My 10 Favourite Stills (2008)

National Museum of Vietnamese (687 x 1024 Version)

Ha Long Bay Cave (1024 x 687 Version)

Kiddie @Sapa,Lao Cai (1024 x 687 Version)

Concert@Ly Thai To,Hanoi.noise at the top (1024 x 687 Version)

Gurney Drive@Penang.a lil noisy at the top part (1024 x 687 Version)

the Street@the Curve,Mutiara Damansara (1024 x 687 Version)

@HaLong (1024 x 687 Version)

Paddy Field@Sapa,Lao Cai (1024 x 687 Version)

@Ly Thai To,Hanoi (1024 x 687 Version)

@Ly Thai To,Hanoi (1024 x 687 Version)

Vietnamese New Year Fever (I'm excluded)

This is how Vietnamese looks like on the Eve.

camera and lots of camera

every kind of pose

congestion on the main street

terrible ,streets fill with vehicle

preparation for the big night

it get worse at night

shoot,shoot,shoot

people everywhere

whole sky was fill with this thing

not a good start huh?

New Year Face.

photo with the gigantic fan

people hanging around the lake

the main road was close on that day.congestion even your're on a bike!

Not much I could do when Im ALONE here(they're back tonight.Im back next week for a month.yipee!Trip..). Went for movie(Twilight) not bad for a vampire movie,a lil' out I know whenever Im in Vietnam(thrown back to the past). Caught in a jam for 30 minutes after the show and the taxi driver looks so frustrated(Sorry Lah ,Ly Thai To jam(sangat)(Saya Tahu!)haha!). Everywhere fill with people and bikes.

New Year's resolution?No,I just need a New Year's wish.GET ME BACK TO MALAYSIA!!.I'm close becoming one of them,stupid BEST! staff talking Vietnamese to me "I thought you're Vietnamese,sorry my voice no good"!! hate it.

2-0~0-9

Wishing everyone a Great 2009 Year! 

~Happy New Year! 

Being a museum curator for 2 hours..*whoops

Get to visit the National Museum of Vietnamese History by coincident.

So lets get to the item shall we?

  The museum building completed in 1932,after a seven-year renovation with its Indochina Architecture,a mix of eastern and western traditions. Created by Architect Ernest Hebrard. It used to be called Louis Finot Museum but after French withdrew in 1954 the Vietnamese Government renamed it to History Museum.

Siva(late 12th Century A.D,Mam Temple, Binh Dinh province with grey mauve sandstone)

National Flag of Vietnam,was declared a national flag in 1945

   illustration of independence in 1945

Stone marker for land

various weopon from french(not Gundam leftover cannon) 

100 method of writting 

Ceremonial clothes for Official(Early 20th Century A.D made from Silk)

three panel screen(1890 A.D,made from wood and oyster)

the throne chair

various bells

measurement equipment,long one was a ruler.

Ching or a Gong(1719 A.D,Bao Cat Pagoda Hai Phong city made from Bronze)

Chu Nom books of geography and poetry(15-18th Century A.D)

Stem Cup for wine(15-16th Century A.D,Thanh Hoa province made from ceramic)

wooden Buddha

where's item no.19?"Alert the Guards!!!"

royal seals

Vinh Lang stele(Replica,15th Century A.D,Thanh Hoa province,made from stone ,H:330cm)

Bach Dang River Battle

Stakes in the riverbed to impale enemy ships

Bowl for exports purpose(13-14th Century A.D)

Buddha Amitabha Statue(Replica,1057 A.D Phat Tich Pagoda,Bac Ninh province,H:187,227cm with pedectal)

stone phoenix not duck!

Excavation in Han tomb(100-300 A.D,Bac Ninh province)

Han two story fortified farm model(200B.C - 300 A.D Bac Ninh province)

playing the Bronze drum

earring with animal head(400 B.C - 100 B.C,giong Ca Vo, Ho Chi Minh)

funeral Jar(300 - 100 B.C,Go Dua Quang Nam province,terracotta H:112cm,D:72cm)

Bronze axe(500B.C-100A.D,Northern Vietnam)

Human Evolution(notice the last one)

blade carved from stone

Bronze drum

 bronze drum no.2

National Museum of Vietnamese History

Hours  8.00am - 1630pm Daily

Guided tours : Available on request

Address : No.1 Trang Tien Street