Vietnam Travel Haiku - A Tower Of Garlic For The Gods Poem by john tiong chunghoo

seeking blessings
a tower of garlic
for the gods

In a shop in Saigon, I saw in a red altar (on the floor) a tower of garlic
offered to a god. This awed me because I had never seen garlic being offered to a god especially in this way. I mean they piled up the garlic about six inches high right in front of the god.

keeping the toilet clean
a row of white slippers
lines the entrance

On my way by bus from Muine to Ho Chi Minh City, we rested at a
convenience store at a petrol station. The toilet here fascinated me because at the entrance was a line of white slippers. One had to enter
the toilet by wearing them. Of course, the floor was spotlessly clean. What a unique way to keep clean the toilet. It is also a subtle way of telling users to mind their toilet practice.