Our hamlet was divided in two parts. One was inhabited by the northerners, the others the southerners. At the end of these parts, there are some casinos, places for entertainment but not gambling{ we were forbidden to gamble}, At the southern part, there was an  Alaska restaurant. It reserved to foreigners and some rich people VIP, man over 30. We have never occasion to go there. The cost of the drink was expensive as in Mr Grace's mother restaurant: Cyrnos restaurant at the front beach. Mr grace couldn't walk because  Thailand pirates. Mrs Oriole was blind because Mr Grace betrayed her They were our teachers. We have passed many years together.Minh Uoc rang a bell. to this matter.At the end of the northern part, there is an another place of entertainment: A wood house with sheet iron covered by straw in order to make it more romantic. The cost of the drink is 5 times as much as ordinary drink with good accomodation. It reserved only for boys nearly from 20 to30. They used to drink coffee and listen to music and look at us to find  a discret love.At last , they went to the pub with their partners if they can court someone..We were famous girls in a domain.  We were respected because of our literate, the most intelligent girls of the domain. Some of us are sisters, people called them' white house' , it means Regina Pacis.When we entered to the pub with a dozen, all of couples or solo boys should went away. No one could imagine what  will be, will be! What will happened!We weren' t necessary tobe well-dressed . Lan had a lot of money! She's the most perverse , she was maried early., {she dared to cross over the frontier to go abroad to another country}We sat in the pub as boys ,listening foreign songs, babies crawld on the white table cloth with lace edge in the purple light.The hosts didn't get losses because we have a lot of money.

We've never pemission to go to the bar, coffee bar, snack bar{W rote by neon sign lights}We call it pub but there was not music with ampli hi-fi, twinkle lights ,vague outline with mysterious lights in the pub and another thing the cost is different.Someone calls it Casino, is it true?{ gambling is forbiding in our country}

Phuong Ninh