Comments on: Holiday in Hanoi and Halong Bay, Vietnam http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/ Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:53:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1785 Yein Jee Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:59 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1785 ic, thanks for the explanation. ic, thanks for the explanation.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1783 Anonymous Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:16:03 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1783 "Anon#6… hmmm, what’s the reason for the yelling? I can’t get the point." Sorry, Yein Jee. I should be more clear in my comments. I will not get into a debate with anyone about this, but the fact is, the reason the lady got angry at what I said, she explained is that she (along with others from South Vietnam) migrated from Vietnam to the US towards the end of the war...as refugies I suppose. Because as she put it. "Ho Chi Minh is the reason I came to the US, and to me it will ALWAYS be 'Saigon'....not Ho Chi Minh City! So don't ever call it by that name to me again." Point being I suppose, not all Vietnamese people of Saigon at that time were too happy that the City would be renamed after Ho Chi Minh following the war. So even though the official name is Ho Chi Minh City, to to people like that lady , her former hometown will always be 'Saigon' to her. It's important to remember that alot of South Vietnamese of that time were not supportive of Ho Chi Minh so, many of the former residents of that lady's age today have a somewhat bitter attitude about the whole thing. Hope that explains it better. Know that this post is not any opinion about that time expressed on my part, just a fact of my encounter with this particular Vietnamese lady and what she expressed to me. Needless to say, I sincerely apologized and told her I meant no offense. I was just refering to it by the current name. But I understood her feelings. “Anon#6… hmmm, what’s the reason for the yelling? I can’t get the point.”

Sorry, Yein Jee. I should be more clear in my comments. I will not get into a debate with anyone about this, but the fact is, the reason the lady got angry at what I said, she explained is that she (along with others from South Vietnam) migrated from Vietnam to the US towards the end of the war…as refugies I suppose. Because as she put it. “Ho Chi Minh is the reason I came to the US, and to me it will ALWAYS be ‘Saigon’….not Ho Chi Minh City! So don’t ever call it by that name to me again.”

Point being I suppose, not all Vietnamese people of Saigon at that time were too happy that the City would be renamed after Ho Chi Minh following the war. So even though the official name is Ho Chi Minh City, to to people like that lady , her former hometown will always be ‘Saigon’ to her.

It’s important to remember that alot of South Vietnamese of that time were not supportive of Ho Chi Minh so, many of the former residents of that lady’s age today have a somewhat bitter attitude about the whole thing. Hope that explains it better.

Know that this post is not any opinion about that time expressed on my part, just a fact of my encounter with this particular Vietnamese lady and what she expressed to me. Needless to say, I sincerely apologized and told her I meant no offense. I was just refering to it by the current name. But I understood her feelings.

]]> By: Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1745 Yein Jee Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:06:38 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1745 Thanks for the wishes... I am back, safe and happy ;) Emilie... Hanoi is just ok from Asian's perspective... Halong Bay is the place to be, it's absolutely wonderful. Yupe, taxi is the best. Wanted to try their motorbike-taxi initially, but the traffic was just too chaotic. Anon#3... actually, they do (crash). I have witnessed three minor accidents in my first two days in Hanoi; luckily no serious injuries. Loki... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Anon#6... hmmm, what's the reason for the yelling? I can't get the point. Thanks for the wishes… I am back, safe and happy ;)

Emilie… Hanoi is just ok from Asian’s perspective… Halong Bay is the place to be, it’s absolutely wonderful.

Yupe, taxi is the best. Wanted to try their motorbike-taxi initially, but the traffic was just too chaotic.

Anon#3… actually, they do (crash). I have witnessed three minor accidents in my first two days in Hanoi; luckily no serious injuries.

Loki… Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Anon#6… hmmm, what’s the reason for the yelling? I can’t get the point.

]]> By: Anonymous http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1714 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:55:56 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1714 Ha, that reminds me, I got yelled at out pretty good by an older Vietnamese lady I met not long ago who had imigrated to America years ago for asking if she was from Ho Chi Minnh City. Learned my lesson good on that one! She angrily said, "never say that to me again", and I think she probably meant it!! Ha, that reminds me, I got yelled at out pretty good by an older Vietnamese lady I met not long ago who had imigrated to America years ago for asking if she was from Ho Chi Minnh City. Learned my lesson good on that one! She angrily said, “never say that to me again”, and I think she probably meant it!!

]]> By: Emilie http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1704 Emilie Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:55:51 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1704 taxi is the best transportation cause traffic is horrible and scary. i was afraid to cross the street when i was in ho chi minh city last summer. taxi is the best transportation cause traffic is horrible and scary. i was afraid to cross the street when i was in ho chi minh city last summer.

]]> By: Loki http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1703 Loki Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:36:00 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1703 Hi YeinJee! Just curious, where are you from? Hi YeinJee! Just curious, where are you from?

]]> By: Anonymous http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1702 Anonymous Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:13:02 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1702 Lol, good one YeinJee. That is some crazy looking bicycle traffic. They look like ants on the move. Amazing they don't all crash into each other. Lol, good one YeinJee. That is some crazy looking bicycle traffic. They look like ants on the move. Amazing they don’t all crash into each other.

]]> By: Emilie http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1686 Emilie Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:05:36 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1686 I've been to Vietnam several times but never gone to Hanoi or Ha Long Bay but it seems very pretty in pictures and viedos. The best thing to do in Vietnam is eat all the local favorites. Have a fun and safe trip. =) I’ve been to Vietnam several times but never gone to Hanoi or Ha Long Bay but it seems very pretty in pictures and viedos. The best thing to do in Vietnam is eat all the local favorites.
Have a fun and safe trip. =)

]]> By: kyon http://yeinjee.com/2008/holiday-in-hanoi-and-halong-bay-vietnam/#comment-1684 kyon Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:15:36 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/?p=859#comment-1684 have a safe trip :) have a safe trip :)

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