The Constant Gardener
Recently, there are many news about how Vietnamese footballers were held for match-fixing or a foreign pedophile got his freedom when he paid money to the victim's family.
Vietnam is a country that every single Vietnamese is proud for winning many wars. I guess that is the characteristic of real Vietnamese, we united in war, but not in peace. The other day when Koen told me he has a lot of respect for VN, that made me felt really good, but yet made me think how many Vietnamese are actually proud of being one?
Vietnam is small and poor, and has gone into war so many times in the past that made the Vietnamese people afraid of having one, so what we do is avoid at all cost in getting into one. And that to a certain extent, many Vietnamese are afraid of foreign people regardless that person is white or else as long as they are coming from a more superior country. Do we lose our self-esteem? I suppose so.
Many times back to VN, together with my friends, we had boiling conversations about how a Vietnamese behave in front of a foreigner, we all hate to see that a foreigner could do anything in VN. Who is to blame for this situation? If you are Vietnamese, you will surely know why. Isn't that sad to see how cheap the life of a person is?
The thing I often enjoy repeating is that if you don't respect your people, nobody will. Of course, many of us believe in humanity mission, but remember the money you give to help, not a lot is actually come to the ones in need. There are many ways to help, and sometimes not helping is actually help.
"The Constant Gardener" is for sure a movie that with very honest, straightforward pictures convey real concern of how a poor country needs help, how big corporations play an important game in politics, and how cheap the life of a human being in such country. Another thing I love about this movie is the constant love and believing, you should NEVER have doubt when you love someone.
Very good movie.
Vietnam is a country that every single Vietnamese is proud for winning many wars. I guess that is the characteristic of real Vietnamese, we united in war, but not in peace. The other day when Koen told me he has a lot of respect for VN, that made me felt really good, but yet made me think how many Vietnamese are actually proud of being one?
Vietnam is small and poor, and has gone into war so many times in the past that made the Vietnamese people afraid of having one, so what we do is avoid at all cost in getting into one. And that to a certain extent, many Vietnamese are afraid of foreign people regardless that person is white or else as long as they are coming from a more superior country. Do we lose our self-esteem? I suppose so.
Many times back to VN, together with my friends, we had boiling conversations about how a Vietnamese behave in front of a foreigner, we all hate to see that a foreigner could do anything in VN. Who is to blame for this situation? If you are Vietnamese, you will surely know why. Isn't that sad to see how cheap the life of a person is?
The thing I often enjoy repeating is that if you don't respect your people, nobody will. Of course, many of us believe in humanity mission, but remember the money you give to help, not a lot is actually come to the ones in need. There are many ways to help, and sometimes not helping is actually help.
"The Constant Gardener" is for sure a movie that with very honest, straightforward pictures convey real concern of how a poor country needs help, how big corporations play an important game in politics, and how cheap the life of a human being in such country. Another thing I love about this movie is the constant love and believing, you should NEVER have doubt when you love someone.
Very good movie.
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