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Workers are stuck in the pandemic share each of the packages of instant noodles.

Workers are stuck in the pandemic share each of the packages of instant noodles. A myriad of manual laborers in Hanoi are being stuck as the capital imposed social distancing orders under the Prime Minister's directive 16. They’ve got to divide up each of the packages of instant noodles and bowls of rice, live in a cramped and humid space in order to overcome the pandemic.

The prolonged social distancing period due to the complication of the epidemic situation has left a considerable number of laborers stuck in construction sites and shacks in Hanoi. A lot of people have to eat instant noodles, diminish daily meals, and hold out each day to stay in the capital during the period of time of job loss.

More than 10 workers have been trapped in an ancient town for almost one month. At the house located at 15 Hang Buom. A group of 10 laborers who are Thai people in Muong Ang district, Dien Bien province, have been staying here for nearly a month now. They are construction workers who are hired to renovate this house, however, Hanoi applied directive 16, therefore, construction sites were closed and they got stuck here.

“ I feel very anxious when being trapped here because my family is thoroughly miserable. I have two little kids at home, and I had to get my parents to take care of them in order to arrive in Hanoi for work. Being stuck in the middle of Hanoi in this situation, I can’t head to work, I can’t return to my hometown as well”. said Mrs. Lo Thi Bong, one of 10 workers. 

The laborers have to live in a cramped, humid, and deprived space. “It's been almost a month since Hanoi has practiced social distancing. Whenever a charitable organization gives us rice and food, we have cooked rice to eat that day. In the remaining days, everybody has to share each of the packages of instant noodles with each other and live from hand to mouth.

“ I just expect that the Covid-19 pandemic will end soon to make plenty of money and send some to my parents and my children because the new school year is just around the corner. My two kids are very thrilled and long for their mother to buy new clothes for school as well”, said Mrs. Bong.

Mr. Lo Viet Niem( Muong Ang district, Dien Bien) with the group of 10 workers said “ People live here, who are brothers and relatives due to the wretched plight at their hometown, therefore, they asked each other to Hanoi to work, but unexpectedly, just had arrived in Hanoi for more than a week, forced themselves to take unpaid leave. Life is already hard, now it's even harder”. 

“It is really tough, I’m unemployed now, so I don’t have cash to send to my family. When I had just come to Hanoi, the first month of working, I still hadn’t received my paycheck, and, as a result, I had to borrow money to purchase my means of transport, food, and drink. However, I had just worked for 10 days, I was forced to be off work all of a sudden. I currently don’t have spare cash left”. shared Mr. Niem sadly.

Mr. Niem added, his great yearning is the city would quickly control the pandemic

in order for everybody to get back to work, have an income to cover basic needs. Mr. Niem and 9 other workers are living in a messy and damp construction right in the middle of the old town. 20 people stay in a flat, which is over 50m2 in size.

In Duong Noi district, there are a considerable number of groups of free laborers living together in rented rooms or cramped makeshift shacks. They are mainly construction workers who are ethnic minorities as well in the Northern mountainous provinces who got stuck in the capital during the pandemic.

There has been a flat which is only nearly 50m2 wide but is currently the residence of 22 workers - 19 people from Dien Bien Dong district, Dien Bien province, and 3 people in Thai Binh.

They are working for a nearby construction site. As Hanoi practised social distancing, they could come back to their hometown, had no jobs, their lives attached to this shabby flat day by day.

“Since the day of social distancing, people have no jobs, no salary and have to stay in a very tight, scorching and sultry space”. Mr. Pham Huu Dang said ( a native of Thai Binh).

“Everybody has to lay mats on the ground to lie down, there is no space to move around, it's very cramped. The most difficult thing for me, especially my friends in mountainous regions, is that they have no income in order for them to send to their family. Just hanging around in the flat all day, I have no idea when social distancing will end so that we can still go to work”. Mr. Dang said.

 “We are awfully desirous of financial support from the government to workers in order for everybody to have some money to send to their family, cover the living expenses, and send children to school. Because people in the Highlands are terribly miserable, come to Hanoi in the hope of having income in order to send to their family”. He desired.

The workers got stuck here, just hanging around in the tight space, making friends with their phones.

The pandemic makes their lives more difficult and toilsome. Their biggest yearning is to hope that the city will soon control the pandemic, and return to work to earn some cash to cover their living expenses.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has made life become worse

Candidly, today is my birthday, but there is nothing special to me. Yesterday, I headed to a butcher shop to purchase some types of meat. I intended to broil meat and cook some food to celebrate my birthday with my friend. The  meat store is very near my place, in which ranges from meat to seasoning. Additionally, the price is relatively affordable, I picked up some pork and beef.

Due to the complex situation of Covid 19, authorities prohibited small traders from selling products in traditional markets in Sai Gon, I actually have been accustomed to buying food in markets. The prohibition against a trade in small markets greatly affects retail traders, who have to close their stalls. Every day, the market management board drives a van around the market to supervise and inspect the activities of traders. Market managers will take away stuff, such as billboards, vegetables, sun umbrellas, and so on, anything encroaching on sidewalks. Therefore, everybody flocks to supermarkets and convenience stores to buy food, leading to the surge of coronavirus infection in these places. In fact, salesclerks got priority for Covid-​19 vaccination.

I’m really scared when I walk into convenience stores, whenever I also can be in contact with infected people. I’m not afraid to be quarantined, I just don’t want anyone to get in trouble because of me. That evening, my friend and I went for a ride, I enjoyed the night and stopped by a bakery to pick up some cakes, every store just is allowed to let one customer come into their store and every customer has to keep a distance of at least 1m from each other and avoids spending time in crowded places. A host of stores on both sides of the road were closed, the streets of Saigon have been deserted these days, with thousands of residents came back to their hometowns or they are staying at home to keep clear of the pandemic. It is in marked contrast to the days without the emergence of the covid-19. Normally, throngs of people flood streets in Saigon for amusement, eateries, and pubs invariably have been full of people on the weekends. But the roads are a lot quieter today, I don’t have to witness traffic jams, the streets are almost completely empty of people, drivers are also less likely to face congestion on the roads.

HCM City has seen the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country, therefore, the government and local authorities have imposed strict punishments on offenders and more effective measures in the hope of limiting the spread of the pandemic in public. During the outbreak of Coronavirus, manual laborers, the poor, lottery ticket sellers, stallholders and hawkers, who are most strongly affected by this pandemic. Selling vegetables, fish or meat at the market, or walking around the streets and asking people to buy lottery tickets, which have been their principal source of income, and now they must pause their work, causing difficulties and damage for citizens and workers. 

A raft of stores, restaurants, and premises have to switch their focus to takeaway and home delivery in a desperate attempt to stay in business. Making the switch to offering takeaway and food delivery services is a wise choice as the coronavirus crisis is continuing to deepen. The limit of travel causing people to utilize more takeaway and delivery services, all they have to do is stay at home, pick up the phone, dial the eatery’s number and opt for what they want or order their dinner via food delivery apps, it just takes around 30 minutes for shippers to deliver their order to them. Although a considerable drop in sales, takeaway, and delivery model have brought businesses a source of revenue to cover the lease payment and the cost for labourers. Life has been tough, now it seems to become more and more difficult.

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The heat has besieged dialysis patients all night in a little hamlet in Ha Noi: “ A whole room is like a kiln, they just can sleep 2-3 hours per day”.

The very heavy and sultry atmosphere at late night still surrounds cramped flats of residents in “the dialysis hamlet” near Bach Mai hospital. Some people have air-conditioners, however, they don't dare to use them, because of high electricity bills, they just know to pray for rain, which would make the weather cooler.

At 10 pm, the sun went down long ago. The sunlight was gone but the heat has still surrounded patients in “ the dialysis neighborhood”, its name seems to indicate the plight of outpatients who are being treated in Bach Mai hospital that citizens of Dong Tam ward ( Hai Ba Trung district, Ha Noi) named alley 121, Le Thanh Nghi street.

We are in the alley, at this time, flats are switched off the lights, doors still open. Along the alley, a lot of patients are sitting outside getting some fresh air. “ Everybody economizes on electricity, therefore they turn off the lights, it is scorching hot, nobody can sleep”. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Su said (38 years old, a native of Phu Tho).

It’s past 10 p.m, however, the atmosphere in Mrs. Su’s flat, which is less than 10m2 in size, is still stuffy and scorching hot due to the oppressive heat of daylight all day long in summer. Mrs. Su continuously has to wet a cleaning cloth, then wipe it on her bed to cool down.

I’ve just fallen asleep for about 2-3 hours at dawn these days. The room is like a stove, the climate has been particularly stifling from dawn till dusk, so she couldn’t sleep. “Late at night, the temperature drops a bit, I lie down on the bed until being too worn out and I drift off to sleep”. Mrs. Su said disappointedly. She is looking forward to the rain.  

The period of time when Ha Noi didn’t prohibit vendors selling iced tea on the sidewalks, Mrs. Su makes tea, sits on the pavement selling iced tea near Bach Mai hospital every day. She is also able to earn some money for medicine, however, since authorities have decided to ban selling on pavements, she's just hung around her tiny flat all day.

There has been only an old electric fan, which is the solely cooling equipment in her room, but when switching on the fan, its heat is hotter, and consequently she rarely utilizes it. Being unable to bear the heat, Mrs. Su brought a chair to the alley in order to sit waiting for the rain. 

Mrs. Vu Thi Ngat in the next room, who was born in 1956, comes from Nam Dinh, has brought her husband to Ha Noi in order to undergo kidney dialysis treatment for 15 years. “ The hot weather combined with the low humidity made her and her husband unable to sleep. Her spouse is Mr. Pham Xuan Truong, who was born in 1954, has undergone hemodialysis for 15 years, therefore, their income and savings have now been exhausted.

As other patients in the neighborhood, Mr. and Mrs. Ngat have to live with the heat. Mr. Pham Xuan Truong has been haggard due to illness, the sultry weather has made him weaker as a result of insomnia.

“There are 130 patients in this hamlet, most people have been treating for decades and determined to treat their disease for life so their meager money just serves the minimum need for food and medicine. Their children installed air conditioners, however, they didn’t dare to use them because the electricity bill is up to 4000/KW”. Mrs. Nga said dismally.

A bicycle and a bag holding empty bottles are her only bread and butter. In order to earn money to cover living expenses, Mrs. Ngat makes use of her time, collecting scraps and plastic things to sell for scrap yard owners. Sometimes, there are voluntary groups providing basic necessities at the weekend and therefore she and her husband aren’t starved.

“ I just pray to God that the weather will turn mild again, so my husband, the sick, and the poor will be less miserable, I dare not expect anything more than this.”. Mrs. Ngat expressed. 

Mr. Truong’s hands are swollen and lumpy due to the process of dialysis. The flats have been greatly dark, only if they have visitors, patients will turn on the light. They economize money as much as possible since they have to struggle against their disease.

The woman is wetting a cloth and putting it on her forehead, which is aimed at cooling down. “ Dialysis patients can't drink much water as usual, and consequently the hot weather makes us irritable”. The patient shared. The man goes shirtless to cool off and the fan was put outside the door to get the cool air blowing into the room.

The complex situation of the pandemic makes plenty of people lose their livelihood. Hence, the lives of a host of patients become more difficult.

Mrs. Duong Thi Hoai, who is 66 years old, comes from Nam Dinh, has lived with kidney failure for 11 years. Her children were afraid that their mother was toilsome, so they scraped money together to buy their mother an air conditioner, however, she just turns it on when her children drop by. 

On weekdays no matter how hot it is, the air conditioner is still there as a decoration. Due to the high electricity price, patients have to fully economize in order to struggle with the disease.

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My beautiful memories in the past regularly flood back in my dreams.

To be honest, I have dreams every night, they can be entertaining, fun, romantic, disturbing, frightening, and sometimes bizarre. After getting up I could remember my dreams, but sometimes, I completely forget what I dreamt. I frequently dream about memories that I had ever experienced when I was a child in my hometown or days that I had been at school. These recollections appear in my dreams, recollecting events that happened in the past. It seems to me that they always have been pleasing dreams. In contrast, sometimes, I have nightmares, which frighten me and I’m suddenly jolted awake, then I can't seem to get back to sleep, toss and turn in bed. 

A few years ago, when I was in my hometown, every night, I dreamt I fell from a sky-high building, but when I dropped down in the middle of the building, I awoke to a fright, my heartbeat very fast, I had to pull my blanket over my head and the darkness made me more terrified. Indeed, it is clear that this is the dream that I have feared the most.

In addition, there have been sweet dreams that I couldn’t forget. In fact, when I was in high school, I got unrequited love for a boy in my class, developed romantic feelings for him who didn’t feel the same way about me. And sometimes, I dreamt about him, in my dream, I found myself sprawled across my bed and sobbing, but suddenly, he called me and asked me out for a date. I saw he dressed to kill and carried a gorgeous bouquet of red and white roses. I woke up in the morning and just chuckled at the dream. How hilarious the dream was!.

When I was a child, in the 7th or 8th grade, my family was poverty-stricken, my mom played the lottery or bet on the lottery by betting on the outcome of a lottery draw, she occasionally placed a bet on the outcome of a lottery drawing and won some money, around 1 or 2 million, she just needed to fork out 2 dollars but she could earn the amount of money fivefold the one she spent. I remember, on one occasion I had a dream, I saw the number 48 and the following morning I immediately told my mom about my dream, and soon afterwards, she bet this number on the raffle draw, however, unfortunately, she lost. 

Clearly, dreams have particular meanings, people regularly say that what we did, what happened and what we thought about a lot in the daytime, we would dream about them in the night. After an industrious day at work, we head back home from work, take a shower, grab dinner and then we just want to lie in bed and chill out. Nothing interests us more than laying in bed, binge-watching our favourite movies or scrolling down our social media until there is nothing interesting happening on it. We log off, drift off to sleep and hope we will have beautiful dreams.

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Crime rates for assault, threat, robbery, break-in/​burglary, and theft/stealing have been on the increase, causing serious concerns for citizens.

To be completely frank with you, I’m originally from the North, but I live in Central Highlands and moved to Sai Gon for college. Living in a big city, which is the economic and financial center of Vietnam, helped me acquire good chances to develop myself. In contrast, Saigon is rife with social evils such as robbery and theft. 

Students dwell in the countryside, who move to urban centers for living or college, rent flatshares, which are relatively tiny and insecure, the rickety doors that thieves can easily pick locks, break into flats and rob valuable assets such as money, mobile phones and motorcycles, which seem to be pricey to students, their parents have to work their butt off and scrape together the money to buy their children these things. However, thieves defy everything, who are very work-shy, not well-educated, have poor awareness or even get hooked on drugs, resulting in these burglars committing an offense to have money and feed their drug addiction.

Citizens or students park their motorcycles outside stores for picking up groceries, just a few minutes later, they head back outside, but don’t see their bikes anymore. They are completely crestfallen when their primary modes of transport are lost. Every store has security guards, however, motorcycle thieves observe a store very long and exploit guardians’ inattention to pick a motorcycle lock, just need basic equipment and some tricks to steal the bike. 

It is even more dangerous, robbers block a road, use a weapon and force a victim to rob his motorcycle or they make a jealousy scene. For example, a robbery gang follow a victim, often a girl or a woman, who is riding her motorbike on the road, but suddenly, a robber in the gang stops her vehicle, the robber will play the victim’s husband, he slaps hard across her face, insults her like she cheated him and had an affair with another man, tries to put eyewitnesses off the scent, while other bandits would rob the girl’s motorcycle and ride away. Passers-by don’t dare to intervene in the quarrel due to the fact that they think that is the private thing of their family.

Why have big cities been invariably the principal focus of robbers and thieves?. There have been plenty of social classes in metropolitan areas, the infinite variety of professions and the increasing complexity of modern life, resulting in the alarming increase of robbery, theft and burglary in today’s society. Indeed, it is clear that major urban areas are fat lands of robbers, working and underclass account for the large part of society’s population, which makes favorable conditions for robbers, thieves and burglars. 

Robbery, theft and burglary are serious crimes with far-reaching consequences for the victims and their family and friends, who have to suffer the loss of the spiritual and the material in the long run. Therefore, the Government and local authorities should deal out harsher sentences and stricter punishments to robbers, thieves and burglars. In order to diminish and put a stop to social evils, authorities could organize job training and education centers, in which instruct the homeless people and indigent adolescents, who are not able to afford to go to school.

Full article: : Crime rates for assault, threat, robbery, break-in/​burglary, and theft/stealing have been on the increase, causing serious concerns for citizens.

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A strikingly stunning sunset reflected orange and red lights down the river created a spectacular setting over the streets of Saigon on the afternoon of holidays.

I managed to copy all of the files, data to my new laptop which I’d just bought last night, then I cleaned up my room, washed dishes, did my laundry and mopped the floor. After finishing my chores, I sweated like a pig and my hair was limp, greasy and messy, I immediately took a bath and shampooed my hair, which made me livelier and fresher. Afterward, I got changed, drew my eyebrows and put on some lipstick. I decided to treat myself to an afternoon out and my boyfriend visited his hometown for the holidays.

On April 30 and May 1, which are Reunification Day and International Workers’ Day in my country, people across the country made the most of their holidays to visit their hometown or go on vacation. When a day at work was finally over, people flocked to coach stations to take buses or a backpacking holiday would be a perfect choice of students and office workers, who go backpacking by their own motorcycles. I was on my way home from work, I saw roads were chock-a-block with vehicles, buses, cars and motorcycles, which had been bumper-to-bumper, tailbacks now stretched for miles. Saigon’s roads seemed to be choked up with traffic, thousands of vehicles crammed onto the arterial highway. 

I appear to be completely obsessed with traffic jams, I had to inch through the jam-packed traffic, which makes me exhausted. Therefore, I decided to stay in Saigon. I luxuriated in an afternoon out without there were too many vehicles on the streets since the majority of city dwellers were on holiday or perhaps they were being stuck in buses on the way to their hometown or tourist spots. When I rode through Binh Loi bridge, I was overwhelmed by a breathtaking sunset, the different colors of the sunset painted a spectacular picture of life.

I headed to a hair salon to have my hair cut. I'd like to cut my hair short a little bit, just the ends of my hair, which is really dry and tangled, then I went to a shoe store and snapped a pair of sandals up before the store was out of my size. Finally, I headed home, I unlocked my laptop and opted for a movie on Netflix, watching and eating my favorite snacks. I indulged in a peaceful night and forgot all of my problems and fatigue of life.

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My company in which I’m working, decided to move to a new office

I got into the firm at the beginning of March, in days that the Saigon’s weather gradually was getting hotter, the shafts of bright sunlight made everybody more irritable, violent and depressed. The first day I went to work, I was really impressed with the dynamism, geniality and enthusiasm of colleagues, who greeted me very warmly. Furthermore, there had been two co-workers who were interviewed for the job at the same time as me. The sound of vehicles on the street trailed away as the office door closed and the morning was kind of splendid, making me excited to set about working. 

The manager trained me for my new job. Actually, I have had experience in this field for almost 4 years, but e-commerce has been strange to me. I had to accustom myself to its interface and how to upload products. 4 hours in the morning elapsed, everybody in the office called for together and went out for lunch, the eatery’s food in district 2 is really delicious and clean, the price has been a bit more expensive than other districts on the outskirts. The smell of food was so fragrant and it made my stomach rumbling with hunger. I ordered beef and vegetable stir-fry for my lunch, it was tasty as well as the rice wasn't dried as other eateries. I ate my meal enjoyably and came back to the office. Everybody turned off the light, took forty winks to regain energy for the next 4 hours in the afternoon and my workday went smoothly. The work environment of the company is very pleasant and comfy, whereas the KPI makes me anxious and stressed. I have to reach or overcome the company’s sales target. 

I have worked there for one month. The firm decided to move to a new office, in which is not far from the old place. Masteri Thao Dien is a high-end apartment complex combining the shopping mall, office services and hotels, it is deployed in an area of 8 hectares with the frontage along Hanoi Highway, in Thao Dien area. The Thao Dien apartment complex is the sumptuousness and wealth in an ever-changing city, Saigon is like a living organism, always growing and changing. There are a considerable number of Koreans, Americans and Europeans coming to Vietnam for business, renting or buying apartments to be convenient for their commute to work. 

Our leader texted all new employees, he instructed all of us to gather in the park at 8:45 am on Monday and there would be a staff taking us to the office because the apartment complex has around 10 blocks, therefore we are easy to get lost. The next morning I woke up earlier than usual, I headed to the bathroom, took a shower which helped me to take the edge off sleepiness.

I wore my hair loose down my back and went make-up free, just drew my eyebrows and put on some lipstick. I donned a black crop top t-shirt, which I paired with checked trousers. I sported flat shoes and carried a large red backpack over my shoulder, on top of which I brought a blue jacket with me in case of my colleagues lowered the air conditioner’s temperature. My look was so perfect and I was ready for heading to work.

I came to the park quite soon, I rode my motorcycle down the underground parking and then I sat down on a park bench waiting for my co-workers, I got a glimpse at people around me and an objective view about the elegance, humanity, poverty and wealth of an ever-changing city. In the morning, the park was packed with apartment dwellers who were doing exercises or some babysitters and maids chit-chatting about this and that. There had been parents putting their babies in strollers and taking them for a walk around the park, parents gathered and talked about their children. For example, “how many months old is your baby?”, “does your baby eat well?”, “my baby often cries a lot and sleeps less at night” and a lot of other things.

Life seems always to have the gap between the rich and the poor like maids and hosts. At that moment, I wondered “why are the rich getting richer while the poor or the middle class don’t make headway with their life?”. Perhaps differences between them are thoughts, perceptions, orientations, or even rich people inherited wealth from their family, or they are born in a well-educated family and have good directions from their parents. There have been a host of reasons and aspects which decide the fortune or poverty of a person. I was being lost in thought, suddenly my colleagues arrived and called out to me, then we talked a little bit about our job and headed to the new office together in order to start a new day at work.

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Doctors should be responsible for educating their patients about how to improve their health. Do you agree with this?

In recent years, the health of humankind has always been the top priority of the medical industry since who will play a significant role in guiding and educating patients, as well as the public about how to take care of their health, has become a controversial issue. I believe that physicians should take the responsibility for educating people on healthcare.

It is clear that doctors have the capabilities to provide comprehensive knowledge and understand what’s best for treating diseases or injuries of patients. First, doctors are highly educated, who are specially trained professionals in reputation universities with high entrance examination scores, therefore the instructions, as well as advice of medical experts, invariably have been dependable. In fact, patients are able to make use of the Internet and books to update information on maintaining and protecting their health, but nevertheless, there are a large number of medical and health articles on websites, which are rife with defects, most of them haven’t been approved before posting on social networking sites leading to adverse complications. Second, patients have confidence in doctors, they highly appreciate the value of licensed physicians all the time, and as a result, sick people would be in accordance with doctor’s advice. For example, patients frequently consult their doctor when they have unusual symptoms about their health since medical experts are able to tailor their treatment plans, adjust medications, or explore other options and treatment alternatives.

Doctors’ missions are to cure, take care and give medical instructions to patients, additionally, they have been trained to save people’s lives. Furthermore, medical experts are well aware of unforeseen outcomes when people neglect and lack knowledge in looking after their physical state. For instance, doctors are able to explain in detail diagnoses and treatment methods to their patients with great wisdom and experience that nobody could have. Along with professional help and instructions of medical physicians, sick people have to be self-conscious about protecting themselves, which is a key factor to keep illnesses at bay. An optimist spirit combines physical activities such as walking or cycling to work, making friends by joining a sports club or spending more time in the countryside.

In conclusion, educating patients about how to improve their health should be one of many responsibilities of doctors. This practice will benefit not only patients but also doctors themselves.

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Chapter 2: I hankered to meet him

The sun gradually was falling down behind mountain ranges in front of my house, the bright and blazing orange-red palette in the part of the sky overwhelmed me, I’m really nuts about sunsets. Rice fields in the valley below were swaying in the wind as well as flocks of birds flying to the horizon. The stunning setting made me loosen up while I was longing for his call because we hadn’t still chosen the venue for our date, I waited in vain for the phone to ring, but it didn’t. Eventually, I had to be proactive ​to make a phone call to Khanh.

A low-pitched and warm voice heard from the other end of the line, “Alo, Khanh speaking, who's calling, please? ”.

“This is Hien calling, we are gonna meet at 7 pm in the Royal tea shop near my house, is it ok for you? or do you have any recommendations? I said to him.

“Ok, no problem, it depends on you, by the way, would you like to invite some friends?, it’s much fun getting more people”. He replied.

I refused his suggestion again as I just wanted to have a private conversation with Khanh.

I hurried to take a shower, shampooed my hair. I decided to opt for a floral dress, donned a black blazer, which I paired with a pair of flat shoes, my hair cascaded over my shoulders, I styled my sleek tresses in loose waves, and last but not least, I sprayed some perfume on. 

“And now, I’m ready for the outing”. I talked to myself.

I headed to the rendezvous first and ordered a cup of bubble tea with extra black tapioca pearls, in fact, I’m a self-admitted milk tea addict, the feeling of chewing tapioca pearls makes me bubble over with excitement, they are chewy, fragrant and really delicious. I sat waiting for Khanh while I was listening to some tunes on Spotify, country music has always been my favorite genre, it’s profoundly soothing, melodic and upbeat, I wore my headphones with a high volume, it seemed so perfect when I enjoyed the crisp weather as well as a windy evening, looked at people bundled themselves up in thick coats, traveling leisurely on the streets in the town, sometimes brisk winds blowing hard through my hair made me shiver with cold. I can't have this feeling again as I returned to Sai Gon. In that time, I absolutely forgot all of my problems and escaped my hectic workload as well. 

After a while, he finally came. For the date, Khanh kept it casual in a pair of ripped jeans, a warm coat along with a grey polo, he rocked dark blue sneakers and he had a new hairstyle, too.

“ Khanh, I’m over here”. I said sharly.

“Have you been waiting long?”. He asked me.

“I’ve just arrived, you need to go inside and order your drink at the counter”. I answered and smiled back at him.

We had a long chat with each other, memories of schooldays came flooding back when we recollected corny stuff, most of our classmates tied the knot and had children. Even the two of them divorced, how quickly time goes!. Everything changed, so did we.

“ We haven't met each other for ages, the last time that I’d met you 2 years ago in the class reunion, but I got stuff so I had to excuse myself and left the meeting early, then, everybody headed to a karaoke bar”.

“I actually didn’t remember, it had been for a long time ago”. Khanh said coldly, as though he'd completely forgotten all old things in the past.

“What’s about your business?, you’re in the sweet soup business but you changed a lot of your business location, are you afraid of losing a considerable number of customers”. I asked him.

“To be honest, you know, the town is a sparsely populated region, it’s rather small as well, therefore it is not difficult for patrons to find my sweet soup shop. But now I run my business by myself and my mom opened another store in the housing estate”.

“How many kinds of sweet soups are you selling?. You’ve taken care of everything in the store from preparing ingredients, cooking to serving customers, so have you ever felt worn-out?. I said.

“I haven’t had plenty of customers as well as my store is on a small scale, hence there is no obstacle to me running the store, I work all month in a row without a day off. How about you?, what are you doing for a living in Sai Gon”.

“I’ve worked as a Marketer, I specialize in searching for ideas, taking care of customers, managing fanpages, advertising products on social media and other stuff. Moreover, I also run an online business to earn more cash, I trade in garments.  To be frank with you, I have a great ambition in life, sometimes, I’m really stressed and under pressure in order to meet or overcome the sales target, KPI of my company. Life will always be harsh if you don’t work hard and try your best amid the hustle and bustle of Sai Gon.” I replied back and sent him a warm smile.

“Actually, in the past, I worked my fingers to the bone in the hope of earning more income, but now I’ll work all month, then I’d like to spend a few days traveling, I don’t want to toil too much any longer”. Khanh said.

After listening to words Khanh’s just said, I realized that we are as different as chalk and cheese, I’m a perfectionist, I have great aspirations to earn a lot of money, I want to get a house in Sai Gon, I will be able to afford to buy a car in order to take my children to school or taking my mom traveling without worrying about the weather, unexpected rains, the blazing sunshine or strong winds, moreover it’s much safer than a motorcycle. 

I wondered why Khanh doesn’t think about hiring employees and expanding his work. His business location is quite narrow and small, he takes advantage of the sidewalk in front of his place to put plastic tables and chairs. It appears that he doesn't want to develop his business to boost revenues. Khanh should have figured out how to diversify sweet soups, decorate the store, or launch marketing campaigns in order to attract more customers.

I know I shouldn’t force my thoughts on others, everyone has their own opinions about how to live. There are people wanting to make a bunch of cash, they feel content with their lives, but on the other hand, others just would like to live in clover and have a stable job, who have no yearning to get rich.

I thought too much, shook my head and came back to reality.

I had a long conversation with him, I perceived that Khanh hasn’t had feelings for me, I’d better keep my affections, beautiful recollections and this relationship platonic. A platonic friendship was a good choice, which made me more relieved.

After more than one hour of chatting with each other. “ Have you eaten dinner?. Why don't we go eat something outside?. Khanh asked me.  

“I haven’t, what would you like to eat?, could you recommend something well for me?. I occasionally visit my home, so I don’t know much about delicious snack stalls and food joints in the town”. 

“It’s up to you, but good eateries are really far away”. He said back, showing off his tiny cheek dimples.

It seemed that we were at a loss for words, the feeling of embarrassment enveloped us, I glanced at the food joint a few meters away, the store sells pho bo, bun cha ca ( beef noodle soup and fish cake noodle soup). We decided to head to that store and ordered food.

Two bowls of steaming fish cake noodle soups that the shop owner brought us, seemed to get rid of the cold air outside. 

“Do you regret anything?”. Khanh suddenly asked me while we were eating.

“I just regret choosing the wrong major and I should have studied harder in college.  The business administration major that I studied, is too broad and rather general”. I replied instantly.

We finished off our meal and came back home, the reunion between him and me came to an end. Khanh paid for the meal, we stepped outside and said goodbye to each other. I stood on the pavement seeing him leaving, then I decided to ride my motorcycle around the town before heading back home.

The fresh air at night made me comfy and very laid-back, the darkness covered the whole town, street lights shone bright on the roads, the market was completely deserted, there had been just the murmur of the wind and some street cleaners were cleaning off litter on streets.

When I got home, I threw on my sleepwear, headed towards the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face, I got ready for bed. I rolled myself up in the blanket, then unlocked my phone and sent Khanh a text.

“ Thank you for seeing me tonight, we always will be good friends, won’t we?.”

I waited for a while to check whether Khanh texts me back or not, but he didn’t. 

“ I’d better close the past, live each day to the fullest and look forward to the future”. I thought and felt more relieved. I locked my phone, closed my eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.

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Chapter 1 – Recollections of the period when I was a high-school student, still have remained in my mind.

Khanh and I studied in the same class at the high school for 3 years, my schooldays totally had been ingenuous and plain. I was really impressed by him who has an ideal height, a straight nose, big eyes and an alluring smile. Khanh’s learning capacity wasn’t too outstanding, but was relatively good in our class, he’d been industrious and kind of bashful.

I didn’t know when I had a crush on him, actually, I liked him but I didn’t express my feelings to him. The affection of schooldays was artless and fairly smooth, not stormy passions of loving couples. Besides hours in school, we received private tuition in English together. Every time the extra class finished, I tried cycling very fast to keep pace with Khanh’s bike and strived to attract his attention. To be candid, I didn’t dare to bare my soul to him, since I’d still been a pupil and my parents were always very strict with me. Furthermore, I was rather introverted, quiet and undemonstrative. All of my feelings, I just kept them to myself and they’d be the best memories for ever.

Sometimes, I dreamt of my schooldays and Khanh’s appearance in my dreams. Khanh and I sat together at the same table, while our teacher was teaching in class, we listened attentively, took notes, and asked questions. It seems to me that remembrances of schooldays have always existed in my head. How silly and innocent they are!.

I occasionally wonder whether Khanh has a liking for me or not, he didn't show any expression of concern for me, it was just conversations between two classmates, we consulted and asked each other about difficult math exercises that our teacher assigned to us. Therefore, in my mind, I decided when I visited home on this Tet holiday, I would meet Khanh.

I didn’t know whether his house had still been the old address or not, his family had been trading in sweet soup and they moved house very often. Moreover, Khanh doesn’t make use of any social networking sites, I occasionally strive to find out his Facebook, but there have been no activities on his personal page, he appeared not to post pictures or update his Facebook status, I sent him a message however he didn’t respond, hence when I came back to my hometown to celebrate Tet with my family, I did a search for his house in the hope of asking for his phone number and having a date with him.

I’d been well aware that my town is quite small, I would find Khanh’s house. On the chilly and windy night of the beginning of the year, I rode my motorcycle along Thong Nhat’s street in which there have been an abundance of eateries, stores and food stalls, I had to ride very slow in order to perceive his family’s business signboard which was placed on the pavement, I knew that was his house since the name on that advertising sign, but the door fastened securely.

“ It’s so odd to knock his door now, today is just the second day of the Lunar New Year” I thought.

I decided to come back for another time.

Why did I want to seek Khanh’s house as well as meeting him?. Perhaps I’d like to rediscover feelings and past recollections that I would never get them again. 

It is often said that affections when you fancy someone who doesn’t like you back or has no idea you exist in the world, are really hard to forget. And this was true for me, my affection for him, which wasn’t the love, it was possibly admiration and fondness for Khanh.

On the 4th day of the Lunar New Year, when I took my nephew to purchase some toys, I swung by Khanh’s place on the way home from a toy store. Fortunately for me, his front door was open, I finally plucked up the courage to call out to him. Khanh ran from the bathroom, I seemed somewhat surprised at him, his appearance was completely different now than he was a couple of years ago, he’d been pretty chubby and not alluring any longer. 

“Khanh, have you remembered me?. We learned together for 3 years at the high school”, I looked at him and asked.

“Let me recall”, Khanh replied. 

It took a while for him to recollect me, after listening intently to what he just was saying, I answered queries that I've been asking myself for a long time, beautiful reminiscences about him just came from my side, didn’t totally exist in his mind.

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Bộ sưu tập hơn 5.600 bonsai ‘tí hon’ ai xem cũng phải mê

Ông Nguyễn Văn Phúng, 59 tuổi, ở Nha Trang dành thời gian tìm hiểu các loại cây đưa về nhân giống để tạo ra hơn 5.600 chậu bosai siêu nhỏ.

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Nhà ngoại ô Sài Gòn mang phong cách tối giản của người Nhật

Chủ nhà ưa thích lối sống tối giản, nên không ưu tiên thiết kế trang trí nội thất mà đề cao công năng, ánh sáng, thông gió.

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Khu vườn mini siêu dễ thương của một gia đình ở Sài Gòn

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I failed in starting my own business and my life seemed aimless

Life has been growing incessantly over the past decade, according to the laws of nature, human beings invariably have to labor to make ends meet. When I was 18 years old, I moved to Sai Gon to study college, I found this city kind of huge, noisy, and congested. I always want to look for a good job in the hope of diminishing the financial burden on my parents.

After almost 4 years of working as an idea creator in a small company, I saved some capital to start a business. To be completely honest, I got fed up with my job, it was the same every day and my creativity appeared to be totally drained. I didn’t find the interest in my job, I’d like to run a business in order to make a fortune and I didn’t want myself to be dependent on any person, but I had completely no idea obstacles and difficulties were waiting for me ahead.

My sister asked me to set up an online business at that time, I would sell sleep wears and advertised them on Facebook, she told me “Her profit margin is approximately 30 million VND every month, would like to get rich, have to run a business”. As soon as I started advertising sleep wears on Facebook, I failed. Orders of online customers were too few in comparison with the advertising expenditure, I made a loss on my online business.

I’d felt anxious, worried excessively and worn out. I had to reply to comments and text messages of customers from 6 am to 1 am, I didn’t have time for myself. Furthermore, the source of supply was unstable and overdue. Purchasers placed an order but when shippers delivered to them, they didn’t pick up the phone to receive their orders.

Indeed, it is clear that there are a lot of reasons why I failed. First, my Facebook page is too new, therefore, clients don’t trust my products. Second, Facebook hadn’t optimized ad spend and identified who potential customers of my products are. In addition, pictures and content of my goods are not enough alluring to attract the attention of customers.

When I was an office staff, after 8 hours of working in my workplace, I had time to study English or take a rest at night as well as I also had a stable income every month. There was a lot of pressure put on me at work but I could overcome them. At that time, my phone and computer were my inseparable things, I seemed to eat my meal and reply to customers' messages simultaneously or even I skipped my breakfast to work.  I absolutely immersed myself in work.

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Makeup Remover Pads And Micellar Cleansing Water That I’m Using

"Makeup Remover Pads And Micellar Cleansing Water That I’m Using"

After a day at work or I have to travel a lot on the street, when I get home, my face covers with grime and sweat which make my skin break out. 5 months ago, accidentally when I dropped by the Guardian store to find powder foundation and other stuff, a sales assistant recommended L’oreal Micellar Cleansing Water to me, which is such a savior of my skin.

Actually, I’d used another makeup remover earlier but this type was out of stock and I invariably lament my finicky, very oily complexion. L’oreal Micellar Cleansing Water helps break down my makeup, as well as extract grime and oil from my pores. I absolutely content myself with this product. I’ve got sensitive and acne-prone skin, therefore I’m really afraid of the types of cosmetics that don’t suit my skin and they make my face break out.

When I head back home from work, I always reach for a cotton pad and the micellar water to take off my makeup and grime. I have been utilizing Silcot’s Makeup Remover Pad for 2 years and I don’t tend to replace it with any other product. L’oreal Micellar Cleansing Water and Silcot’s Makeup Remover Pad get all my makeup and dirt off quickly and easily.

I’m not a self-admitted night owl, I frequently hit the hay early in order to my skin take a break after a long day at work and I avoid drinking coffee, soft drink, or alcohol at night so I can sleep well.

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Vườn hoa “Siêu to khổng lồ” trên sân thượng của nữ đại gia Hà Nội

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