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sure la...gen gap...we old man hardly can understand young men...esp. gen y and z...:)

dun believe what VB say la...always fluid and things can change...can fly you aeroplane too...:p

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Cam I join??? I will be there from 29 Oct to 2 Nov but I'm old uncle le. :p

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Oops! There goes my opportunity. I consider myself senior citizen already.:o
Anyway have fun, spend sensibly and most importantly, be safe!!

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alamak...me senior citizen no chance liow...
me will be in hcm few days time...

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I will like to extend a warmest thank you to all the bros who helped me to have a happy birthday party in hcm which include the cake as well.

You guys know who you are, i shall not post names.

Thank you all for teaching me the survival skills.

Last but not least, i will like to offer my sincerest apologies to all bros who may be offended by my words during the stay in hcm.

Thank you.

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hope you enjoyed yourself...next time buy beer will do...think you got the most kisses by different VBs that nite...kkkk....:)

sorry to say you older now...:)

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Why was I not invited??? Dau tim qua!!! Maybe I really old uncle le.

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pm him la...you dun need invitation la...you old bird can go yourself...:)

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Hahaha..... Maybe I will pm him....... but likely can't join him :p
My BX with me how to join. Go there relax and maybe release some Bird in temple again.

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Went long hai stay as book wrongly. At vungtau saw some girls damm chio those motorbike pimp kind but not willing to go longhai, so okt ask my driver bring us to longhai to choose.

At longhai, went into this sort of like geylang legal house pattern. 5 girls there at least 3 look like 14-16yo.. zzz told driver look too young we mai.. he ask the okt.. de okt told him they are 20.. zzz

In the end no choose n went back hotel empty ended.

For bro who wanna visit this kind of place, recommend you book a driver to drive you from hcmc to vt, then ask that driver to bring you. My driver was not familiar but he just randomly approach a taxi driver and tt taxi driver told him where to go

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if going clubbing on Halloween at popular places...be sure to book in advance in order not to be dissappointed with no table.

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YOU HARDLY SPEAK.... how to be offended by your words.

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Hi, first time going to HCM. Anyone could intro any nice bar for soccer and tabao. Other interesting places are welcome too. Will be staying at grandsliver

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so not sure why you bother to pm if you unlikely can attend...dun waste time lah...:)

make sure you released the right birdies...dun spray the wrong birdies will do...think I knew where you release these birdies...the problem is when you release these birdies then get caught again and resold to others...this is recycling...oops unless the birds life is up...then the cycle repeats...:)

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Hihi, bro H88, the vendors do not need to go catch them, the birds will fly back to them as the birds know they can get foods there haha.. is a cashless n labourless biz... :D:D

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I just don't get the philosophy of this act.
Yes the act of 放生 (birds, turtles, etc.) is a noble cause if it's done in a very remote area where the chances of the animal being poached again is very unlikely.

But if I know it's going to be "recycled" again then what's the point?
A donation in kind to the temple is more practical. :)

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haha....fully agreed...:)

well...all these are act of kindness...any innocent ppl will not know that the birdies are recycled...haha....:)

most of the temples in hcm built ponds to keep all these tortoises...so not sure if this is really 放生...haizzz....:)

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Haizzz vicious cycle. :cool:

Acts of kindness are carried out in daily life.
Your HCMC charity activities are a very good example.
Contribute money and resources to buy food and distribute to temples.

If one finds solace in buying animals to 放生 then I feel that's superficial.
The money can be put into better use.
No offence to any one. :)

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correction...we bought the food ingredients and distribute to the poor and needies...some temples house the orphanage so we give not cash but food such as biscuits and milk to the children...rice for the temple to cook for orphanages...of course we cannot control who gets to eat the rice...haizzzz....:p

last Hungry Ghost Festival around late July 2104, we visited the Old Folks Home and donated milk and biscuits including 100K angpow to 30 old folks...and had a 2 hour session chatting with the Old Folks...about 8 of the old folks sang folk songs for us...bro jimfairy was with us and you can ask him...we find these activities more meaningful...:)

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Sigh.....saddest part is the kids hospital, so many sick kids in the hospital n make to sleep at the corridors outside the wards due to insufficient of wards n beds.. tears jux come out by itself... haizzzz...
We r really lucky that we dun see this in our country..

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Thumbs up for you guys! :)

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The truth about this is "letting go", example, letting go desire.... not physically let something free. It is the same as many do not understand, why we light a candle, 3 joss sticks, a glass of water.

It is better to use money to help ppl than to buy animals n let them free.

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The concept of this I can understand but...

By contributing effort, resources and teaching skills to help people directly I feel is more meaningful, productive and efficient. :)

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good...now we are trying to do this as charity..."Gift of Hope - Scholarship Fund"

identify up to 5 students...students which can study but because family poor cannot afford to let them study...so we sent locals together with us go to visit the family to find out...interview the teachers and then make a decision to help the students with yearly scholarship...we may pay the school fees directly on their behalf...and some monthly pocket money...criteria the student must pass yearly with good results and progressed to next level...the group will fund till students graduate from University...indirectly we are their guardians...plenty of details to work out...because we have not identify any students...we spoke to many local Viets to intro...so far nothing yet...already told my sisters to visit schools to get potential candidates but so far not yet...:)

we may visit a family in Cai Lay, Tieng Giang...heard from a friend that the student was asked to go to work because family cannot afford...but student wanted to continue study...so hopefully we get our first student soon...:)

we also talking to a mother from Chau Doc, An Giang, whose daughter is now in Secondary School...we will fund her daughter if she can admit to University...we knew how tough to get into Vn University so is not a give me...:)

Hope you guys bear with me...some may not like to read all this then pls skip..but still related to Vietnam and HCM...I did mentioned that to us HCM is just not sex but we did many things there now...^^

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with reference to the above, IMHO, I believe all these will be temporary...some how something will come up and you need to be patience...there are places that are fun but illegal and need local knowledge to find them...:)

if anyone with loads of cash then the so called D1 places will still be the main places to chiong...Catwalk, Fortune II Ktv, 166 Nguyen Bieu...for FL you can use some of the disco...you may need the Manager to intro who are the FL...prices may be steep but always nego...:)

if you have some local guys to bring around then that is best...otherwise skip HCM and go elsewhere to chiong...:)

the above is just my personal opinion...not to upset anyone...pls skip this if you dun like to read...^^

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Good work and hope you have a facebook fan page on this, so can upload photo, create event and gather fund for certain event etc :)

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Dear friends,

Can anyone (willing) share some info on HCMC for a newbie...? I am planning to visit HCMC in November, and would be most happy if anyone can provide some info on good KTV and girls..??

Thanks.

Thunderbord