Rain In Ho Chi Minh City

Today is Singapore's National Day celebrations!
It's been raining on and off these days. Thankfully, the drizzles come and go within 10 mins. I have taken lots of pictures, of bustling life in the city, rain or shine and of children, fruit peddlars, and all sorts of mobile enterprises.

There were many shots that I have missed. A pity! One was of a little girl coming out from her house to burn incense paper by the roadside. (This is month of Hungry Ghost.) I heard from Yen that there were snatch-thieves who were probably hungrier than the real ghosts. The items were stolen before the real ghosts could get at the food/fruits. She said the culprits were "living ghosts".

Anyway, cost of living is still cheaper than in Singapore, although that may be about to change very soon. The lives of the ordinary folks seem to be, in my own categorisation, "happy". Not exactly like our Singaporean kind of happy. There is no rush for PPA rating of 1 - which I think has been the only way for us to separate the diehard workers from the hardtodie workers.

Another day is gone.