When the boys play, they didn't have any goals, so some of the guys took of their shoes to mark the posts. This lefts many without shoes, and there are some big rocks on the field. A few decided to just use their left shoe, so they could kick with the right. After a while, they got smart and planted some large sticks for the goals.
In the summers I spend time with my good friends in Phat Diem, Vietnam, a small country village with a world famous cathedral. Here are some of my musings. If you would like to correspond, please email me: garymeegan@gmail.com.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Boys and Football
The football field at the Bishop's House in Phat Diem is where the tour buses park. Football (what we in the US call soccer) is big in Viet Nam, and the Vietnamese are duly proud of how their national team did at the Asian Games.
When the boys play, they didn't have any goals, so some of the guys took of their shoes to mark the posts. This lefts many without shoes, and there are some big rocks on the field. A few decided to just use their left shoe, so they could kick with the right. After a while, they got smart and planted some large sticks for the goals.
When the boys play, they didn't have any goals, so some of the guys took of their shoes to mark the posts. This lefts many without shoes, and there are some big rocks on the field. A few decided to just use their left shoe, so they could kick with the right. After a while, they got smart and planted some large sticks for the goals.
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Here is Nam Vu working his keyboard. Now entering 8th grade, he is quite the conversationalist. It's hard to believe that I have kn...
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I am mostly staying on the campus of the minor seminary in Phat Diem. Once in a while I will spend some time at the cathedral. This mornin...
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Each year I visit I put up a video for Sue where it is raining. You see, that's her favorite weather to relax in side, read a book, a...