11th Dec - Oh!! I'm gonna miss the countryside~!

Water lilies are a common sight in d rivers in Vietnam. In the village, people like to plant water lilies on the water too. and in the lake.. there will be lots of fishes swimming happily in it. gold fish, river fish.. watever fish u ca n name.
















This is a tangerine. or in m'sia, known as asam.there are 2 kinds.sweet and sour. This is d sweet kind. The sour variety is soaked in sugar and dried and eaten. or sometimes it is dried and it is put into soup, boiled to produce its sour taste.








in the countryside, i got d opportunity to see pigs! real live pigs!! pigs are really dirty creatures. they ahve to be cleaned every single day. otherwise, they will smell terribly. The people who own pigs often go around from house to house collecting burnt rice or unwanted food and feed it to d pigs.

Females and males are often reared separately by different owners. Male pigs have a high sex drive. Thus, they are usually brought around by their owners to the owners who rear only the female pig,the sow, to mate. people make a living by rearing either only d female or the male.


This is a garden in the countryside, in one of the villages. behind me is a bamboo tree. since young, i have been fascinated with bamboo trees. When studying mandarin proverbs, we always learn about bamboo. When watching kung fu movies, we always see the bamboo as the background too! so naturally, when I saw the bamboo, i was so fascinated with it.

Bamboo is often identified with the Vietnamese. According to Quynh, it is because even though the bamboo is soft, and bends easily, but it does not break easily. it is strong and stands up straight, signifying the Vietnamese spirit .


This is 1 of the rare flowers i found growin in d garden.












Vietnam is divided into the South and the North region. People from these 2 regions differ greatly. The South people prefer their things sweet, while the North people prefer their food with more salt. In the North, the eldest son is considered the first and carries the responsibility of looking after the family. But in the South, the eldest son is considered as the second child. His brothers and sisters will call him 'anh hai' (anh means brother, hai means second). and the youngest child is given the responsibility of looking after the whole family.