All About Hanoi - Vietnam - Info & Preparation

There are lots of expectation and preparation you should do before you go to Hanoi, Vietnam.
It is the most adventures trip I had so far, will let you know why in my trip story. Here is some information you should know when you decide want to visit Hanoi.

As overview, it is different from visit other provinces in Vietnam when you come across Hanoi. Because this place is very different compared to its history 2 years ago, therefore some information you had in some other website will be no longer useable. Why? purely due to Ha Long Bay is about 3Hrs land transport distance from Hanoi, lots of people visiting this place. It had created opportunities for Hanoi's Vietnamese people to maximize a penny or two from your pocket.

Well first is currency.
Hanoi use local Vietnam currency Dong (VND) and USD.

Rate as of Aug 2012 Based on Kuala Lumpur exchange rate.
RM 160 = 1,000,000 VND
USD$ 100 = 2,080,000 VND
 RM 190 = 1,000,000 VND (Thanks to Chok Yew, my friend in East Msia info)
however if you are paying in USD, local people will only provide you USD$ 100 = 2,000,000 VND, it is not much, around RM 6.50.

BUT only hotels, tour agencies, shops with more advance places accept USD. Yet remember when you pay in USD, your change for the balance will be in VND.


2.
Power Supply plug

Local plug is 2 pin, if you are from others country which using other than 2 pin plug, please ensure you will bring along universal plug or you may get a converter from Dong Xuan market, it cost me $5000 dong. 

3.
Language Barier
Do remember that you will be having cultural shocks as local language is Vietnamese, therefore you may want to do some homework for basic words as your guidance in order to allow you to survive during your trip. It is fun though, especially when you met someone spoke the same language, you will said, Oh my! finally I got a mates! Thats what I felt after 4 days suffering with foreign alien on earth....

4.
Cab
Please take note that there is different cab company which may cost you bloody cuts throat! a trip of which less than 10 KM from Fine Art Museum to Old Quarters cost 30,000 Dong had become 190,000 Dong. Bear in mind, only meters cab with company MaLinh (green), CP (White blue), Hanoi. Other taxi would cost you a pain, remember always make sure the price or ensure you get on to the right type of taxi.

Good Luck!
Ask if you want to know anything!

Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles Theme Song (名媛望族主题曲) by Fiona Sit Song Title: At This Moment (此時此刻)

Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles Theme Song (名媛望族主题曲) by Fiona Sit (DEMO Version)
Song Title: At This Moment (此時此刻)
(Duration: 2:38 minutes / Size: 3.6 MB / MP3)
Theme Song Download


此時此刻 (名媛望族主題曲)

作曲：鄧智偉
填詞：林日曦
主唱：薛凱琪
編曲：johnny yim
監製：鄧智偉

就在出走海邊的正牛
柔和日照的一刻
就在點點抑的昨晚
連綿夜雨的一刻

多少天終都獨個支撐
等不到替我撐起雨傘
只著想比刻可爲我分擔
不敢想你吻向她的每晚

** 時代要一天天分薄我未來
難得一起時別要放開
谁愿意躋身於復雜裡精彩
只想與你簡單相愛 **

就在爭取中高聲叫喊
時局劇變的一刻
就在喘息間呼吸勇氣
重頭獨處的一刻

當天色始終都沒法猜測
想身邊會有你分享每剎
當比刻一雙手被你緊握
不想知你快要跟她進發

Repeat **

時代裡太多恐懼太多悲劇要襲來
難得擁緊時別再放開
無謂再分心於選擇裡
至少這一秒跟前是我
只求被愛 單純被愛
單純是你 單純是我 單純地愛

Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles - 名媛望族 (2012) [TVB 45th Anniversary Series]

Cast: Damian Lau, Idy Chan, Tavia Yeung, Kenneth Ma, Ron Ng, Rebecca Zhu, Sek Sau, Sire Ma, Adrian Chau, Ben Wong, JJ Jia, Bella Lam, Sammy Sum, Charmaine Li, Stephen Huynh

【發音語言】 : 粵語
【字幕語言】 : 中文字幕
【演　 員】  : 劉松仁、陳玉蓮、楊  怡、馬國明、吳卓羲、朱晨麗、韓馬利、江美儀
【監    製】  : 莊偉建
【編    導】  : 黃國輝, 葉鎮輝, 黃偉森, 林子欣
【編    審】  : 歐冠英, 盧美雲
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Notable: TVB 45th Anniversary Series, Replacing The Last Steep Ascent
Episodes: 40

Theme Song Lyric
Theme Song Download
Sub Theme Song Download

Synopsis
During the 1930s in Hong Kong, where east meets west, feminist activists started campaigning for women's rights, seeking to uproot the phenomenon of men's superiority over women. Though having studied abroad in England and leading a western lifestyle, CHUNG CHEUK-MAN (Damian Lau) , a well-known Chinese barrister, is very traditional indeed. As a man possessing privileges and eminence, he has five wives, including his first wife KOO SUM-LAN (Mary Hon) coming from a noble family, second wife YEE YIN (Idy Chan), who is an ex-princess of the fallen Qing dynasty, third wife YIK YEE-FONG (Elena Kong), a daughter of a banker. Being a famous Peking opera artiste, HONG CHI-KWAN (Tavia Yeung) became his fourth wife. And as his fifth wife, CHIU TAN-TAN (Jia Xiaochen) covets vanity a lot. Despite being CHEUK-MAN's favorite among the five wives, CHI-KWAN and him do not agree with each other on elevating the social status of women. Moreover, his two sons – CHUNG KAI-SUN (Kenneth Ma) and CHUNG KAI-YIP (Vincent Wong) turn their back on their strict father respectively, while his daughter CHUNG HO-YEE (Sire Ma) marries to a poor policeman regardless of the consequences. As the intensification of the family struggles becomes more ferocious, KAM MUK-SHUI (Ron Ng) penetrates into the CHUNG family. Unwilling to compromise on the marriage of his beloved KWAI SIU-YAU (Rebecca Zhu) and the son of the CHUNG family, he seeks vengeance on them. This seemingly splendid family is in fact beginning to crack from the inside.

故事大綱
三十年代香港，正值東西文化衝擊，女性開始爭取地位，改變男尊女卑現象。法律界名大狀鍾卓萬（劉松仁飾）曾留學英國，生活洋化，但骨子裡是一個傳統的中國 男人，他同時擁有幾個女人，彰顯他的權力和身份地位。元配顧心蘭（韓馬利飾）是大家閨秀，二太太是前清格格爾嫣（陳玉蓮飾），三太太是銀行家之後易懿芳 （江美儀飾），四太太是著名刀馬旦康子君（楊怡飾），第五個女人則是貪慕虛榮的趙丹丹（賈曉晨飾）。
然而，卓萬心中最愛只有子君，但子君為爭取婦女地位，跟卓萬意見不合。此外，在嚴父強權管教下，兩個兒子鍾啟燊（馬國明飾）和鍾啟燁（王浩信飾）先後與卓 萬反目，女兒鍾浩頤（馬賽飾）不顧一切嫁給窮警察，鍾家各房人明爭暗鬥愈演愈烈之際，金木水（吳卓羲飾）愛慕義妹季小由（朱晨麗飾），不甘她成為鍾家媳 婦，混入鍾家展開復仇大計；豪門表面煦燦，內裡四分五裂......
 

Highs and Lows Sub Theme (雷霆掃毒片尾曲) by Raymond Lam (Full Version) Song Title: Done Being Naive (幼稚完)

Highs and Lows Sub Theme (雷霆掃毒片尾曲) by Raymond Lam (Full Version)
Song Title: Done Being Naive (幼稚完)
(Duration: 4:23 minutes / Size: 8 MB / MP3)
 Theme Song Download


幼稚完 (劇集《雷霆掃毒》片尾曲)
作曲：鄧智偉
作詞：林日曦

無法和你回到那種盛夏
能夠沉醉懷抱呆望窗紗

就這麼一個假日在乘涼
冰塊浸沒在紅茶
互抱著老掉也不怕

時間流過誰也要長大吧
而你和我前行全是分岔
自此分開了你落力前行
得我幼稚地停留

被歲月放大了牽掛
幾千天近況幸福嗎

每日忙碌嗎
仍然是那麼認真嗎
可有新戀人
成熟的戀人

成熟到沒再共你吵架
是我始終拒絕成長嗎
為何沒法裝作瀟灑

轉眼多少年
仍然想當年
仍然幼稚到又記起你
天真夠嗎

而我何以連住進新大廈
仍要為你留下陳舊梳化
或者早知道我在下沉時
喜受仰臥到凌晨

累了又掛念你一下

近況好嗎 每日忙碌嗎
仍然是那麼認真嗎
可有新戀人
成熟的戀人

成熟到沒再共你吵架
是我始終拒絕成長嗎

還未學會裝樂觀嗎
轉眼多少年
無聊的蠢人

無聊到讓眼淚跌出了
瘋癲夠嗎

讓我今天幼稚完好嗎
能如願再經歷遇見你的
一剎嗎

如果時光機放在前方
可天真多次嗎

Highs and Lows - 雷霆掃毒 (2012)

Highs and Lows - 雷霆掃毒 (2012)
Cast: Michael Miu, Raymond Lam, Elaine Ng, Ella Koon, Kate Tsui, Ben Wong, Derek Kwok, MC Jin, Law Lok Lam, Jazz Lam, Rosanne Lui, Eileen Yeow, Kayi Cheung

Release Date: September 24, 2012
Notable: TVB 45th Anniversary Lighting Series, Replacing Divas In Distress
Episodes: 30
Theme Song Lyric
Theme Song Download




Synopsis
As a Senior Inspector of the Narcotics Bureau Operation Unit, HEUNG WING (Miu Kiu Wai) profoundly abhors evil. He and WAI SAI-LOK (Raymond Lam) - Senior Inspector of the Intelligence Unit have closely co-operated with each other as peer mentors, frequently solving drug trafficking cases for the Police Force. During an operation to knock down the targets, SAI-LOK discovers clues that HEUNG WING is most likely the corrupt cop in a collusion conspiracy with drug dealers. Apart from launching a secret investigation into HEUNG WING, SAI-LOK is also alienated from him by the evil-willed Chief Inspector of the Operation Unit - PUN HOK-LAI (Ben Wong). Having undergone various disputes against each other, the long-term brotherly relationship between SAI-LOK and HEUNG WING appears full of contradictions.

On the other hand, following an investigation, SAI-LOK falls in love with a snitch – CHAN KA-PIK (Kate Tsui), who suffers from low self-esteem due to her humble beginning. Deliberately denying her affection to SAI-LOK, KA-PIK gives up on him so that his secret admirer - KO HEI-SUEN (Ella Koon), a rookie police officer, can have the chance, leading to a subtle relationship among the three. Feeling life is so dreary, KA-PIK ultimately digs her own grave by becoming a new generation of drug dealer, involved in drug trafficking and provoking the Police Force. With intense sorrow, SAI-LOK then joins forces with HEUNG WING against KA-PIK, waging a chain of bitter battles.

故事大綱
毒品調查科行動組高級督察向榮(苗僑偉)嫉惡如仇，與情報組高級督察韋世樂（林峯飾）亦師亦友，合作無間，為警隊屢破毒案。世樂在一次緝毒行動中，發現蛛 絲馬跡，向榮極有可能是勾結毒犯的神秘黑警。世樂開始暗中調查向榮，加上心術不正的行動組總督察潘學禮（黃智賢飾）從中挑撥，多年兄弟連番角力，矛盾重 重……
另一方面，世樂因調查行動認識線人陳家碧（徐子珊飾），兩人暗生情愫，但家碧出身低微，自卑感作祟，刻意逃情，並讓愛予一直暗戀世樂的新紮師妹高希璇（官 恩娜飾），三人之間有著微妙的感情關係。生無可戀的家碧最後走上不歸路，成為新一代毒后，販運毒品，挑戰警隊。世樂痛心疾首，與向榮聯手，跟家碧展開一幕 幕的毒戰……