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Even with a careful plan, sometimes, changes can occur. For example, you are in South Africa. Supposed you want to sail a board to Port Elizabeth. However, you turned mistakenly and arrived at Cape Town. That time, you have to be very flexible because you can still know a new place, the Cape Town. Famous scientists and explorers sometimes have the same problem. Columbus was looking for India, but ended up in the Caribbean instead. Lewis and Clark were looking for a river passage west, but they discovered much more. However, they knew how to be flexible. Columbus didn’t bring back spices from Eastern India, but he did bring back gold from the Americans. When things go against plan, you must be ready to change direction. It is important to make your mistakes work for you and change your plans when necessary.

You will never success without taking chances, but before you start, are sure to make careful plan and prepare to cope with any changes in your plan direction.

The Vietnamese Ao Dai

If you were asked to send one thing representing your country to an international exhibition, what would you choose? Why? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.

Each nation in the world has their traditional costume. When we see the costumes’ appearance, we can define the country where it comes from. Japanese women have Kimono, Chinese women in Quing Dynasty have a Shanghai dress that ladies usually called “cheongsam” dress, the Korean, the African, the Siamese, etc. We are proud of Ao Dai, which is respectfully placed as a National costume of Vietnam, also flowery called: “The fatherland dress”.

The Ao Dai is a Vietnamese national costume, now most commonly for women. The word “Ao Dai” was originally applied to the outfit worn at the court of the Nguyen Lords at Hue in the 18th century. This outfit evolved into the “ao ngu than”, a five-paneled aristocratic gown worn in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Inspired by Paris fashions, Nguyen Cat Tuong and other artists associated with Hanoi University redesigned the “ao ngu than” as a modern dress in the 1920s and 1930s. The updated look was promoted by the artists and magazines of Tu Luc Van Doan (“Self-Reliant Literary Group”) as a national costume for the modern era. In the 1950s, Saigon designers tightened the fit to produce the version worn by Vietnamese women today. The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. On Tet and other occasions, Vietnamese men may wear an “ao gam” “(brocade robe)”, a version of the Ao Dai made of thicker fabric.