"I have one day off every week. On a working day, it takes me 30 minute by motorbike from my house here early morning and another 30 minutes back. My wife usually makes me take-away lunch and prepares dinner for me at home. It isn't a hard job actually but I'm not allowed to lose focus even just a minute because my duty is to keep the customer's bike safe. This job fixes me just well."
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"People donate whatever they are willing to give out and we welcome everything. Sometimes used but good quality stuffs; sometimes handmade decorations from opened-houses; sometimes arts from well-know painters. As soon as we collect enough, we organize a sale-off day and all the money made will be used for charity purpose."
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"Do you like it that way an Italy flag sticker in font and another Burberry sticker on the side?"
"It's my motorbike but actually the stickers thing is my dad' idea. I prefer my favorite comic character sticker but he didn't like it." "What's that?" "Doraemon!" |
"There is only one price applies to everyone. Locals or visitors, Vietnamese or foreigner, rich or poor. You will only pay for what others do, so don't worry!"
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"I've been selling this crab soup since 1990 around this Cathedral area. Sun or rain, my return customers can always find me here. I only take day off if there is a very very important occasion because I don't want my customer drop by and don't see me. Last week, my mom came back from Canada for a visit all by her own. She is over 70 now and wanted to go to a pagoda in another province so I need to take her there. That's why I took three days off and my business partner offer to cook and sell the soup here for me so people could still have it when I was away. But maybe he didn't follow my instruction well. I got a couple complains from customers about the soup' quality they had on those days, which made me upset a lot."
"How did you get your dogs keep follow you without you even look at them?"
"You need to train your dogs to understand your command so they can follow it. These three dogs obey my request very well because I made them to. It took a while but worth it. You see, they are close to each others. I got this white dog from Phu Quoc because my two chihuahuas are too naive to look after the house." |
Ae seen in font of Metropolitan Building
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"I have a quarter French, another quarter Italian, and a half Vietnamese. Two years ago when I was here performing Traditional Vietnamese Martial Art in a stadium, I got a phone call from France said that "You're now a dad, and you need to catch the earliest flight back home to see your son!". I'm now in another tournament again but my wife isn't pregnant this time."
"Exactly, this two are mine. I actually have three because this road usually has a lot garbage. But I kept the other one at the end of the street since I have only two hands to manage them three at once. Some of my coworkers even have four. Some handle two or one only. It depends on how clean the streets we in charge are."
"I'm his elder sister and I can ride bicycle while he can not. Sometimes I even ride Ella with me on the back seat."
"Who is Ella?"
"My doll!"
"Who is Ella?"
"My doll!"
"What do you guys have in common?"
"We all love to dance, Japanese music, and we are young!"
"We all love to dance, Japanese music, and we are young!"
"Six months ago I started to sell this street-snack around this area. I know this kind of snack is very popular here and you all got to try it over your childhood. Luckily, it's still available now but perhaps not only for kids anymore, but also for adult who would want to recall their younger days like you all."
"I've been photographing here for 40 years. It's my job and I love it! Regardless people no longer prefer having pictures taken from a street photographer like me as they now all have their own digital camera."
"How old are you now, Sir?" "78" "So you have been working here since you were 38?" "Nope. Since I was 33!" "So it's 45 years, isn't it?" "...Uhm... You're right!" |
"Can I take a photo of you two?"
"Yes!" "Can I ask a question?" "I don't know!" |
"Do your tattoos have their own meaning?"
"Not really! I just sort of get whatever I want."
"Not really! I just sort of get whatever I want."
As seen in April 30th park
"Do you play..."
"Yes, but I'm very bad at it as I'm new!"
"Can I take a photo of you riding..."
"You can ask the gangs right over there. They play a lot better than me!"
"Can I take a photo of you with your Saigon T-Shirt?"
"Yes!"
"Yes, but I'm very bad at it as I'm new!"
"Can I take a photo of you riding..."
"You can ask the gangs right over there. They play a lot better than me!"
"Can I take a photo of you with your Saigon T-Shirt?"
"Yes!"