week 2: mapping the development city

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Well this week is about some kind of KĐTMs. We went to KĐTM Trung Yên , which has changed a little bit since my high school with more offices and more cars parking along Trung Hòa Street (it is quite near my high school, so i used to go through it like everyday).
We started with trà đá and asked the trà đá-seller about the places where we can go for some phở bò, or badminton, etc. It turned out that we'd have a tough day finding things there.
So, the place was kinda airy with wide roads (almost all start with "Trung" like Trung Yên 1,2,9,10; Trung Hòa and Trung Kính, tall and big detached houses, a small park for people to jog, children to play and a tennis court for those who like to watch other people playing tennis LOL. Well the park was what i like the most about this place. Not having to walk on the street, too (cuz we have pavement). The worst part is we can't find any place to buy vegetable or pork or get a knife sharpened WITHIN the area of KĐTM Trung Yên, not until we went south to the lake near Trần Duy Hưng street.
Talking about the lake, there's a disturbing fact in the neighborhood is that near the lake there are some whatyoumaycallthem with a few dozens of gamers playing almost 24/7 (I know that because I was one of them, no not really, just played games a few times a month), and that's quite money-consuming and time-consuming to me. The kids in the area may get hooked on games and spend most of their time at those places.
Well I spent like 3 years biking around the place, doing crazy things with friends there so I would live there cuz I know my kids would grow up healthy in the area, without much exhaust from vehicles, and a place to play with other kids, not with other gamers. I have a lot of friends here so that's quite convenient to hang out with them. Well maybe it's the memories that would make the decision to stay in this area.