½ûÂþÌìÌà HCM Jan gathering Saturday 16th January 2016
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It's a brand new year.Let us meet up and get to know new friends and catch up with familiar faces.This month gathering will be held on a Saturday.
Details are as below
          Date: 16/1/2016 Saturday
        Venue: Highland Coffee
              181 Ham Nghi, , District 1  (opposite Ben Thanh market nearby the
                                        petrol station)
          Time: 4 pm- 6pm
When you reached Ben Thanh Market , the Highland cafe is at the opposite across the big roundabout nearby the petrol station.
Please go upstairs and look for "Welcome ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ" sign.
Flash your friendly smile and say 'Hi' to everyone
Order your beverage and pay at the counter.
As usual , some of us would proceed to dinner together and night out ^^
Location will be announce soon
Please bring extra helmet if you are coming with your bike .
See you all again
Richard
Hello everybody
I will be happy to join all of you too
Cheers
Hello Richard Loo
Hope you had a nice celebration for the end of year and wish you a happy new year!
You may also share the url of your event created in the Vietnam Events here to better spread the word about the meet up!
Here it is > ½ûÂþÌìÌà January Gathering
All the best
Regards
Kenjee
½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
hope to join you guys
aiyah .. cant make it again ...
hi Richard
thanks for organising this - looks great and I will come along. Is it adults only or can kids come too?
G
I will walk from Le Thanh Ton st to Highland Coffee & should arrive bout 5.30pm. I don't have a bike. Should I bring a helmet to ride pillion with someone?
I hope I will manage to join you too
missenko wrote:I hope I will manage to join you too
Nice, hope to see more new friends soon. Join us for dinner too. See you
hi Richard, could you let me know if kids can come along?
G
trungdixe wrote:Hi Richard,
Im a new comer, may I joint you? really happy to be there
Of course.,come and get to know us. See you
trungdixe wrote:Hi Richard,
Im a new comer, may I joint you? really happy to be there
Of course.,come and get to know us. See you
Hi guys,
I hope i can manage to join with you. It sounds great
patimapu wrote:Hi guys,
I hope i can manage to join with you. It sounds great
Yes.. do join us...We will have a day trip next sunday to the beach ,sea food n hot spring. We will discuss this on sunday too. See you
MONTHLY GATHERING
Date: Saturday 16 January 2016
Participation: just come and join us at any round, no advance registration is required
Details:
(i) Round 1:
- Time: 3pm-6pm
- Venue: High Land Coffee – address: 181 Ham Nghi Street, District 1 (opposite Ben Thanh market, please go upstairs, look for the sign, say hi to the group with your smile and join us)
- Offer: drinks, cakes, breads, sandwiches etc.
- Price range: 10k vnd to 80k vnd
(*) For those who drive motorbike, please bring extra helmet if any; for those who don’t drive motorbike, please also bring your own helmet if any
(ii) Round 2:
- Time: 6.30pm-8pm
- Venue: Ban Mê restaurant – address: 24-26 Nam Quốc Cang Street, District 1
- Offer: steamed thin rice pancake rolled with BBQ pork, fermented pork roll, veggie (bánh ướt cuốn với thịt nướng, nem chua, rau cải); juice, budding etc.
- Price range: actual costs will be shared equally, up to 100k vnd/ person (including main course, drinks, dessert)
(iii) Round 3 (from 8pm till late): to be discussed amongst the participants
Thank you
Richard
MONTHLY GATHERING
Date: Saturday 16 January 2016
Participation: just come and join us at any round, no advance registration is required
Details:
(i) Round 1:
- Time: 3pm-6pm
- Venue: High Land Coffee – address: 181 Ham Nghi Street, District 1 (opposite Ben Thanh market, please go upstairs, look for the sign, say hi to the group with your smile and join us)
- Offer: drinks, cakes, breads, sandwiches etc.
- Price range: 10k vnd to 80k vnd
(*) For those who drive motorbike, please bring extra helmet if any; for those who don’t drive motorbike, please also bring your own helmet if any
(ii) Round 2:
- Time: 6.30pm-8pm
- Venue: Ban Mê restaurant – address: 24-26 Nam Quốc Cang Street, District 1
- Offer: steamed thin rice pancake rolled with BBQ pork, fermented pork roll, veggie (bánh ướt cuốn với thịt nướng, nem chua, rau cải); juice, budding etc.
- Price range: actual costs will be shared equally, up to 100k vnd/ person (including main course, drinks, dessert)
(iii) Round 3 (from 8pm till late): to be discussed amongst the participants
Thank you
Richard
LONG HAI - BINH CHAU - HO COC TRIP (1 day trip)
Date: Sunday 24 January
Time: 7am - 9pm
Estimated cost: from 700k vnd - 1 mil vnd (actual costs will be equally shared amongst participants; personal costs will be paid individually)
Schedule and activities:
- 7am: gather in front of High Land coffee - 181 Ham Nghi street, District 1 (park motorbike at Saigon hospital parking lot); a rent van will pick us up (Mercedes sprinter or equivalent)
- 8am-9am: breakfast on the way
- 9am-10am: reach Ba Ria market, buy fresh seafood
- 10am-12pm: enjoy cooked seafood at Long Hai beach
- 1pm-2pm: van takes us to Binh Chau-Ho Coc
- 2pm-6.30pm: enjoy swimming at the beach or swimming pool, mud bath, egg boiling, massage at Binh Chau-Ho Coc, small games etc.
- 6.30pm: departs back to HCMC
- 9pm: reach High Land coffee, tour ends
Come to the gathering to register . See you
Hello Richard,
it sounds great. see you this afternoon.
Ngalevn wrote:Hello Richard,
it sounds great. see you this afternoon.
Yes. .today is our gathering. Hope to see you all .
Thank you all for coming . It is always great to meet new friends and catch up with familiar faces. Over 20 attendees came from 8 different countries . We had a good time chatting then proceed to dinner. This time we found a great place where we stack up the plates after we eat them.....great fun. See how many plates we ate? Thank you Nathan for picking up the bill. Coffee on us the next time.
Round 3 .We went to 17th saloon for a great live performance and a drink.
Hope to see you guys next month. We will also having out one day trip to beach and hot spring pool next sunday.
Have a great new year. Take care
Sad that I missed this chance to catch up.
Hope will see you guys next time.
John
Here the photos of Round 1:
Round 2:
Can you count how many plate did they eat?
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