Relax* - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

I din realise initially but the new place i'm staying at is just next to a park. So i decided to take a walk in the late evening. It was nice! :-)

It was right smack in the middle of the city but so many people were there. I almost regretted not taking along my dslr with me.

There was a group of boys doing all kinds of tricks on their bicycles. A lot of people were playing a 'sepak raga' like game. It's keepy uppey but using something like a feather shuttlecock thingy. A lot of people were playing it, some in big unisex groups, some in pairs!

Many others were playing badminton. Others were just jogging or doing stretching exercises. Not long later, someone turned on a mini compo and all the women got together and started doing aerobics open air. I walked further down to the other end and found another group of women there too.

The park there was like an oasis! In the mad mad hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City, this was like everyone's secret getaway - only that it wasn't a big secret!!! At the end of the day, this is where people go to relax - to borrow the lyrics from the theme song of an old sitcom, to go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad that you came!

I manage to catch this little amusing scene with me mobile. No, they were not doing the 'Locomotion'!!! The ladies were like massaging each other's back!

I've been told that houses are very small and cramped there. That explains why people like to hang out outside. They would just go on their little 'cub chais' and sit by the road side, chatting or eating from the various food vendors.

I noted that they love playing chinese chess too! They'd play by the roadside. If it rains, that will not deter them. i saw this group huddled in the back portion of a stationwagon playing the game!

This was their way of relaxing - cheap but effective!

*Their debut single.