Saigon - Misc Pics with Mates
Posted by Syarif | Posted in Mentally Random Acts , Travel and Places | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Saigon - Misc Sceneries
Posted by Syarif | Posted in Travel and Places | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Saigon - Water Puppet Show
Posted by Syarif | Posted in Travel and Places | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Water Puppet performance is unique to Vietnam.
While the puppets are controlled behind a screen (with about 4 feet of pool of water) a bunch of musicians play and sing songs. The coordination is trumendous, as the puppeteer behind the screen could not see whats going on in front, and the musicians/singers could not see the puppeteers.
Another thing I like about the show is the way they tell the stories (all stories in this performance is based on old Vietnamese legends and folk tales) - it is really like old men/women tell stories; only with background music.
Of course I didn't understand even a word they were saying as it was all done in Vietnamese.
Saigon - The War Museum
Posted by Syarif | Posted in My Heart Out , Travel and Places | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Vietnam is a nice country to visit with nice sceneries and beautiful and hardworking people.
But sadly, they were involved in a 100 years of war - with the French, Japanese and American - making their economic and social growth held back.
Now, they're bullishing back up. If you see the country now, it is in a way like Malaysia around 20 years back - with all the development rapidly coming in. If they keep up the momentum; I can bet my leg that they would beat Malaysia in the next 10 - 15 years - or maybe less if our political agenda kept thriving only for political gains.
Saigon - The Reunification Hall
Posted by Syarif | Posted in Travel and Places | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008
After the Vietnam War (or American War as referred by Vietnamese), the North and South Vietnam were united.
The Reunification Hall was the presedential palace during those days (when Saigon was the capital of Vietnam). It was known as Presedential Palace, until the capital city was changed to Hanoi.
The palace or the hall is a lavish building with French and common European architecture. It comprises a cabinet meeting hall, banquest hall, a few conference halls and other banquet venues an underground military operation base (inclusive of underground escape route) and the living quarter for the president himself.
It was built with all considerations including the Chinese Feng Shui.
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