Photojournal

Ho Chi Minh City.  Amidst the traffic chaos, old buildings and disorganized telecommunication wires, lies a fast growing city embracing the latest technology and undergoing a major infrastructure improvements. On a move that I think as an attempt to replicate what China did a decade ago, Vietnam IMHO, is on the right track and poised to be another leaping tiger of the region. Looks can be deceiving, there’s more to Vietnam than its shady and rusty surface.

For centuries, the only way to cross the wide rivers in Sarawak was by boat. In today’s modern day, they are still in service but more popular among the tourists rather than locals to commute from the city to the villages across. The rivers were once popular for its ferocious crocodiles, though it is doubtful now that they are still active as we hardly hear any more news of crocodile attacks.

Shopping malls preparing the performance stages and props for the coming Chinese New Year celebration in mid-February. All sorts of decorations installed shall be either painted red or mostly red in color. Statue of cats with waving left paw is a symbol of prosperity and widely used as props at the shopping malls although according to the Chinese calendar, the year 2010 should be a Year of the Tiger.