Hello, Hanoi
(Part 9 of Many)
I have not posted for a few days because sometimes this world cuts me like a stone, and I have to wander around half-dead until breathable air arrives.
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Posts Tagged ‘viet nam’
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Bearing Witness
02.21.2009 by Shannon
Category Adventures in Asia, Location-Location, Unthinkable Loss | Tags: animal cruelty,dog,ha noi,hanoi,puppy,viet nam,vietnam | 5 Comments
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Hold the ‘H’
02.15.2009 by Shannon
Hello, Hanoi
(Part 8 of Many)More stories from my first couple of weeks…
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It is Têt, and Bắc has invited me to spend this special new year’s week — a week so fantastic it is like New Year’s & Christmas & 4th of July & everyone’s birthday combined, I am told — with her family in Hai Phong.
On the bus we pass by fields green with rice paddies. The air is cold and bone-drilling. I do not want to write, but I have told myself I will write under all conditions. (more…)Category Adventures in Asia, Location-Location, Narrative | Tags: hai au,hai phong,herb bath,tet,viet nam,vietnam | 1 Comment
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The Joy of Being Square
02.12.2009 by Shannon
Hello, Hanoi
(Part 7 of Many)The week leading up to Têt, I was invited by my friends Bắc and Hà to help make banh trung chay, or “square cakes” at their pagoda. These are cakes made out of mung beans and rice, traditionally eaten during the lunar new year. The pagoda where they attend is the only one in Hà Nội that follows the philosophy of Thích Nhat Hành. Of course, I was honored and excited.
Category This Modern Life | Tags: bang trung chai,ha noi,hanoi,meditation,pagoda,square cake,thay,vegetarian,viet nam,vietnam | No Comments