Có lẽ không phải thế giới này không thú vị, mà là bạn và ta còn chưa tìm được cách sống thú vị.
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也许无趣的不是这个世界，而是你我还没找到有趣的活法。
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Perhaps it’s not the world that’s boring, but you and I haven’t found an interesting way to live.
P.s.: Picture taken in Vung Tau, Vietnam in 2020.
Làm người mọi việc cần tĩnh, lẳng lặng đến, lẳng lặng đi, lẳng lặng cố gắng, lẳng lặng thu hoạch, phải tránh ồn ào.
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做人凡事要静，静静地来，静静地去，
静静努力，静静收获，切忌喧哗。
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Do everything quietly, come quietly, go quietly,
Try quietly, harvest quietly, avoid noise.
P.s.: Picture taken in Vung Tau, Vietnam in 2020.
Tôi chưa hề biết thuận theo tự nhiên có bao nhiêu tự nhiên, nhưng tôi biết hiện thực có bao nhiêu thực tế.
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我从不知道顺其自然有多自然，但我知道现实有多现实 。
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I never know how natural it is to let it go, but I know how realistic reality is.
P.s.: Picture taken in Vung Tau, Vietnam in 2020.
In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It’s important to combine the two in just the right amount.
P.s.: Picture taken in Vung Tau, Vietnam in 2016.
We had a buffet breakfast like Day 2 in the restaurant at 7:30 AM, then headed back to the hotel room to collect stuff and check out of the hotel at 9:00 AM.
We waited there for the plane for 1.5 hours. The plane looked newer than the other one we took to Con Dao islands. We reached Tan Son Nhat airport at noon.
The Con Dao trip ended here.
We had a buffet breakfast in the resort restaurant at 7 AM. At 8 AM, we went to the Hang Duong cemetery, had an official ceremony then visited Vo Thi Sau’s grave. When we came to Le Hong Phong’s, it rained heavily and we had to run out. It was still raining when we visited An Son Temple. We postponed the tiger cases till the afternoon.
There was sunshine in the afternoon after all. Eve felt headache so she didn’t go with us. I sticked to her friend Binh coz he was kinda the only one I felt acquainted with. We went to Phu Tuong prison (Bagne 3 +) to see tiger cages French style. Then we passed the shooting range where they shot Vo Thi Sau and left at Phu Tho prison (Bagne 3) gate.
We then visited the tiger cases American style at Phu Binh prison (Bagne 7), Vestige of Skull and Ham Phan Bo in Cow Cage Isolated Area, then Ma Thien Lanh Bridge. The last site of the Con Dao trip we went to see was the Ben Dam port.
Today’s sites, especially the tiger cases left a special impact on everybody.
I tried to connect iPhone with my Dell netbook which runs on Ubuntu but failed. I went to sleep kinda early tonight coz the long day out wore me out.
Today I got up early to go to the airport to catch the flight to Con Dao archipelago.
We departed Tan Son Nhat airport 30 mins later than expected. After 45 mins, we reached Con Son (Co Ong) airport and then the hotel around noon. The landing was a lil bit like a nightmare. I was so scared that I didn’t feel nauseous.
At 2 PM, it was raining a lot and I thought we had to cancel the visit to near spots. But luckily, the rain stopped. We walked to the museum nearby and listened to the Con Dao geographical and historical stories for half an hour. A few more walks led us to Wharf 914.
We left the wharf for Phu Hai prison (known as Bagne 1 for French people). We couldn’t see Phu Son prison (Bagne 2) because it was late.
We went to the beach in front of the resort for the evening swim. The beach here is more beautiful than in Vung Tau.
After dinner, we went for a karaoke section.