Chen Song Ping

Elderly people getting lost in another country’s hotel?

Elderly people getting lost in another country’s hotel

Forgetting which floor and room door in a hotel

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A dry cough behind me

as I stepped into a lift,

It was an old Chinese man with a hat

I tapped my room card

and pressed my floor number.

He stood still beside me…

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I signalled to him to tap his card

and press his floor number.

He did and pressed

the same floor number as mine.

As we stepped out,

I let him move forward first.

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I stood in front of the lift observing him

as he walked up and down the corridor,

and tried to open several room doors in vain!

This time I felt uneasy

I stepped back into the lift

and prayed that he didn’t follow me

again into the lift!

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I reported to the counter staff

“oh no! these old tourists!

…. always forget their floor number

or their room number!”

She sent a staff member to go check.

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The next morning during breakfast,

my colleague told me,

” I saw the old man with a hat. He sat opposite me. I gave him a tissue napkin. He carefully tore the napkin into two and gave back to me half of it!”

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So sweet of him!

But why is he travelling

in another country, ALONE!

A courageous Ryan sings

A courageous Ryan sings

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He beats all odds

to sing where

many people dare not

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Hear our duet on silver bells

Hear our duet on Vincent

Learning Vietnamese songs

Learning Vietnamese songs

When I learned my first Vietnamese song, it took me several weeks. I told my duet partner that I should perhaps try to sing short and easy kindergarten songs!

Khi tôi học bài hát tiếng Việt đầu tiên, tôi mất vài tuần. Tôi nói với bạn song ca của mình rằng có lẽ tôi nên thử hát những bài hát mẫu giáo ngắn và dễ nghe! (Google translate)

Until I feel in love with the next two songs.

Hear my vietnamese songs

lien khuc chieu mua 3 – Chensp & Hanh. (My first Vietnamese duet)

Gio Ny Anh o Dau – Chensp & Hanh

CHAN TINH

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People, people everywhere, yet so lonely on top!

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Ever experience?

it is high, up here, with a good view

but it is so lonely!

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In what situations can one find oneself like being alone on top of a mountain?

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Albert Einstein also famously stated, “It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely”.

Dining on a bus

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Dining on a bus (a senyru)

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fancy drinking here

On a bus atop restaurant

overlook traffic.

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Charles Rodrigues (Listen to our duet” wasted days wasted nights) is going 80 and could croon effortlessly and soothingly with his guitar. Singing kept him going, he said. At his age, he still gets invited sometimes to sing in a pub!