Ao Dai

I’ve been here in Vietnam for almost two years and I’m living in the heart of Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City. The climate is similar in the Philippines and the faces are almost the same. Maybe because South East Asians look familiar to one another. But I’m not gonna talk about the people, ‘eh! I wanna share my favorite ‘cultural dress’ Ao Dai (pronounced as – aw yay) is the national dress of the Vietnamese women. It’s worn by high school students, employees in the government and worn as an engagement dress by ladies before getting married. Usually, ao dai is made of silk and it’s fascinating to have one ‘coz it’ll cost you a lot, but of course you can also choose your own material for your...

A SILENT RETREAT

I wasn’t able to have a good sleep this past few nights and I dont know if its because of the diet pills that I’m taking since I arrived from PI or I’m just stressed. But how can I be stressed when I just had a very interesting 2 weeks break? So many reasons came, they’re coming like monsters in the dark, haunting and sending creeps to me…whoa!!! What’s happening to me? So, while I was having my break earlier I thought of going to a monastery. Last December I spent Christmas with a friend in Da Lat. It’s the Baguio City of Vietnam and I could say that the place is really beautiful! The weather is lovely during daytime and it is freezing cold at night, if I’m not mistaken the temperature was 8 degrees Celsius during...