Saigon sojourn

MY friends and I jetted off to Saigon during the recent four-day holiday, and one of the things we did was to watch the hugely entertaining Water Puppet show. Even the adults enjoyed it. Major aliw factor.

What I'm posting is just one of the acts-it's actually a 50-minute show w/ live music and singing, and amazing puppetry skills. I believe only Vietnam has this water puppet show, and I'm told Hanoi also has its own version.



We also traveled to the Tay Ninh province, northwest of Saigon, and marveled at the ornately designed Cao Dai cathedral. Cao Dai is a religion unique this province and blends the belief systems of Christianity, Taoism and Buddhism. We stayed for a while to observe their noonday service.



More about my Saigon vacation in future posts.

A Symphony of Parols

Check out my first-ever uploaded video on YouTube (history in the making itoh!) ;p



Seriously, I felt like a kid watching this show on Saturday. Go bring your entire family and watch it. It's on every evening at the Ayala Triangle, corner of Makati Ave. and Ayala Ave.

Btw, there's a whole row of new restaurants there including Singapore's own Wee Nam Kee (famous for its luscious tender Hainanese Chicken Rice...mmm) and the Chicken Bon Chon, the Korean phenomenon. Love it! ;p

Everyone knows I've had my differences with the Ayala Group in the past, but this was a really lovely, exhilirating experience. Thumbs up, guys!