u/Adventurous-Ad5999
▲ 86 r/VietNam
If you’ve been to HCMC, you’d know about the landmark that is the Hồ Con Rùa (literally Turtle Lake) but did you know why it looks like that and was named that way
In 1967, the then new president of South Vietnam was told by a feng shui master that there was a (metaphorical) dragon lying in the centre of Saigon with its head at the Independence Palace and its tail at the Turtle Lake. The dragon would wave its tail, causing instability for the government. The tower was then constructed, resembling a sword that would pin the tail in place. I’m actually not too sure if this actually happened, but it’s an urban legend that’s relatively well known and I wouldn’t be too surprised if it was true. The name is because there used to be a turtle statue there, no relation to the other story.
Apparently, the statue was destroyed in an explosion in 1976
My dad told me this story whenever we drove past it, and I later told my first girlfriend it too. In hindsight, it’s a bit weird that she found it romantic
u/Adventurous-Ad5999 — 8 days ago
▲ 1 r/Poem
One day I saw you on the street
That day I didn’t have my glasses on
You stood out in a sea of red jackets, yellow jackets.
And immediately I was drawn
I found it hard to explain it
I couldn’t see your face at all
I couldn’t tell if you were looking at me or some others.
In my eyes, your features faded into a blur.
And yet I saw you again today at a cafe
My heart skipped a beat the same as that day
And though your face hasn’t become more vivid
I cannot understand why I feel that way
I wonder if there’s a day in the future
Where we walk together side by side
Close enough that I could see your face clearly
Clear enough that I could etch it into my mind
Because for now I can see nothing
Because my eyes cannot see very far
Because in this sea of red jackets, yellow jackets
We aren’t much more special than they are
u/Adventurous-Ad5999 — 9 days ago
▲ 1 r/self
I’ve been working in it all day today, then I went to get breakfast, then when I was going home, I dropped by for a beer. I got home at like 10 PM and I’ve just been thinking “man I feel so lonely right now”. I can’t hang out with my friends, because they’re also in my course so I know they’re busy too. Even if I could, I’ve been doing nothing but working on university, and then extracurricular things to prepare for after graduation, that I genuinely have nothing to talk to them about.
u/Adventurous-Ad5999 — 12 days ago