Hanoi-Respect

我在河內時，做了好幾個木雕印章，每個三美元。
每個都是師父們用心用血汗去雕去刻，而且還可以自選詞句或名字。
我尊重師父每一刀的努力，我敬佩每一種手做的辛勞。
最起碼，不去討價還價就是一種最基本的尊重。
就好像，當你在外用餐時年老的uncle auntie販賣紙巾一樣，
如果在能力范圍裡，何不給於uncle auntie一些尊重呢？
既然他們都能把身段放下，我們是不是也該給些鼓勵呢？
p/s: This will be the last post for my Hanoi trip.

Hanoi-被騙記

話說抵達河內的第一晚，才剛外出就遇到熱情的叫賣小販。
她手腳很快地把挑擔放在大姐的肩上任由我們拍照。
然後我們也禮貌地向她購買小黃梨。
“100,000dong!"
大姐還以為自己聽錯。
是100,000dong，原本我們還好心地想幫她買兩個小黃梨還有香蕉，
一共220,000dong.
這根本在打搶嘛。
最後無可耐何下，大姐還是掏出了一張百千元大鈔。
後來酒店服務員告訴我們，
一個小黃梨只需六千。
這個教訓也挺貴的，
但僞裝的熱情也許值得這個價碼吧。

Hanoi-Tiger Mask

Things that I love but I didn't buy.
Maybe next time.

Hanoi-做生意

如果可以三兩張桌椅就開門做生意的話，
一個城市該有多大的活力。
越多限制越會抹殺一個行業，
最後，越想留住的越留不住。

Hanoi-Communist

為什麼共產國家都喜歡紅色？
因為累積了鮮血才能換取民主嗎？

Hanoi-廟裡的小紅馬

在這間建於一七某某年的古廟裡，
有著一紅一白的兩匹駿馬，
不知用意是什麼，
就是很帥。

Hanoi-媽媽

親愛的媽媽，你一定要多運動，
把身體鍛練起來，
那我才可以常常帶你去旅行啊！

Hanoi-不倒翁

This is a rather old toy I found in Hanoi, or perhaps a replication.
I never have one for my own but remember seeing it in my sister's childhood photos.
And I got myself one, finally.

Hanoi-Handmade

Look at all these beautiful handmade products, I just can't stop looking at it.
Let's learn how to treasure all these so that our next generation will still able to see and touch it.

Hanoi-Sun Rise Sun Set

在長長的七小時車程來回Halong Bay，
觀望日出日落成了最大的享受。

Hanoi-Halong Bay

7 hours bus ride back and forth to the UNESCO World Heritage site–Halong Bay. The scenes are breathtaking but the journey was just too long. Will I do it again? Maybe not.

Hanoi-櫥窗上的梅花鹿

Hanoi-Michael Jackson

I met MJ in Hanoi, I guess he has another identity there, in Vietnamese.

Hanoi-Donald Duck

I wonder if he knows how he will be ended like?

Hanoi-大姐

媽媽老了，有時脾氣會有點暴躁，大姐就遭殃了。
但媽媽對我與二姐的火氣基本上不會那麼大。
大姐總以她的耐性溫柔地對待，
真孝順。

Hanoi-Local Yummy Food

The Vietnamese food we have in here really can't do any justice from what we had it in Hanoi. Chicken Rice was rated no.1, followed by this BeeHon Noodle called BunCha. (top left picture from 2nd photo), there are sliced charcoal-grilled chicken in the sweet and sour dip sauce, the juicy chicken slices taste a bit like our satay chicken but there's equal fats and lean meat in there, so when you bite, you will hear the fats "bursting" in your mouth! How delicious!

Hanoi-World's Best Chicken Rice

This is the best ever chicken rice I had in my life, nothing can really beat that with its super rich fragrance that came from the glutinous rice with the aroma of the chicken broth. Chicken were sliced into tiny bits as the skin is crunchy in texture and topped it with finely chopped kaffir lime's leaves.
It's definitely the food to die for.

Hanoi-Chaos

行人汽車摩哆川流不息，只有她停下了腳步。
那一刻，多美。

Hanoi-Hybrid

Hanoi is like the older version of Bangkok, I like its unique architecture that reflects all its past. Colonial, French, Chinese and Vietnamese all in one.

Hanoi-賣命

爬在五層樓高，就只是系著那麼一段小繩子，
真的是連命都不要了。
人命真的那麼賤嗎？