Monday and my eyes open at 6.30 am as it has been usual since I’ve
been here so I get up, go for my morning shower, get dressed and ready to leave
Thach Thao and Phuc at school.
After leaving the kids, we go to eat at Lady Bulldog and then hop on
the motorbike and our first stop is the bank. Then we go to Mr. Truong’s
factory; yesterday was Miss Hoa’s birthday and we want to give her her b-day
gift. While we are there Xuan asks me if I don’t want to go and see how the
people work at the factory as the other times I’ve been there they weren’t at
full steam. So I walk to the back of the factory and when I show up where
everyone can see me, everyone stops working and stare at me. I went there to
see them working and in the end no one’s working… too funny! I decide it’s
better to leave otherwise Mr. Truong will be upset because they’re not working
so I head back to the office and when I tell Xuan what happened, she and Miss
Hoa start laughing. After the factory we pass by the nail salon to get the
acrylic brush I bought, as I’m not going to the salon anymore. They made me
feel uncomfortable the last times I’ve been there, they made me feel like I
owed them something that I really don’t know what it was… anyway, I go there,
grab my brush, say my goodbyes and then we head home.
At home I watch a TV show until lunchtime and we eat. I wanna go for a
walk after lunch so I pack my stuff and leave home. While walking to the center
I catch a motorbike taxi and ask him to take me to the opera house so I can see
which shows are on and eventually buy a ticket for the show. At the opera house
I get the pamphlet for the show but the ticket costs 500.000 dongs and I think
twice about buying it or not… I decide I should talk with Xuan before any
decision so I start walking towards the War Remnants Museum and nothing
prepared me for what I saw.
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The war Remnants Museum is a museum that tells the story about Vietnam
War so when you enter the museum you first see a big open room with lots of
photos and propaganda against the war.
There are propaganda from everywhere in the world and photos of Vietnamese people and all of these affects me as I wasn’t expecting…
My eyes start watering and my throat gets dry and I feel pain and I just want to run out of there because of all the suffering these people lived but my feet take me to the 1st floor and there I see more awful photos of suffering people and of Agent Orange survivors. I’ve learn what Agent Orange did to these people, what is still doing and how is still affecting the descendents of the American veterans.
This really was a stupid war and I felt ashamed of the human race.
I go to the second floor but arrives to a point and I can’t do any more photos, everything revolts me and I feel sick…
I finish my museum visit and my brain is processing everything and for that I need to walk and it’s what I do.
There are propaganda from everywhere in the world and photos of Vietnamese people and all of these affects me as I wasn’t expecting…
My eyes start watering and my throat gets dry and I feel pain and I just want to run out of there because of all the suffering these people lived but my feet take me to the 1st floor and there I see more awful photos of suffering people and of Agent Orange survivors. I’ve learn what Agent Orange did to these people, what is still doing and how is still affecting the descendents of the American veterans.
This really was a stupid war and I felt ashamed of the human race.
I go to the second floor but arrives to a point and I can’t do any more photos, everything revolts me and I feel sick…
I finish my museum visit and my brain is processing everything and for that I need to walk and it’s what I do.
I walk till Little Notre Dame chapel and make a couple of photos then
I walk to the nail shop near Ben Than market and buy my nail dryer machine, I
have to say I don’t remember any of my walk.
When I leave the nail shop I go through the park and 2 girls stop me and start talking with me because they like my earrings… they make me smile after this weird and heavy afternoon. I continue my walk home and when I arrive Xuan already left to pick up Thach Thao and Phuc so I head to my room and just wanna lay there without talking to anyone.
When I leave the nail shop I go through the park and 2 girls stop me and start talking with me because they like my earrings… they make me smile after this weird and heavy afternoon. I continue my walk home and when I arrive Xuan already left to pick up Thach Thao and Phuc so I head to my room and just wanna lay there without talking to anyone.
My computer is on and I start watching some TV show without paying
much attention… Thach Thao comes to my room and wants to play and even if I
don’t feel like it I do a couple of tickles and she gets happy. After a while
is time for dinner and my mood is still sh*t… I eat and go back to my room
until Xuan calls me and tells me we’re going to the supermarket, I put my
trousers on and we head to the supermarket.
As always, when we leave I just wish I could go out of my body and
make a photo of us because it’s always to comic our aspect on the motorbike
with all the supermarket bags. When we’re back home we put everything in the
right place (fridge, cupboard, etc…) and then I wish Xuan good night and go to
my room, take a shower and go to my cocoon… see you tomorrow!
Night night everyone, sleep tight don’t let the bedbugs bite!
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