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Our Photo Shoot

No, I was not caught up with work. I was busy having the time of my life, thus, the long absence. A wedding photo shoot up in the hills of Vietnam, with temperatures at a cool 15 degrees. Best of all, I was not the one shooting. We hired a mini-bus for this road trip up north of Ho Chi Minh city for our wedding photo shoot with a crew of 7 including the lead actor (me) and actress (Thao). Her mum was the production manager, taking care of accomodation, logistics, food etc. Her uncle, Cau Tuan (photographer), Cau Tien (make-up artist), Tuan (photography assistant) and Thanh (driver) makes up the rest of the production crew. We stopped twice for shoots during the 6 hrs drive up to Dalat, and all these were unplanned. We just stopped for shoots whenever something nice caught Cau Tuan's eye. This includes a rubber plantation and an ancient tea house. We spent 3 days up in the hills for outdoor shoots and truly enjoyed all of it... the cool weather, scenery and the company. Nights were spent drinking warm soya bean milk on the streets, walking in the night market, and a singing session in a run-down karaoke joint. I have always wanted to take a look inside one of those karaoke places that can be seen all over the cities in Vietnam. Usually, all you can see is a small lighted sign on the streets that lead you to someone's home which has a few spare rooms equipped with a CRT TV, speakers and a simple karaoke system. For S$3, you can all squeeze into a room and scream your lungs out for an hour. My Vietnamese is still not good enough to understand all of what they say, but it was nice to see them having a great time, and utter a word or two of Vietnamese to be part of the fun. It was 3 full days of fun and modeling, with the crew taking care of almost everything, all I had to do was get changed and posed for shoots.

Our last night in Ho Chi Minh city, we brought the kids (Thao's cousin and sister) out for ice cream, They seem so excited and started to talk about their favourite cartoon characters during the ride where Hand sat in front and Tin behind me, 3 on a bike. For a while, I felt the same way as the boys, excited about going for a spin around town, in our 2-wheel convertible (also known as Honda Dream motorbike) and having ice cream. As an adult, Its not so often that I get excited about things, but with kids, anything can be great fun. Wish I could have this feeling more often, and never grow out of it.