Nha Tho Rach Cau – Tan Thoi, is a catholic church that people go to daily for mass, the majority of people in this area back in the late 70s and 80s are catholic, and I believe also true today 90s and 2010s because I’ve seen wedding ceremony 10s to 20s couple at a time. As for me I was forced to go to church daily when possible and mandatory Sunday mass when I was young. This church had major re-construction, when I was young the church was originally all cement with lots of crack here and there and look very old, like mideval time castle, it was big. The last time I visited Vietnam back in mid 2000s re-construction was completed, and I couldn’t recognize it. I missed the old church. Continue reading “Nha Tho Rach Cau – Tan Thoi”
School in Vietnam Tan Thoi – Tieu Hoc
The school that I went to from Kindergarten to 4th grade was “Truong Tieu Hoc – Tan Thoi”, it was small and next to Catholic Church “Nha Tho Rach Cau”. I started Kindergarten at the age of 5 I think, at the time I remember my mom had to go with me learning the alphabet and numbers. I didn’t really pay attention to the teachers maybe because I have no idea what she was saying, I copy the person next to me whatever he/she written down on a small chalk board. At the time each student have a small chalk board size of a modern day clipboard, teacher would write something on the big chalk board then we either copy it or answer it on our small chalk board, we mostly sing, and memorize favorite poetry. That’s Kindergarten. Continue reading “School in Vietnam Tan Thoi – Tieu Hoc”