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All you have to do is exist (Vietnam)

Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone’s saviour.

I always recall the above line from a Japanese novel when I met the chè (dessert) seller just outside the Japanese town in Saigon. She grilled the sticky rice encased banana (Chuối bọc nếp nướng), and made the world a little more perfect with that warm smile.

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