Ho Chi Minh part 1 HO CHI MINH I met my friend, Susan for the first time in a backpacker hostel in Singapore. She got stuck on the door as she brought a really big suitcase with her. I opened the door for her as I needed to go out whilst she needed to go in. Then, as I came back to the hotel, I found out that she was one of my roommates. There was another guest from Philippines, she was a quiet person but friendly, and of course my friend, Susan. Traveling to many countries has trained me to be a bit more easy-going and open minded person. I used to be quiet, I never greeted any people which I didn’t know well until I travelled by myself. Staying in a dormitory in a hostel and meeting many people makes me getting easier and easier to keep a conversation with any kind of people. So, I started to ask her some casual questions: where you were from, where you come from and etc. And guess what! She had just come back from my country: from Bali as she had got a job there. And me, in two months I will fly to Ho Chi Minh! So, we talked more and more and spent the second day going around together in Singapore. She promised me to escort me when I came to her country! So, that’s a brief story of how I got a new Vietnamese friend.