Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Homeless Aussie Granpa in HCM...

My Vietnamese female English student gave me money & said, "Buy him a sandwich." I bought it & we gave it to that homeless Australian grandpa banker at the 23/9 Park near Highland & the pond in HCM. He attempted suicide. She asked him, "Why don't you go back to your country?" He replied, "Because this was the last thing I wanted to do." Fall in love with a Vietnamese goddess model & live happily ever after like they do in romance novels & fairy tales
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My name is Joey Arnold of the USA. I talked with him for three hours today from 08:00 - 11:00 AM apx, this Wednesday morning, the 16th of December 2015, a day after the world premiere of Star Wars​'s Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens​. I need to awake more in life. She left because he kept on talking. I'm trying to tell her I'm sorry now (apologize). I was trying to understand his story. He said he supported a 34 year old Vietnamese woman, her children, parents, & bought them a house in a village near or around the Mekong Delta. I thought Cat told me she was from Hanoi. Maybe Cat told me about another story about a different foreigner
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He told me that she kicked him out of that house that he bought for them & stole all of his money. Maybe, she's a gold digger. Maybe, he needs Viagra. Before that, she would hit him when he tried cleaning. Culturally, women do the cleaning. However, he didn't want to just sit there & do nothing. But now, he is alone.... his son gave him $20 but that is it even after all he did for him. Grandpa asked me for money for beer or for a smoke. I said no. But I mentioned this story because it is one of many. People run into problems accidentally & on purpose. Sometimes, it is our faults & yet it is not always & not completely our faults. We look down on beggars, spam, sellers, & ads. We tend to think that poor people have bad karma. We make up excuses for procrastinating from compassion, generosity, & grace. We talked about prostitutes, trafficking, & how greedy Catholics are....
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For me, I want to help people more and more.... but how do you help people? That is a good question........ you know that it shouldn't be a question of if we should help but rather a question of "HOW?"
2015-12-16 Wed 12 PM, HHD, Q.1, TP.HCM
TEL: 0168-478-5542
Joey Arnold

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