[A VIBRANT 2022 TET] LIVE SLOWER FOR SPRING TO COME CLOSER
In 2021’s last afternoon, life began to rush, as spring was about to come back with a new dress of sweet flavors. There can be heard some music: "...then spring comes with the swallows, the happy season, the spring in my dream......". The spring of 2022, perhaps not busy and joyful, but still kept people’s enthusiasm for the Lunar New Year intact. Was it time for us not to do but to feel, to see the freshness of the new year, and to embrace to sweetness of a warm season?
Give yourself a moment of silence to sit and watch the streets, the flow of people pass by, the flow of cars rushing to their hometown, the peach bud still covered with mist. Somewhere, you’ll find fragments of memories, those so random it’s hard to believe how clear you remembered it. It might be the smell of Tet wafting in the wind of a dusty rain, the smell of fragrant leaves on a pot of banh chung is boiling in the corner of your garden, or the warm and spicy aroma of kitchen smoke. How long has it been since you last experienced these sensations?
The scent of green banh chung is imbued with the taste of Tet
Slow down to feel the happy aftertaste of Tet reunion, where everyone gathers around the dinner tray, eagerly welcoming the New Year's Eve. Cherish every moment you have with your family so that later when you're away and caught up with the hustle and bustle of modern life, you won’t bear much regrets!
The flavor of peach moved these people deeply...
Wrap up 2021 to start a new year. Slow down… to go faster. Just pour your heart out, spread your arms, and cease to worry further. Though there are things left uncomplete from the old year, let's leave them behind to welcome a happy new year.
On this special occasion, the Ams Wide Web Editorial Board would also like to wish all teachers and students a jolly, healthy and happy new year!
Reporter: Khong Minh Anh - Literature 2023
Photos: Nguyen Thuy Chi - Oxford 2023
Translator: Nhat Huy - English 2023
