Her name is Esaki Chisato. She's been teaching mentally retarded kids in Vietnam for close to 5 years. she opens a coffee shop called Hoa Anh Dao to employ the kids.
watch her interview on HTV7
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=13...q=esaki&pl=true
Full Version: Japanese girl helps Viet kids with special needs
Her Vietnamese is pretty good.
she can easily pass as vietnamese.
thats was interesting. 
I hope that those disable kid aren't being abuse. 
Other than that it is a cool restaurant.
Other than that it is a cool restaurant.
wow her vietnamese is definitely a natural! i wonder how long it took her to speak the language fluently...she's good--japanese and vietnamese are very different so i'm so impress that she can learn the language so quickly!
well her grasp of the vietnamese vocabulary is definately better than mine... 
but I can pronounce the words alot better. she still has a noticeable accent.
And yeah, she looks vietnamese. lol living there will do that to you...
that's pretty nice of her, did she explain what motivated her to move to vietnam and help the kids?
but I can pronounce the words alot better.
she still has a noticeable accent.And yeah, she looks vietnamese. lol living there will do that to you...
that's pretty nice of her, did she explain what motivated her to move to vietnam and help the kids?
Damn, her Vietnamese is good .. She has a perfect southern Vietnamese accent 
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well her grasp of the vietnamese vocabulary is definately better than mine...
but I can pronounce the words alot better.
she still has a noticeable accent.And yeah, she looks vietnamese. lol living there will do that to you...
that's pretty nice of her, did she explain what motivated her to move to vietnam and help the kids?
that is true, especially among asians, i have seen vietnamese that live in japan or korea, they look totally koreans with their hairstyles and the way they dress
She has a good heart. Also, I find her very very hot.
wow. its good to hear about this things. she's a very caring person. and her vietnamese is very good, better than mines.
omg, I can barely understand what they are saying 
She does look Vietnamese!
like those geeky Viet phram students at my uni.
and who says Vietnamese sounds ugly. It doesn't. Qutie nice.
She does look Vietnamese!
like those geeky Viet phram students at my uni.
and who says Vietnamese sounds ugly. It doesn't. Qutie nice.
southern accent is so much softer than nothern.
love the way she nods her head. shes cute.
her vietnamese is really good.
love the way she nods her head. shes cute.
her vietnamese is really good.
aw... such a sweet person, bdw did anyone catch where her shop is located?
im quite interested in visiting her shop
im quite interested in visiting her shop
Half of my local Burger King are mentally retarded kids, and the service really isn't that good.
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Half of my local Burger King are mentally retarded kids, and the service really isn't that good.
I went to KFC once and the customer service guy was an arrogant, ignorant Indian motherfu-ker who might as well be mentally retarded for the quality of the help that he gave me on how to interpret the KFC menu. You don't have to be a retard to act like one, or worse.
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aw... such a sweet person, bdw did anyone catch where her shop is located?
im quite interested in visiting her shop
I didn't but any taxi or honda om driver in Saigon would get you there.
Great person. Her fluency in the Vietnamese language is admirable, too.
so does it explain her motive on moving to vietnam and helping those kids?
Can someone give us a summary of what was spoken in the interview?
Can someone give us a summary of what was spoken in the interview?
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so does it explain her motive on moving to vietnam and helping those kids?
Can someone give us a summary of what was spoken in the interview?
Her 10-day trip (for a workshop) in VN turned into a full-scale push to help with the retarded kids in the country, as she was impressed with the hospitality of the Vietnamese people and as she was inspired by the dedication of the local social workers to the retared children despite their lack of certain special trainings. She said that it gives her great joy to help and play with the kids.
Along with other kind-hearted Japanese and Vietnamese supporters, Chisato opened the Hoa Anh Dao Cafe in Saigon, a model designed to allow the retarded children the chance to work and earn money. She is also working on her master's thesis, "The State of the Mentally Retarded Children and their Families in Vietnam".
she's so cute with her answers... her hard works and dedications really make her an attractive and beautiful lady. This leads me to wonder how come Vietnamese government officials can't do this for their own people in the first place... too busy in corruptions may be ???
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she's so cute with her answers... her hard works and dedications really make her an attractive and beautiful lady. This leads me to wonder how come Vietnamese government officials can't do this for their own people in the first place... too busy in corruptions may be ???
argg...cut it out. you just have to find every opportunity to bash, right. don't turn this nice thread into a political flame, please.
the country currently has 5-6 million handicaps (equalling to more than 6, 7% of the population, one of the highest rates in the world). you think it's very easy to take care of them all? when the country is still struggling with poverty.
QUOTE(sonicboom @ Apr 22 2006, 02:27 PM) [snapback]1777074[/snapback]
she's so cute with her answers... her hard works and dedications really make her an attractive and beautiful lady. This leads me to wonder how come Vietnamese government officials can't do this for their own people in the first place... too busy in corruptions may be ???
Also the mentally handicapped are *cough* yellow agent *cough*
don't be so uptight dude... you don't have to take every little comment as a political bash. You should recognize the diferences between sarcasm and actual political flame. i have no intention talking politics which most of us here know $hit about especially you... however, just for the record, almost every aspects of our lives are directly affected by politics. Yes it's true that the country is struggling with poverty, but you need to look at WHO are actually struggling? I can assure you that it's not the officials running the country! We all know that we can't help them all, but one handicap helped is one less has to suffer (regardless whether the government are using them as a mean to get more fundings) You can't help them all doesn't mean that you shouldn't help them... With that in mind, I don't think Chisato really gives a damn about the statistics of the handicaps you mentioned or the associated political aspects at all... but rather on what she can do to help - whether one or 6 million handicaps!!! I'm not even going to ask you where you get that statistics from since it's totally irrelevant here. You really need to think before you talk.
it's just an opinion and let's leave it that way for now and i apologize to those who think my posts messed up this thread.
it's just an opinion and let's leave it that way for now and i apologize to those who think my posts messed up this thread.
Yes, she has a big heart. Too bad she doesn't have big boobs, or else i might as well act retarded/disabled too!
QUOTE(sonicboom @ Apr 22 2006, 04:00 PM) [snapback]1777307[/snapback]
don't be so uptight dude... you don't have to take every little comment as a political bash. You should recognize the diferences between sarcasm and actual political flame. i have no intention talking politics which most of us here know $hit about especially you... however, just for the record, almost every aspects of our lives are directly affected by politics. Yes it's true that the country is struggling with poverty, but you need to look at WHO are actually struggling? I can assure you that it's not the officials running the country! We all know that we can't help them all, but one handicap helped is one less has to suffer (regardless whether the government are using them as a mean to get more fundings) You can't help them all doesn't mean that you shouldn't help them... With that in mind, I don't think Chisato really gives a damn about the statistics of the handicaps you mentioned or the associated political aspects at all... but rather on what she can do to help - whether one or 6 million handicaps!!! I'm not even going to ask you where you get that statistics from since it's totally irrelevant here. You really need to think before you talk.
it's just an opinion and let's leave it that way for now and i apologize to those who think my posts messed up this thread.
Nhăm!
wow... she is so nice! i wish there were more people like her in this world...
her vietnamese is really good! i wonder how long it took her to learn viet that good....
her vietnamese is really good! i wonder how long it took her to learn viet that good....
awww she is sooo nice n caring. and giving up so much of her time!! such an angel
not to take anything away from her... but I was just wondering...
Who is the girl at 9:56 into the video. She is absolutely gorgeous.
Who is the girl at 9:56 into the video. She is absolutely gorgeous.
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Japanese sociologist’s ‘fate’ with disabled children
10:32' 22/12/2005 (GMT+7)
Chisato and disabled children at Hoa Anh Dao cafe.
Esaki Chisato first visited Vietnam in 1998 to assist Vietnamese children with disabilities.
At Hoa Anh Đŕo (Cherry-blossom) Cafe on the corner of Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh and Tôn Đức Thắng streets in HCM City, Esaki Chisato is hard at work with her Vietnamese children. She happily remembers the day she opened the cafe, the Day for Disabled People, April 18, 2004.
According to Sato this is the time Japan’s cherry-blossom blooms, the reason for the cafe’s name. The cafe soon attracted attention from press and local customers, and is now a popular address for locals with disabilities who come to enjoy coffee, and witness the energetic staff. For them, the shop is somewhere to meet, share and learn experiences, and integrate into the community.
Sociologist Esaki Chisato came to Vietnam for the first time in 1998 to attend a conference on people with disabilities. At the time, she was a student. In 2003, Sato protected her doctoral thesis on the “Situation of Vietnamese disabled children and their families”.
Two years later, Hoa Anh Dao opened. It now has 12 staff, and with three Vietnamese voluntary teachers. In addition to the cafe, Sato teaches at HCM City Education University and works as a translator. “My most important goal is to make the children happy”, she said.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2005/12/524962/
10:32' 22/12/2005 (GMT+7)
Chisato and disabled children at Hoa Anh Dao cafe.
Esaki Chisato first visited Vietnam in 1998 to assist Vietnamese children with disabilities.
At Hoa Anh Đŕo (Cherry-blossom) Cafe on the corner of Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh and Tôn Đức Thắng streets in HCM City, Esaki Chisato is hard at work with her Vietnamese children. She happily remembers the day she opened the cafe, the Day for Disabled People, April 18, 2004.
According to Sato this is the time Japan’s cherry-blossom blooms, the reason for the cafe’s name. The cafe soon attracted attention from press and local customers, and is now a popular address for locals with disabilities who come to enjoy coffee, and witness the energetic staff. For them, the shop is somewhere to meet, share and learn experiences, and integrate into the community.
Sociologist Esaki Chisato came to Vietnam for the first time in 1998 to attend a conference on people with disabilities. At the time, she was a student. In 2003, Sato protected her doctoral thesis on the “Situation of Vietnamese disabled children and their families”.
Two years later, Hoa Anh Dao opened. It now has 12 staff, and with three Vietnamese voluntary teachers. In addition to the cafe, Sato teaches at HCM City Education University and works as a translator. “My most important goal is to make the children happy”, she said.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2005/12/524962/
This article is in Vietnamese
http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.as...6&ChannelID=119
P.S. Click on the links to see photos.
hmm, she looks like a vietnamese, but.. from japan.
She speaks vietnamese well too. That's weird, hehe =)
She is a good person (Y)
She speaks vietnamese well too. That's weird, hehe =)
She is a good person (Y)
wow, her vietnames is amazing....way better than mine.
i've been studying japanese myself and these two languages are totally different.
the host's english is pretty good as well.
it was a very inspiring video...many foreigners stereotypically think of japanese people as really into materialistic things like fashion and technology, but having been to japan myself, there are many very generous people like her over there...thanx for sharing the video.
i've been studying japanese myself and these two languages are totally different.
the host's english is pretty good as well.
it was a very inspiring video...many foreigners stereotypically think of japanese people as really into materialistic things like fashion and technology, but having been to japan myself, there are many very generous people like her over there...thanx for sharing the video.
me like Japanese now....they r yummy 
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