The story of a single mom as SLNA's "ambassador"
People call her a single mother who is talented and beautiful but also has many troubles. And people call her a “busybody” because she does things that are sometimes “different”. She said, don’t call me a businesswoman, an actress, a former model, or an ambassador. Just call me “cash cow” Huynh Trang Nhi, it’s that simple.
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| Huynh Dong Nhi in SLNA fan shirt |
Diary of a “Single Mom”
Meet Trang Nhi on a weekend morning in Saigon changing seasons at Kasa coffee shop on Dong Nai street, District 10 (HCMC). After a few smiles, the shop owner enticed and served customers like no other. Standing in the kitchen, Trang Nhi said, "Come in here and help the 'Milk Cow' mother crack an egg to make a fried egg."
Quickly wiping the sweat still sticky with oil on her forehead, Trang Nhi continuously put out the hot eggs, then put in the crispy bread rolls. Just like that, hundreds of bread rolls were displayed, looking no different from wholesale stalls. If it were a strange customer, perhaps someone would say “she has too much free time” without knowing that those were breakfast portions for lottery ticket sellers, scrap collectors, homeless people...
For nearly a year now, if she is not busy with work, Trang Nhi is always the main "chef" of the charity bread stall every morning. In the daily diary of this single mother of two daughters, there are also calls for support and help related to charity activities. Since when, Kasa coffee, a place often visited by artists; football fans and SLNA fans, where she is a Community Ambassador, has turned into a charity club, regularly organizing "mini shows" of music to raise funds for the poor, children with congenital diseases, or unfortunate lives...
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| Huynh Trang Nhi and her two beautiful daughters. Photo: FBNV |
Actually, that is just a small part of the diary pages that this “single mom” who has passed the age of 40 reads every day. Because, for the past few years, this Vietnamese woman with Singaporean nationality has been traveling back and forth, from the West, to the East, up to the Central Highlands… to do community-oriented programs.
Like in November 2016, Trang Nhi left her two daughters to her grandparents to go with SLNA fans to the flood-hit areas of Nghe An and Ha Tinh. The 500 million VND that she raised and spent her own money to help the people there moved many people. And in 2017, she also spent hundreds of millions of VND to go to poor areas, places that few people set foot in because of the distance and isolation...
Just recently, she whispered to me: “In 2018, Kasa will have more widespread community projects. I plan to build a charity house every month, each house costs about 50 million. This part will be taken from business profits and fundraising programs. In addition, I will accompany many other charity projects of organizations, fundraising concerts will continue to bring beautiful hopes for life.”
My life rolls like a ball
Huynh Trang Nhi's life has many relationships with tennis and football. She broke up with a tennis lover from a famous Vietnamese tennis player. When they went their separate ways, she had to work alone in a foreign land to earn a living and raise her child. The extraordinary willpower of a single mother was rewarded when Trang Nhi became a successful businesswoman in Singapore. Trang Nhi had another love to place her trust in. Unfortunately, once again her heart ached because she "lost more than she gained" with her lover who worked in the football field.
Also because of football, Trang Nhi previously had a sports event organization company, and now Kasa coffee, which is a place for football fans to visit. Of course, it is impossible not to mention the relationship with the SLNA Fan Club in the Southern region, so Trang Nhi is considered a community ambassador of the Nghe An football team.
That fate began in 2013, the year the Southern Fan Club organized the "Miss SLNA" contest. While running out of money for sponsorship, the organizers were "matched" to Huynh Trang Nhi, a person who is willing to spend money, even very... big. With just one phone call, Miss SLNA caught the "big fish" Huynh Trang Nhi. But there were also many skeptical eyes, did that woman come to one of the largest and most enthusiastic football fan communities in Vietnam with the purpose of polishing her name or what?
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| Trang Nhi wants to volunteer in the Central region |
But then, with the word HEART, along with the enthusiasm of a woman who says and does, Trang Nhi not only appeared in major SLNA events on the football field from Hanoi, Vinh, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City... but also "rolled" into charity activities in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, the land that she said, is like her second homeland. "My life is like a ball, also has emotional levels: joy, anger, love, hate in life. During the time when I felt most lost and lost, fate allowed me to meet SLNA fans.
Do you know, I am Vietnamese but have Singaporean nationality. I do not speak Nghe An. For people in the Central region, their self-esteem is very high, so at first it was not easy for them to accept someone participating in the game like me. For me, it is simple, I do not seek fame or fortune, or to polish my name. I like to play, so I think, just play with your heart, and everything else depends on fate. It has been 4 years, Huynh Trang Nhi is still here and has not "disappeared" anywhere", the single mother of 2 beautiful daughters shared.
Yes, life has fate and blessings. Huynh Trang Nhi was unlucky with the men who passed through her life. Then she had to go through many storms in life to be where she is today. One morning, seeing Trang holding loaves of bread and handing them to those less fortunate than her with a bright smile on her lips, I saw that she was truly a "Tiger Mother" with a kind and compassionate heart!
“I am both a mother and a father of two children.”
“It is wrong to say that women do not need men. Women are sometimes weak and need a shoulder to lean on, to protect. But my life is not destined to be with such men, so I chose the path of a “single mother”. I am a mother and also a father to my two lovely daughters. Thanks to God, both are independent and healthy.
“Don’t see me smiling, don’t see me happy and think that Trang Nhi has no tears. A few years ago, I was a creditor and also a very big debtor. There was a time when a tycoon called me and said, if you become my concubine, I will transfer 2 billion VND to you. I thought about it a lot, but then my dignity as a mother and a woman did not allow me to do that. I still lived and went through everything. When they met again, they respected me very much.”