The Birds and the Bees

A couple of weeks ago I brought kids to the Botanic Gardens... It was pretty crappy!, only a couple of trees and flowers... nothing like the ones we have in Singapore. It was more like a park...but then again our parks prob have a better array of flora and fauna.

But the kids were really great and it was interesting to see soldiers in CV falling in along the footpaths. Oh and they laid their bare arms (the kind that shoot bullets ya) on the ground and it was pretty scary to see. I wanted to take a picture but I was afraid that they may just start letting off rounds at us...

But the highlight of the excursion was the fishermen fishing at the pond...hurhurhur its just so interesting that they would just walk into the pond, put up nets and start catching fish... these dudes were prob hired by the govt to do so but still it was an interesting sight. They had set up the nets in a rectangular formation and divided themselves into 3 groups. One of the large fish, one for the small fish and one to scoop out the dead fish (quite a pathetic job, but at least he seemed pretty relaxed about it) and there was an old lady on the bank collecting the Ikan Bilis which the 'dead fish man' threw onto the grass.





















Back in the 60's...

Hanoi's a pretty place, and would prob be the same as Singapore back in the 60's or 70's. But everything is just moving so quickly and there's a disparity between the technology and the people's mindset.

Buildings are being demolished, skyscrapers are coming up, changing the peaceful skyline that we would love to have in Singapore.