TRAVELLIVE 12-2016
Christmas is coming with the Jingle Bell’s song played at every corner of the capital. In the early morning, I walk to the post office, holding some handmade cards filled with sweet wishes for my loved ones. Christmas is always the best time to spread love and I feel like a young child waiting for it. People wait in long lines at the post office. I join the line, waiting for my turn to send some postcards abroad. In front of me are two cute boys nestling behind their mother. The younger one, about 9 years old, is telling his brother “Santa Claus will give gifts to me because I am nicer than you. You haven’t prepared gifts for dad, not to mention that your letter doesn’t have a stamp on it.” The little boy loses his train of thought, holding his letter higher to see where the stamp is. He keeps it for a while that I see his lovely writing “To my bearded dad”. Perhaps, the stamp has been lost somewhere on the way here or his mother forgot to stick it on his letter. “Hey boy, it’s for you”, I put my hand in my pocket, found a stamp and gave it to the boy. The two boys looked at me and hesitantly took it after their mother nodded to them. They expressed their gratitude and smiled happily, knowing that their letters would be delivered to their beloved dad. Leaving the post office, I still hope that their father could come home to celebrated Christmas with his family. After all, the most valued Christmas gifts are sharing moments with friends and family. Travellive would like to express our gratitude to our partners and readers for being a part of our journeys. We wish you a merry Christmas!
Christmas is coming with the Jingle Bell’s song played at every corner of the capital. In the early morning, I walk to the post office, holding some handmade cards filled with sweet wishes for my loved ones. Christmas is always the best time to spread love and I feel like a young child waiting for it.
People wait in long lines at the post office. I join the line, waiting for my turn to send some postcards abroad. In front of me are two cute boys nestling behind their mother. The younger one, about 9 years old, is telling his brother “Santa Claus will give gifts to me because I am nicer than you. You haven’t prepared gifts for dad, not to mention that your letter doesn’t have a stamp on it.”
The little boy loses his train of thought, holding his letter higher to see where the stamp is. He keeps it for a while that I see his lovely writing “To my bearded dad”. Perhaps, the stamp has been lost somewhere on the way here or his mother forgot to stick it on his letter. “Hey boy, it’s for you”, I put my hand in my pocket, found a stamp and gave it to the boy. The two boys looked at me and hesitantly took it after their mother nodded to them. They expressed their gratitude and smiled happily, knowing that their letters would be delivered to their beloved dad.
Leaving the post office, I still hope that their father could come home to celebrated Christmas with his family. After all, the most valued Christmas gifts are sharing moments with friends and family.
Travellive would like to express our gratitude to our partners and readers for being a part of our journeys. We wish you a merry Christmas!
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HANOI<br />
From now until January 13 th ,<br />
2017<br />
AIA Vietnam Eye<br />
Book and Exhibition<br />
Debut In Hanoi<br />
Parallel Contemporary Art in<br />
collaboration with AIA Vietnam<br />
Life Insurance and the Saatchi<br />
Gallery have announced the<br />
completion of Vietnam Eye:<br />
Contemporary Vietnamese<br />
Art. The publication features<br />
56 emerging Vietnamese<br />
contemporary artists, 19 of which<br />
are partaking in an exhibition<br />
showcasing their works at Casa<br />
Italia, Hanoi from now until<br />
January 13 th , 2017. The exhibition<br />
is open for free from 9:00 to<br />
21:00 every day.<br />
(CASA ITALIA *18 Le Phung<br />
Hieu, Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem,<br />
Hanoi)<br />
NATIONWIDE<br />
56<br />
HOI AN<br />
<strong>TRAVELLIVE</strong><br />
December 31 st, <strong>2016</strong> - January 1 st , 2017<br />
NEW YEAR EVE<br />
2017<br />
The New Year's Eve prom this year will bring you unique experiences which are<br />
both traditional and modern. Everyone from the actors to the audience will<br />
create an exciting party to welcome 2017. During the event, you will have a<br />
chance to partake in cultural and artistic activities performed by the city's artist team,<br />
expats, and visitors in Hoi An. Spend your meaningful moments of the New Year<br />
praying for a peaceful world. Also, don't forget to join in street activities such as the<br />
flashmob, hip hop performances, costume dressing, dances, and fashion shows.<br />
(AN HOI STATUE GARDEN *69 Nguyen Phuc Chu, Hoi An, Quang Nam)<br />
From December 16 th<br />
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<br />
Following the epic Star Wars, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a side story of Star War<br />
series. Rogue One takes place shortly before the original Star Wars film, Episode IV - A<br />
New Hope (1977). The story reveals part of the plan of a group of unlikely heroes with a<br />
mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.<br />
Unlike the previous episodes of Star Wars which feature people who control magic forces,<br />
Rouge One: A Star Wars Story's characters include ordinary people who choose to do<br />
extraordinary things. With voyeuristic movie techniques, the film promises to excite fans<br />
of Star Wars this December.<br />
2D and 3D film at nationwide CGV cinemas<br />
NATIONWIDE<br />
From December 23 rd<br />
Feel the music with<br />
SING (Animation<br />
blockbuster)<br />
This Christmas, Illumination<br />
Entertainment is introducing<br />
the animation blockbuster<br />
Sing with the voice of leading<br />
Hollywood stars including<br />
Matthew McConaughey, Reese<br />
Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson,<br />
Seth MacFarlane, and Taron<br />
Egerton. The film promises to<br />
make every audience swing<br />
and dance with the music. Sing<br />
is about 6 animal's journey of<br />
self exploration: a dapper koala<br />
who presides over a oncegrand<br />
theater that has fallen<br />
on hard times, a mouse who<br />
croons as smoothly as he cons,<br />
a timid teenage elephant with an<br />
enormous case of stage fright,<br />
an overtaxed mother run ragged<br />
tending a litter of 25 piglets, a<br />
young gangster gorilla looking to<br />
break free of his family's felonies,<br />
and a punk-rock porcupine<br />
struggling to shed her arrogant<br />
boyfriend and go solo.<br />
Nationwide cinemas
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