Ha Noi & Theo
After 36hours in Ha Noi with Theo, I think he’s a cool kid, a cool dude.
Theo is approx 4 months old now and he has characters. Some other parents I know struggling with their kids’ odd sleeping hours, their nasty irregular yelling and demanding, or concerns over the health of such young ones, vulnerable and fragile as they are.
All Theo ever does is the occasional yelling when he’s hungry or want to be carried around instead of sitting at one place more than 1 hour, which in fact is not a bad thing. He eats/drinks, sleep, shit, play, and that is about it for Theo. The guy lives a simple life.
I’m not a big fan of young kids. They yell, I yell, bad deal for both parties. But with Theo it’s a totally different experience. He has the amazing cute eyes are are huge, long lashes, and a irresistible kissable cheeks. Theo sleeps just like us, in fact his routine should be followed by some adults. He does to bed at 10pm and wakes up at 8am, which is a more than a descend amount of sleep not only for him but for his parents. Ah he’s also very useful in the morning as an effective alarm clock. At approx 8am, he will start his call, and everyone will wake up, everyone, even the uncle Big C and Aunt Ann (despite the wasted night before and a bad hangover in the morning) who are Sunday sleep-in creatures. In other words, his yelling nobody can stand!
But for such a cute face, who can say no.
By the way, he talks a lot.
Ha Noi’s weather starting to turn. Getting chilly but the air is good. So after breakfast, 4 of us went for a 40min walk around the Ho Tay with Theo resting in The Con Lua’s arm. We went pass some sort of old French library, still in used with a portion of the building left abandon. Wondering why! A few locals finishing nearby but if noticed further (actually I have proof) dead fishes are floating on the lake’s surface not so far away. This must be a very poisonous lake. Rubbish is one and chemical disposables probably the main cause. Shame really!
[a hem....I bought glasses from 89 Nguyen Du shop called Chien Beo - well it's not really a shop more like a trash place with broken frames, broken window but if anything stands out, grab them, it's like a hidden jewelry box, styles can varied from various shipment. 200.000VND per glasses, no bags. I got 1 Versace black shades and 2 Carolina Herrera New York].
Also for a bit of shopping experience, check out TanMy design showroom for local Vietnamese design namely Ha Truong, Minh Hanh, Ha Linh Thu, Huy Vo and Grace assessories. The three-storey showroom also has a cafe with great photo gallery and a calm atmos maybe with a bit of trendiness (so not so relax feel). Loved the Ha Truong current collection and of course Minh Hanh brand. It’s good to have a local designer showcase in a desirable manner.
….after the Highland breakfast, we ventured to the Ba Da pagoda, one of the oldest in the city, in the little hem/alley just opposite the cafe.
Here are some of the snaps by Christian Berg photography
Today: 19th November @ 10:22am
Update on another dose of Theo – and his arrival in HCMC. We entertained him at Son Ha resto and then ‘dragged’ him to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf by the Metropolitan building last night, too much excitement, he could not sleep around 10pm, instead starred and gazed his cute eyes onto the light beams of the Thanh Pho, his cheeks seemed to expand, his ears attached to the sound of the ice-cream man’s catchy ad tune. He was all hyper, drawn into the beats of the Thanh Pho. The weather is much cooler than in Ha Noi consequently he doesn’t have to pack onto his tiny cute soft skin delicate-but-strong body tons of fabrics. We concluded also last night that he likes Saigon beer, the beer bottle cheered him up.
What a wicked 4 months old kid. Just so relaxing and groovy.
