Yesterday I saw Mike from UK play
Bieber-like and adoring
This morning I managed to have him in front of the mike at Cafe Vuong Tron
Inter-generational and inter-cultural Sunday coffee house at the outskirt of Saigon
The featured singer would take a break and Mike went to the mike
He just let go “Broken-hearted”
College students started to snap their I-phones and Samsung
We looked at him and saw our former selves
The cafe-sua-da got him shaken a bit
But the raw elements were there: vulnerability and the invitation to connect
It’s universal
Music that is.
I am sure people there this morning felt they were having a rare treat.
It’s just a beautiful Sunday morning (and a Q Tri played that song as well)
Another American TESOL student was there as well
You can tell he enjoy the surprise
After all we turned “groupies” now
Guitar case and pick / microphone and wire
As simple as that: time passed but friendship gained
There is no better time to make new friends than now.
UK US or us
Just the chords
The melody
And your yesterday’s self ( I am half a man I used to be – Yesterday)
When I saw Mike at the mike I know there will be many more Mikes
who keep coming and discovering that people have hope-love-and fear everywhere – whether it’s cold and snow – or hot and rainy.
We are people with just a heartbeat away from eternity. No wonder we find its restless until we found that final rest in the Heavenly. For now being among friends and music lovers I felt at home already.
Thang Nguyen 555 