Engineers here are just like anywhere else: in front of the screen, back to you.
At lunch, badge around the neck and food coupons in hand.
The terrace cafeteria overlooks the city of multi-storied houses, painted in different colors, but not as bold as one would find in cities like Ensenada, Mexico. Cell towers, EV towers and under-construction high rises.
A city, yet a moving target.
Down at the street level, one needs to fight for every inch as right-of-way.
Hand-to-mouth existence.
A girl, perhaps age 9 or 10, still walked around at midnight, pushing lottery tickets.
Office space for lease sign is up, while the crane has yet come down.
Everyone tries to move up the value chain. Real Estate? Gold? Dollars? IT?
No one wants to grow up to be a cyclo (pedicab) driver. Extinct creatures.
Just like bookstores in the States. In fact, a Judo hall now turned bookstore across from the Jade Temple. I bet on the Temple, which will stay, to host a constant stream of overseas tourists. At night, however, the Temple was closed, but the bookstore side-walk becomes a homeless shelter.
Book warming party!
There are many small software shops, many of whom perhaps folded taken from the returned mail.
It’s raw here: machismo has always been on the rise. So are beauties who assert themselves in beauty contest. So the feminine side gets masculine, and vice versa. Time they are a changin!
It rained today at noon. Which means rush hour will be less challenging,
than when it’s both congested and rainy.
On Aug 27th, the world will witness “two-moons”, Mars and Moon will be having their own version of eclipse.
On that day, we , Earth-bound creatures , will feel for the first time, out of the box (me and the moon shadow). There are other possibilities out there.
Just wait for the right time for them to show themselves.
Meanwhile, stay sustainable. Stay tuned. Stay soft.
Thang Nguyen 555 