Happy International Worker's Day!

Working in a special department like mine requires us to work throughout the year regardless of big holidays. So, although today was the International Worker's Day, I had to get work done.

On the way to my workplace, many streets seemed to be nearly empty. Working in the medical field, I'm used to working on holidays, staying up past the next morning. Such work conditions sometimes make me feel lonely, but I'm still proud of belonging to a group of medical care workers.

Tonight, during my family dinner, my nephew asked me to translate some cellphone-related documents written in English into Vietnamese. To be honest, I'm not so good at English that I could help him with this task, but I tried to google some information to help him solve his problems.

Now the May Day is about to end. Accordingly, in some other countries, the holiday only begins. I want to give my best wishes to everyone in the world. I hope all of us have good health, and always succeed in life.

At Midnight

It's now 00:00 AM. I tried to search some ideas for my notebooks, but somehow or other I got nothing.

I turned on my mp3 player and listened to one of my favorite song. The song has kept me awake until now. Friday night isn't usually busy for me because I decide not to work on this night.

The song tells us about a kind of flowers, called antigone flowers. Its petals form a particular shape like a broken heart, and there were lots of moving love stories related to this type of flower. However, its color is beautiful.

Here is its picture:

Antigone Flowers

I have known about antigone flowers when I studied in high school by reading a poem named “ Two colors of antigone flowers”, written by a secret poet with an acronym T.T.Kh.

At that time, my literature teacher told that in 1937, a beautiful slim woman having a sad feeling went to a publishing house in Hanoi, and gave her poem to the lead publisher. One month later, her poem was posted on an article, and at the bottom of the article, the publisher wrote her name as T.T.Kh secret one.

The poem was quickly popular for those who loved literature. Many poets and writers at that time tried to find out who she was. However, to date, her name has still been unknown and it has been a secret in the literature field.

The poem told us about an extremely sad love story by using the shape of antigone flowers like a broken heart. The woman in the poem got married to another man, but has still loved her previous lover. She was with her husband but her heart  still had feelings for the old one.

Antigone flowers originated from France. They have two colors, the white color and the red color. During my first year as a student, one day, my professor told us about this kind of flower. I curiously asked my classmate to bring the flowers to me, because I knew she grew them in her house.

The poem brought to us a variety of strange emotions. At that time, female students like us talked to one another that we would neither give those flowers to anyone nor receive them from our boyfriends due to the fact that we supposed that this type of flower was a symbol of breaking a romantic relationship.

If you have free time, please enjoy the poem (translated into English). Here is a link to it:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9665769-hai-sac-hoa-tigon-poem.

Thank you for reading my notebook!

The Special Lunch

Recently, on Tuesdays and Thursday, I've just gone to work in the mornings. But today was different. I had to be there all day for the training.

Because I thought that I would come home early, I brought a sticky rice cake for lunch. Unfortunately, when I peeled the cake, I knew that it was processing in fermentation. Having nothing to eat, I decided to ride my motorbike, and look for a luxury cafeteria in the sun. And finally, I found it.

This afternoon, arriving home, I told my family members about the situation. My niece-in-law said that she was very thankful for the cake, because of its fermentation, I had the chance to go out for lunch. And her statements made us laugh so much.

The Rain at Night

Tonight, it rained slightly, but the temperature was so high. The sultriness caused us to feel sick.

The rain tonight made me decline my friend's invitation to go out for coffee. What a shame!

The older I am, the lazier I am to go out after work. Lately, one part of me has been busy with many things. Another part of me has felt well. That's why I often stay at home if I have free time.

Staying at home is always good for me. Once in a while, going out and meeting friends helps our deposition a lot.