Thứ Hai, 29 tháng 12, 2008

Scenery in Sapa in winter - Viet Nam






People are living in harmony with nature in mountain in Sapa , in peace , love, and full energy.

Thứ Hai, 1 tháng 12, 2008

Open-hearted with HIV/AIDS infected people


Currently our main activities are planned as:

Taking in Orphaned and abandoned HIV/AIDS infected/affected babies on a transitional basis in the greater Durban, Phoenix, Social communities

Testing the babies for HIV as many have been labeled HIV positive but have not had the PCR test which tests for the actual virus.

If the children test HIV negative we liaise with Social Services to have them either adopted or placed in foster care

Going to Court with the Social Worker to have them placed in our foster care.

Annual Charity Children Fund Raiser get involved where close to you . You and I can be hand in hand with the campaign HIV/AIDS . Hurry UP !!! ... Let's go ...

Thứ Tư, 19 tháng 11, 2008

Thứ Ba, 18 tháng 11, 2008

Thứ Bảy, 8 tháng 11, 2008

The Story of Cay Khe


Cay Khe ( kind of star fruit tree )

Once upon a time, one family living in a countryside had two brothers, staying together very happily. But one day their parents became sick and passed away. They left a whole property and a house with a garden and a little star-tree to their children and expected the elder brother would take care of the little one.

However, soon after the parents died, and the elder brother inherited all of the property, which included a house with a garden, he gave only a little star-tree to his younger brother and forced him out of the house. As a result of this , the little boy lived alone with only a star-tree for company. He talked with the tree like he would talk to a good friend. Everyday he watered it and took very good care of it. Day after day, they grew up together. In spring, the star-tree bloomed very beautifully and had sweet fruits. The young man was so happy about it.
But every morning, there was a bird, flying in the star fruit free to eat most of sweetiest and biggest fruits. He was so sad and worried about it, and didn’t know how to survive if a bird ate all of his fruits, he just cried and pleased a bird was taken a look to his situation and back ground.
A bird still kept eating and eating … as usual , then a bird said to a young man :
“ eat a star fruit , give a gold bar . Make a three- wide hand bag to keep it ” .
A young man was very happy and did it exactly as the bird said. In the following morning , after eating star fruits , the bird took a young man flying to an island of jewellery and allowed him to get whatever he liked . He just got enough in to a three-wide hand bag and asked a bird bring him back to his tree. Since then he became a well-known of richest man in area and married a beautiful girl .

In his wedding , the elder brother was also an honour guest . They met up very happy and in their conversation , he opened to share story of a bird with an island of jewellery to the elder brother . After that his elder brother asked for him to exchange of inherited property with a house and a garden to a star fruit tree. The little brother was agree with it .

The elder brother was very happy and thought he would be very rich tomorrow, even much more than his little one. He started to prepare making a six-wide hand bag to be waited for a bird coming to eat star-fruits in the morning as usual.
In the following morning day, a bird came to the tree and after eating star fruits , the bird said to the man : “ eat a star fruit, give a gold bar . Make a three- wide hand bag to keep it ” . Immediately , he answered to the bird that he had it already , pleased take him right now . The bird took him to fly to the island of jewellery and let him get whatever he wanted. The elder brother got not only full of his six-wide hand bag , but also all his pocketful and wore on his hands and his body with jewelleries. Then the bird brought him back to the tree, but when flying over sea , it was too heavy and the bird was exhausted on the way . The bird dropped him in the sea with all his property .
Translated by Kim

Thứ Năm, 24 tháng 7, 2008

Ho Hoan Kiem


The Huc Bridge , Ngoc Son Temple

Views of Hoan Kiem lake in the North East side

Views of Lake on the South West ( Thap Rua on the end of South West)

The Island of Ngoc Son Temple ( Jade Temple )

Ngoc Son Gate

Hanoi is well-known for its numerous picturesque lakes and the greenness of its old big trees on the long roads . The most famous lake is Hoan Kiem , located in the center of city . It’s considered the heart of Hanoi capital , and inspires many artists , composers , writers, poets, to create outstanding art works , beautiful songs and lyric poetries . Most curious to people is the history of magic of this lake.

According to legend , in the 15th century a nobleman Le Loi successfully fought against Ming China by having a magical sword . One day during the celebration of a victory , while he was boating around the lake , a golden tortoise swimming on the surface of the water and demanded he return the sword and disappeared immediately into the depths of the lake . Up until this time , the lake had no special name. Afterward, it came to be known as Ho Hoan Kiem ( The Lake of the Restored Sword ). In order to memorize the story , the emperor had a Thap Rua ( Tortoise Tower ) built on an island at the south end of the magic lake which can be still seen today.

Hanoians, who grow up with this story as a part of their childhood , embrace the lake as the spiritual heart of Ha Noi . I try to inhabit the heart of the Hanoians who love Hoan Kiem with all their being , as far as they go, as much as they love Ho Hoan Kiem in the heart , the soul and lungs of capital as well.

Author : Kim