Letter to Ho Chi Minh * Response to text''Mao''Dear Bruno Blanchet.
** Please note that''Ho''is''in fact''Ho Chi Minh, the father of the Vietnamese nation. The equivalent of Rene Levesque for us.
*** Please also note that this text has been rewritten 3 times Illiminable some excess rage and frustration that the result is more ... family.
Mononc Hi Ho!
I just wanted to throw a few lines from to''tone''country. I know you're pretty proud. Take nothing personal ok? Good!
It's been almost a year since I'm in Vietnam. There are things I like and others that I have difficulty swallowing. For example, why in your country, Madame walk in pajamas? I think there was an international agreement to say that the pajamas, you can wear at night, not in the day in the street. In fact, quite the whole Vietnamese fashion is questionable. Hairs growing on a mole ... well, it's not nice! Can you tell me it brings good luck ... but it's still it's strange. Period. And why do men allow themselves grow super long nails? I think 1) it is not pretty 2) it is not practical 3) it is not hygienic. I know you'll tell me that's part of tradition ... I try to understand.
Besides that, Mr Ho, there are a couple of cases it takes you to explain. How it happens that will delve into the nose is socially accepted? Even in a restaurant, you see men and women of all ages, although effoiré with the finger well back in the bottom of the nostril. I think any human reaction would be disgust, no? Speaking of boogers, why there are so many people blow their noses into the street without kleenex? He could be hiding at least! No, they are in the middle of the street, they take a swing, they blocked one of their nostrils and they evacuate their too full of snot at 5 cm from the next guy.
Otherwise, my uncle Ho, I know that your world have fought long for their country. They are proud. I envy you and I respect you for that. But you could tell your people that there are other things elsewhere. I see so many people who have money to travel a bit and see something else and they do not care passionately. They want nothing to go outside or travel or even sometimes to learn about other countries. And why the level of English is so bad? The majority the South East are 2 times more comfortable in English than Vietnamese. Take
not bad ... It's just my vision of things. Like bin AC here, but ... when people ask me why I want to stay longer, and I well remember the smell of urine from the streets, the worst traffic imaginable, people who piss behind bus stops as if it was normal .. . is not normal! Even in Calcutta are making efforts for the world to piss off the streets. They are similar but at least they try! Do you think it's normal that your people be forced to wear masks in the streets? There is so much pollution that the 3 / 4 of your people should wear a mask for power breathe. I think you might have to give them the idea of planning a transit even minimal? And as if the streets were not quite satisfied, while the sidewalks are overrun by motorcycle repairers, sellers of XYZ, small restaurant improvised ... Calvary is a sidewalk, not a market! Why the security guards act as if it was their show? Yeah, they extend over a chair with their belongings scattered everywhere. SIDEWALK IS NOT A SHOW! And why productivity is so low? 4 people working behind the counter of a bakery. I am the only customer. How are they to be nervous, stressed and take 10 minutes to complete the transaction. I know it's the same in India, Latin America and other emerging countries. But (...)
Yeah, I know, there are also positive sides to all this ... Being a foreigner, you can live like kings by having a cleaning lady, eat at the best restaurants, etc. ... But you're a communist. I think the difference should be so great between rich and poor, right? I think it is indecent to see someone in the street to eat 50sous next to a restaurant with air conditioning where a fat man eats a large meal and get drunk mouth on a Wednesday evening. When I think when the Vietnamese are going to other countries, they must work in a convenience store 20heures/24 to power after three years, have a semblance of life. When foreigners go to Vietnam, they expect to be wiping your ass. Is it me or is indecent?
I know, I know, excuse me ... There are so many things ... the economic, the cultural aspect, the fact that Vietnam is an emerging country, etc. ... I know all this. But admit it is funny when you look at Ho's return full of Vietnamese who have been living or studying abroad and returning ... More and more .. they take positions in companies ... Gradually, demand will decrease for expats ... gradually Vietnam will open the world ... I know we will see all this laughing and saying they knew from the beginning! Anyway, glad you take the lot. A +
