City tour!

For the morning, we had our first official lecture, IS module – Geography and Culture of Vietnam. It gives us a better knowledge on Vietnam’s geography and culture. Having this lesson, remind me of Secondary school where we have geography lesson which is one of my worst subject. We get to know that there are 3 parts in Vietnam, the south, north and central. We also get to know the cultural of Vietnam. We also get to know that not only the girls wear Ao Dai, the guys also wear it too. However, as time pass, where cultural practices are not taken so seriously, both genders need not wear it every day. They only need to wear at important occasions like weddings, working needs.

For the afternoon, we went to City tour. Before our city tour, we went to have lunch at a restaurant. After that, headed for the ZOO! It just cost S$1+ to go in. However, there is nothing much compared to Singapore Zoological Gardens. It was rather unorganized and not much animals as compared to our zoo. I guess this is the amount you pay is the amount you get. Hence, we won’t ask for much too. In the zoo, we also saw a cat with rat in its mouth. Perhaps many think that this is nothing special or what. However, to me it’s something rather special, this is because in Singapore, the cats just keep on ‘’meow’’ till they get the food. The reason is because Singapore’s cats are just too plain lazy to prey for their own food.
After our trip to zoo, off we go to the city’s shopping centre. It is something like ION, with those branded shops. Hence, the things there is rather expensive, didn’t buy much things from there. Ate cookies and cream ice cream which I had been craving for! XP The standard of the ice cream is somehow similar like Ben &Jerry, but of course cheaper. For our dinner, we headed for the welcome party at one buffet restaurant. The food there was rather nice and a lot. There are many types of food, some Vietnam cuisine. However, I do not know how to appreciate some of it. The foods are mostly bland and consist of many vegetables. Most importantly, some of the vegetables are raw!, as in Singapore the vegetables are always cooked together with the dish. I also found out that the Vietnam’s food are much healthier compared to Singapore. In every dish they have, there will be cucumbers and tomatoes. I think the first step to our healthy diet in Singapore, would be adding these vegetables in our dish.