were indeed the streets on the days around Christmas, even fuller than full. but there were in addition to the Christmas is another reason: "viet nam vo up!" Vietnam is champignon! more specifically Southeast Asia, mushroom-football. and for the very first time! after the first final round on 24 December in Bangkok, the Vietnamese national team in the second final round was on 28 december in a home team prevail in the My Dinh stadium in Hanoi to final thailand. and then there was no stopping! in seconds were Hanoi's streets and squares of masses of people and motorcycles flooded. old and young, men and women, boys and girls, whole families flocked to her country to which they are already all so very proud to celebrate loud and boisterous. and I in the middle! I was suddenly a baby auf'm arm, wrapped in a Vietnamese flag and finally banished to a digital photo. incredible! In the end you could see was red and yellow, a sea of \u200b\u200bflags, pennants, banners and pennants. and I had, as so often in the right moment, my camera is not there! annoyed look, how I am! such a pity! at the photos it is therefore on loan, from fabienne, a volunteer from Holland. and as you can see, we have infected us quite beautiful and can be carried away by this euphoric, the Vietnamese seem so significant moment. ;)
otherwise took place over Christmas and new year again a work camp, this time I was allowed to accompany but not as an official participant, but as a racing reporter sj. hang-pr (it's soooo many girls here are named "hang". very confusing! therefore we are always what bit behind, some personal characteristics This eliminates the distinction easier. hang-hang-pr pr say so because it is precisely those for at sj range states ... ;)) Asked me if I did not join them, join in and write a nice article about it afterwards and could also wanted. and since the kids were in the pagoda all very busy with exam preparations, so I could not teach as usual every day, I agreed. 18 national and 16 international volunteers had joined in the annual two week Christmas-work camp for disadvantaged people to make a very special joy in their everyday life for a moment to brighten a little bit. at three different locations - in a fishing village on the Red River (Long Bien district) and wohfahrtszentrum in for orphans and vulnerable children (Dong Da district), even friendly village called, in Hanoi and in Vinh Phuc welfare center, located about 60 km north of Hanoi, where disadvantaged children and old people are cared for - were gifts (clothing , books, food, candy donations from wealthier Hanoi sponsors citizens, and local volunteer several weeks previously collected) distributed gesppielt with the kids, it was cooked and created or just the people talking, life experiences, desires and hopes replaced. The focus was the performance of the Christmas story, with costumes buehnendekoration original and charming, all homemade; to all kinds of Christmas songs were sung. The composition was left completely been practiced in Vietnamese language, and since you have to pay tribute to the international voluntary even respectful, who have managed in such a short time, in the difficult into loud to annoy (I try this now for four months, rather bad than good ...). then the whole thing was really nice to see and to hear. and I think the local people, the kids anyway, but also the elderly has fallen's really good, although they still lacked the reference to Christmas. but that's was not at all. it was simply about this special moment not everyday, a nice gesture, a nice experience. they were so grateful to you It could feel right. especially the old people in Vinh Phuc welfare center, they would not be solved even by us, were of an almost childlike joy and excitement taken. I remember this woman, she told of her husband, who was killed in the war, they themselves have never had chance to to go to school was her life always dependent on others was, in a welfare center, they felt that this would be repealed and cared for. and as they stood there and smiled so happy ... (Her whole mouth, her lips, her teeth were discolored strange red, I do not know exactly what is what usually chew the older people around, anything tabakaehnliches when you see it the first time, one is initially shocked and irritated, thinking the men and women's is not good, they have hurt or something, but it's all good, they just enjoy ... I'm going to get to know exactly how that is convincing, and then I'll let you know ...) I found it very moving. the work camp workshops preparations and found themselves instead in our volunteer house, also had been a lack of space 6 of the international voluntary ado billeted with us. the house was always full and so alive (and not always as neat, huh ...;)). of loneliness and boredom that is not a trace. so had then also the voluntary work camp, with the long-term volunteers, including myself, allied to the evenings to spend Christmas together. Christmassy geschmausst was in this year of course for Vietnamese art, in the koto, a restaurant with charitable suggestion: namely street children is the opportunity given to make an education and later to work. good thing! and it was delicious on top of that, mmh ...!
the year then much much more modest than it might in many places from home knows her, so entirely unpompoes without countdown and fireworks. instead were sent balloons and sky lanterns into the sky. has probably been looking very enchanting, I have been told to report. I sat midnight the points in the taxi on the way back from the airport into the city. I had roxane, promised a friend from france mit ihr gemeinsam wiederum ihre zu besuch kommende freundin aus amerika vom flughafen abzuholen. mal was ganz anderes. danach noch ein nettes beisammensein mit anderen freiwilligen und freunden in einer reaggae-bar in hanoi's altstadt (in der sich seltsamerweise nur auslaender tummelten, hm..., hat wohl auch damit zu tun, dass die vietnamesen tatsaechlich nicht so lange ausgehen) und dann war's auch schon wieder vorbei. ganz unspektakulaer. und so ganz anders. anders...schoen, doch alles in allem.
ich wuensche allen fleissigen bloglesern (und nicht ganz so fleissigen kommentarschreibern;)) ein ganz tolles neues jahr mit ganz vielen schoenen momenten!
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