Leap of Faith

As I write this Angels & Demons the movie is on the Stars Movie Channel, what I mean by this is not for the leap of faith of God, but simply the faith to cross the road. So then why did the Chicken cross the road? Well in the game of Frogger it was just to get to the other side. The “Leap of Faith” in Ho Chi Minh City is just to cross the street and hope to get to the other side. Anybody that has ever been to Ho Chi Minh City will know exactly what I mean by this term.

The Game of Frogger is a children’s video game in America where a simple frog has to cross the street and river before he is run over by a car, bike or bus or falling off a log. As the frog gets to the other side the game starts over again with just a busier street and more traffic on the street and the crossing of the river gets even harder with turtles that want to eat the frog. This game must have seen the future of HCMC for the designing of the game almost 20 years ago. As of today it is a Leap of Faith to just cross the street in HCMC. Simply that it is so busy with bikes, cars, buses and carts that just to cross to the other side one needs to pray for faith that he or she will make it. This was one of the most nerve racking things that I had to learn thus far while living in HCMC. When crossing the in HCMC you have to step out into the street and just have to keep moving all the while the traffic is just whizzing by you on either side. The cars and bikes will swerve around you as they approach you. If you try and run across they cannot swerve and miss you and your most likely to be hit by a bike or car. This is so not the way we cross in America. We look both ways make sure the way is clear and then cross. Here in HCMC there is so much traffic that you cross at a clear and steady pace and you will get to the other side.

I never knew that just crossing the street would be so nerve racking in my life as I cross the street in HCMC I take a small leap of faith and hope that I make it to the other side.