my so-called attachments to these random countries, how am I going to travel as extensively as I wished?

I don't think my heart can take the heart-broken-ness of leaving it. =(

Remember how heavy hearted I was when I left Colombia? I don't think I mentioned it here but I fell in love with that country so much! Esp small town Leticia!

Who wouldn't fall in love with a town with this? =P

But anyway.. I guess life has to go own and I have to either learn to deal with it or harden myself into a cold hearted bitch that has no attachments towards anything.

I think the former is better. Don't you think so?

I'm going to try and list down what I love about Ho Chi Minh City, mainly because that's the only place I have been in Vietnam. So here goes..



10. The hustling and bustling of the city and motorbikes.

Have you ever seen the traffic in HCMC? Oh my goodness. In my opinion, if you can cross the road in HCMC, you can cross it anywhere in the world.

I certainly gonna miss crossing the road even when there is thousands of motorbikes zooming past you. The secret is just to walk slowly and pray that you'll reach the other end safely. The motorist will naturally avoid you.


9. The continuous flow of beef noodles, also known as Pho.

Although according to my dad its not healthy because its full of sugar, both in the soup and noodles, I think I have developed a love for "Pho" (pronounced "fur"). The soup, the beef, the noodles..

Ah.. I'm gonna miss it. Can't find any good ones outside Vietnam.





8. Spring Rolls!!!



Pictures can speak for themselves!

Don't really know the difference between north and south.
I love them all!

7. Vietnamese Coffee
I'm not really an ardent lover of coffee but Vietnamese coffee is really nice. Its really aromatic. I like to drink it black without milk. Highlands coffee is the best but all works well too..

Dangerously unbalance glass!

6. The smiley faces of the Vietnamese

I don't know whether they have ulterior motive on to you, eg to get you to buy their stuff or someting, but Vietnamese people are really friendly. Whenever you go into a shop, the sales girl, who's a sweet young thing (like me!) will come over and strike up a conversation with you. Even though they speak terribly broken English, they try really hard to get your interest and ask you where you're from and stuff. I always love trying to get to know them better. They're generally college students earning extra money in boutiques, embroidery shops and stuff.






Okay. I think I should stop now. TOo long and you'll start falling asleep! Yup! You. So I shall continue this another day. Stay tuned! =)