Bill from Saigon !
Saturday, 5. September 2009, 11:03:13
This is a video clip about the old man living in Ben Thanh Sai Gon Market. A foreigner visiting Ho Chi Minh city met Bill while he was selling postcard. Amazing because of his English , the foreigner had inspiration to interview him and make a video. The following was exact from that interview
Foreigner: ok ! so what is your name?
Bill: My name is Bill - B I L L
F: Bill
B: American name
F: American name of BIll
B: why you know why i take (took ) American name
F: No why
B: before i has (had) my friend , he is American people, i (we) work together in the .........
F: you work with him in the .......
B: Interpreter
F: ...preter
B; Yeah, interpreter
F: I see
B: He don't understand vietnamese , i tell him English he understands
F: ... you speak English very well!
B: Really, i am no school, ....... i looked American movies
F: movie?
B: I learn myself
F: Really?
B: yeah
F: Wow
B: somebody told me " American accent! right !"
F: i'm right
B: but anybody come you know they say me ! ahhehh! accent American that could i said.. No sweat!
F: No sweat!
B: no sweat man
F: no sweat man from the movie
B: That's right!
F: Exact when
B: I wait (have waited) for my friend 25 years! i don't know what a hell!....
F: he never come back, right?
B: Maybe old man he died
F: may be he died
B: and today i talk with you............
F: where am i from
B: i from USA
B: USA, what 's state!
F: Medsoda.... (i don't know exactly the name of this state)
B: How long have you been here?
F: I've been here for 10 days
....
F: This is my second trip to Saigon a ha
B: when do you go back United State
F: Tomorow, my last day here
B: oh my god see you!
F: ok before i run out here i wanna you tell me gain what 's your saying (not exactly) and why do you write on your hand?(not exactly)
B: The best in most beautiful things in the world can not be seen nor touch but can feel in the heart
F: The best in most beautiful things in the world can not be seen nor touch but can feel in the heart
F: ...............(help me listen this sentence)
B:.... ......... ......... ......... ......... B: Day and today i sell these postcards to make my living! I have only one daughter but my daughter is disable
F: She disable
B: he can't work anything a home!
F: oh i see B: .................(try to listen what he say )
....................................
F: Let me ask you, you say 'what the hell" have you heard lots of American say that
...............
i'm sleepy, and i have to go to bed... i 'll continue later
Foreigner: ok ! so what is your name?
Bill: My name is Bill - B I L L
F: Bill
B: American name
F: American name of BIll
B: why you know why i take (took ) American name
F: No why
B: before i has (had) my friend , he is American people, i (we) work together in the .........
F: you work with him in the .......
B: Interpreter
F: ...preter
B; Yeah, interpreter
F: I see
B: He don't understand vietnamese , i tell him English he understands
F: ... you speak English very well!
B: Really, i am no school, ....... i looked American movies
F: movie?
B: I learn myself
F: Really?
B: yeah
F: Wow
B: somebody told me " American accent! right !"
F: i'm right
B: but anybody come you know they say me ! ahhehh! accent American that could i said.. No sweat!
F: No sweat!
B: no sweat man
F: no sweat man from the movie
B: That's right!
F: Exact when
B: I wait (have waited) for my friend 25 years! i don't know what a hell!....
F: he never come back, right?
B: Maybe old man he died
F: may be he died
B: and today i talk with you............
F: where am i from
B: i from USA
B: USA, what 's state!
F: Medsoda.... (i don't know exactly the name of this state)
B: How long have you been here?
F: I've been here for 10 days
....
F: This is my second trip to Saigon a ha
B: when do you go back United State
F: Tomorow, my last day here
B: oh my god see you!
F: ok before i run out here i wanna you tell me gain what 's your saying (not exactly) and why do you write on your hand?(not exactly)
B: The best in most beautiful things in the world can not be seen nor touch but can feel in the heart
F: The best in most beautiful things in the world can not be seen nor touch but can feel in the heart
F: ...............(help me listen this sentence)
B:.... ......... ......... ......... ......... B: Day and today i sell these postcards to make my living! I have only one daughter but my daughter is disable
F: She disable
B: he can't work anything a home!
F: oh i see B: .................(try to listen what he say )
....................................
F: Let me ask you, you say 'what the hell" have you heard lots of American say that
...............
i'm sleepy, and i have to go to bed... i 'll continue later
WIDGETIZE