TRAVELLIVE MAGAZINE Travellive 01-2016

115 taken by photographer Rehahn On these first days of New Year 2016, cheerful melodies of Tet have been played everywhere, marking the arrival of Lunar New Year. Lyrics of old traditional songs have their own power to call back my memories as if I was just a child happily singing the songs with my friends day by day when Tet was coming to town. When I was studying at university, I had two Tet each year, one for patients and the old in social protection centers and one for my family. 15 years ago, my friends and I celebrated Lunar New Year with the old in a nursing home. On receiving our banh chung, an old woman hold my hands tightly, crying and telling me about her family, the time she was far away from home and uncompleted Tet seasons she had. That was the first time after years she had a Tet which was as warm as she wished with the happiness of being remembered as she considered us her grandchildren. “T’t, T’t, T’t, T’t Æ’n rÂi! T’t, T’t, T’t Æ’n rÂi! Mıng T’t Æ’n vµ lÈc Æ’n nhµ nhµ...” Nh˜ng ngµy Æ«u n®m mÌi D≠¨ng lch, tr™n Æ≠Íng tÌi v®n phng mÁi s∏ng, t´i lπi nghe th†y giai Æi÷u quen thuÈc cÒa T’t rÈn rµng khæp n¨i. Nh˜ng lÍi ca v“ T’t nh≠ gÓi lπi k˝ ¯c thuÎ bä, mÁi khi T’t v“ lÚ trŒ trong ng‚ lπi ngh™u ngao h∏t ngµy nµy qua ngµy kh∏c. ThÍi Æπi h‰c, n®m nµo t´i cÚng c„ 2 dp T’t, mÈt vÌi nh˜ng b÷nh nh©n vµ ng≠Íi neo Æ¨n tπi c∏c trung t©m b∂o trÓ x∑ hÈi, mÈt vÌi gia Æ◊nh. 15 n®m tr≠Ìc, chÛng t´i c„ dp Æ’n t∆ng b∏nh ch≠ng vµ quµ T’t cho nh˜ng ng≠Íi cao tuÊi Î mÈt vi÷n d≠Ïng l∑o. MÈt cÙ bµ sau khi nhÀn chi’c b∏nh ch≠ng Æ∑ næm tay t´i r†t ch∆t, n≠Ìc mæt r≠ng r≠ng rÂi k” v“ qu∑ng thÍi gian xa gia Æ◊nh, xa con c∏i - nh˜ng ngµy T’t ch≠a tr‰n vãn trong nhi“u n®m cuÈc ÆÍi. H„a ra, Æ„ lµ l«n Æ«u ti™n bµ Æ≠Óc sËng mÈt c∏i T’t †m ∏p vµ ÆÒ Æ«y vÌi s˘ th®m h·i vµ quµ b∏nh nhi“u Æ’n vÀy tı nh˜ng bπn trŒ Î tuÊi con, ch∏u m◊nh. 15 n®m sau, dÔ cuÈc sËng nhi“u thay ÆÊi, c´ng vi÷c bÀn rÈn, nh˜ng ÆÓt c´ng t∏c vµ nh˜ng chuy’n du lch dµi ngµy khi’n m‰i th¯ tr´i Æi vÈi v∑, T’t v…n lu´n lµ kho∂ng thÍi gian t´i muËn m◊nh b≠Ìc chÀm lπi Æ” c∂m nhÀn tr‰n vãn nh˜ng y™u th≠¨ng gia Æ◊nh vµ læng lng trong k˚ ni÷m v“ nh˜ng c∏i T’t Æ∑ qua. T’t ch≠a bao giÍ m†t Æi ˝ ngh‹a cÒa n„, c„ kh∏c ch®ng lµ n®m nay vÌi k˙ nghÿ dµi, c∂ gia Æ◊nh t´i sœ c„ c¨ hÈi cÔng Æi du lch Æ©u Æ„, Æ∆t ch©n l™n nh˜ng mi“n Æ†t mÌi nh≠ ni“m hπnh phÛc Æ«u n®m. Tr≠Ìc th“m xu©n mÌi, ÆÈi ngÚ Travellive tr©n tr‰ng gˆi lÍi c∂m ¨n Æ’n qu˝ ÆÈc gi∂, kh∏ch hµng Æ∑ Òng hÈ vµ ÆÂng hµnh cÔng chÛng t´i suËt mÈt n®m qua. 15 years later, my life has changed a lot with work, long business trips and holidays. However, Tet is always the time I want to slow down. It’s the time for family’s happiness and for great memories. Going shopping at Tet markets, making banh chung, cooking delicious dishes, and decorating the peach tree all together help me enjoy Tet. The meanings of Tet never change, yet with more days off, I and my husband will bring our children to somewhere new, then name that new place the first joy of the year. On this occasion, Travellive Magazine would like to express our gratitude to our readers for supporting us through the years. Wish you and your family a happy and lucky year! K›nh chÛc qu˝ v vµ gia Æ◊nh mÈt n®m mÌi an khang, hπnh phÛc! 56 > Spring journey to ß∆ng ThÔy Linh English Editor 12 TRAVELLIVE Phu Quoc Island - the new “Monaco” of Vietnam

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