My mind about relationship, friendship and family has changed a lot

I do look at my family in another way, better way

I do look at my relationship in another way, I am happy

I look at  my friendship in another way, there are things I feel really annoyed when I was around my friends but I chose not to say a word. It is because I know that whatever I say will not lead to a good result so I decide to just ignore it

So here, I find myself being alone, but somehow, I dont feel sad, there are moments in life where things change and I dont know what to do about it except let it be, I believe there are good moments and bad moments, when the bad moment comes,  just walk away, take a nap, things will be alright when I wake up

I do see myself sharing my thought with Natasha who I have not ever met in real life, I can tell her everything without any judgement from her (well, at least I dont know about it)

I realized that I dont have things in common with An or Becky when we talk about relationship where they believe in marriage for this age and I dont. I am not upset, it is just like you are hanging out with people who has kids and you have no ideas what they talk about when they mentions about raising-a-kid’s problem.

They has passed the stage where they want to be free, to be alone and now they want a family. I have never had any living alone time for me to feel that I am done with it. I find that might be the difference

I know what I want, I know what people want, and it is totally different things what we want in our life at this stage, and I am ok with it.

After the trip to Sweden, after keeping PWI survive for 2 years, I realized that we, human, can do a lot of thing. I am setting up new goal, bigger, much bigger than just traveling and having fun.

This year I will have to do sth big to make real money and then I can get the freedom I want. A friend of mine once said that he believed I could do something big as long as I dont have kids before 35s. I cant picture me as a mother anytime soon but I can see myself grow up with our business.

My relationship is going well and its a good base for me to grow with our business.

Nothing is going the way I want

I just go around and find myself being down and out

Woke up with a big headache, I took medicine to prevent car sick and I didnt work but it seems to work now, I feel sleepy all day.

Answered some emails, arrange some meetings with clients and then go for lunch with a friend, I had a good laugh with him as always, that was the only thing that is good today I think

I went to the Honda store to fix my motorbike:

- Please fix it, and this and that. How much it cost and how long can I get my motorbike back?

- It will be around 100K but it might be more, we need to check it and see.

- Ok when can I pick up my motorbike?

- Oh, anytime

- Anytime? So can I pick it up in 15 min?

- No.

After lunch, I went to Ngoc Anh to get massage, it was good, the girl gave me some new massage action, I like it very much but it s sore now. Must be sth went wrong

After that I went and buy the new headset for my music player.

- Can I try this Sony headset?

- No you cant

- So how come i buy it without trying it?

- Well, its good

- How can I know it s good if I dont try it? What if its not good?

- Well, its good, if it s broke, you can return it.

- I am not talking about if its broken, I am talking about what if the sound isnt good?

- Hmm… you cant try it. Oh you can try this one.

- But I dont want that one, I want the Sony one

- You can not try it, you can try it if you agree to buy it

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Also, my facial skin has gone bad for no reason, maybe I need to start wearing mask when I go out in the sun now

Well, nothing much I can update to you, my dear blog: nothing news with work, business is good with expat.vn, our main project is very close to finishing and I am happy overall

My sister will have her interview for visa to USA next month, lets pray for it. I know how nervous she could get when it comes to interview, test, exam. I truly hope she will pass it.

My trip to China has been delayed until… maybe next Jan.

I have been partying too much recently. I was thinking of relaxing weekend at home then I got invited to a live music show on Sat night, an old friend, I think I gotta go to be nice.

I regret that I have come out last night after I got your phone call

I regret for what I was feeling for the past 7 months

I blame myself for being stupid and childish

I can not image seeing myself like that, I become stronger after 2 years and there are some good things come along in term of business but I see myself changing, I change for some pain that caused me months and still can not get over it

I blame myself for being slow of the moving on process

I blame myself for making such clumsy decision for the last week

I could not ever image our last meeting became that ugly with insulting and all of the bad argument

I lost my self respect

As I always say, I live and I learn, but this experience is way too expensive

I just want to go to bed and dont even wake up the next day

I just want to run away from reality and dont pick up any phone calls or any conversation of someone who cares about me

This time, I know it is not simple as “sh*t happens!?!” anymore

I am soo regret and this is sooo over!!!!

I will have to read this blog every single day and learn!!!!

There is one old woman sitting on the wheel chair, she is hungry and so is her daughter, they only have a tiny thin rain coat to cover from the cold weather

There is some moments in life that I can just give and dont expect to get anything back

There is some moments in life when I dont want to think for myself

There is some moments in life when I dont cry for me.

There is something can be small tiny from your pocket but can keep some people get over the cold night sleeping outside

I wonder how many poor people out there in the rain and still hungry

2. Looking what people do in their private life to figure out their behavior in work and vice versa

3. Everything has 2 sides, bad and good, nothing is extreme

4. Dont trust and give power to an idiot

5. Only you can take care of yourself, don’t rely on anyone

6. Be good first, then you can help people to be better.

7. Its hard to be a good boss and a good friend at the same time

8. When things come to worst, then it will be only better

9. Having everything means having nothing

10. Good luck can not follow you forever

11. Good friends are found when you are in bad situation

12. A civil denial is better than a rude grant

13. You can not convince someone/something is not good to one until they experienced by themselves

14. What goes around, come around

15. You dont let whoever you feed/pay to know that you are broke.

16. Big risk, big reward

17. A problem can not just become big itself, there was a original starter.

18. Be stable yourself, then get other things stable.

19. Quick cash never last long

20. Nothing for free

21. When you get lost, follow your instinct

22. When you can’t make decision, you are a staff.

23. Bad thing to one is always good thing to another

24. Old thing has gone meaning new things are on the way

25. It takes both sides to work in a relationship, there will no success if one is keep pulling and one keep pushing

26. It is your luck to be born with enough body’s parts, you have to earn your beauty

27. Don’t compare when people tell you how good they are, be happy for them

28. Seeing is believing

29. Experience is the best teacher

30. The winner is the one who has more confident

31. Your friend is not other’s friend

32. Don’t proud when you have many good ideas, be proud when you really get one done

33. In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

34. Don’t live for today, there is history and future

35. You don’t need to be a good chef to open a good restaurant

36. Business is about money and profit

37. The key to failure is trying to please everybody

38. Some gets success in one industry does not mean everyone can.

39. Hiring from the problem is one way to show your irresponsible.

40. Telling and giving problems are two different things.

2000, first time got in university

2005, first time had a job

2008, first time joined a meeting for Board of Director of a company

2008, first time got a company license

2010, first time wanted to go to bed at 4 pm so the better tomorrow comes faster

Càng mệt mỏi

Càng thêm buồn

Đến ngày hôm qua, chợt nhận ra mình không còn hy vọng nào

Một hy vọng làm mình vui vẻ trong 3 tháng nay, cũng đã hoàn toàn biến mất

Khi bệnh, mình thấy buồn, thấy chán, thấy cô đơn

Mong rằng ngày mai sẽ có nhiều tin tốt từ công việc để làm mình vui lên

As chè is the dessert for The King and his family, as a luxury dessert at old time, so the founder of chè is from Huế, the center.

With my little knowledge, I can only remember some chè below:

Chè from the North

As I dont know much about chè in the North, but there is one chè that I know you can only find in Ha Noi, its name “Sữa chua nếp cẩm” the meaning is “Sticky rice with Yogurt”

Chè from the center

As they said, Hue is the cradle of chè. Here are some chè from Huế but it is famous and you can find it everywhere in Vietnam

Chè kê

Chè trôi nước

Chè sen – Lotus chè

Chè khoai môn – Taro chè

Chè đậu trắng – White bean chè

Chè chuối – Banana chè

Chè bột bán

Chè bắp – Corn chè

Chè táo xọn

As we can see, chè from the Center mostly goes with Sticky coconut juice and no ice

Chè from the South

Chè from the South has a specific factor is that it is very sweet and normally goes with ice

Sương sa hột lựu – Jelly with bean, coconut juice and ice

Chè đậu – Bean chè, it can be green bean, black bean or red bean

Chè thưng, quite sweet one, it has another name is chè bà ba, it means chè from Ms Three.

Chè 3 màu – 3 colors chè

In Saigon, we can find almost any chè from any part of Vietnam, however, I have not found Sticky rice with Yogurt in Saigon yet, but today, I finally found how to get it (not to make it) from Saigon

Step 1

Go to Cao Thắng street corner, where you can find a few cart of sticky rice (at night time)

and look for the sticky rice name Nếp than, the color is purple.

You should ask for the sticky rice and some “nước cốt dừa”, the sticky coconut juice, no smashed green bean, no coconut rice, no sugar, no nothing, just nếp than and the sticky coconut juice.

Step 2

Buy plaint yogurt

Step 3

Buy ice

Mix all of them together, you finally bring Ha Noi to Sai gon